Scientific Program
08:00-17:00
Registration
08:50-09:00
Welcome and Opening of the Congress
Rainer Freynhagen, Benedictus Krankenhaus Feldafing, Germany
Roman Rolke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Roman Rolke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
09:00-10:30
Session 1: Quality of Palliative Care
Chairperson: Roman Rolke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
09:00-09:25
From Quality of Care to Sense of Meaning: What Are the Main Goals?
Yvonne Engels
Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands
09:25-09:50
Dos and Don´ts When Dealing with Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Microorganisms (MDRO) In End-Of-Life Care
09:50-10:15
Clinicians’ Estimates of Prognosis: How to Communicate This Fundamental Question?
Roman Rolke
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
10:15-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break, Networking and visit the Exhibition
11:00-12:30
Session 2: Getting Palliative Care Settled: The Challenge of Education and Training
Chairperson: Frank Elsner, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
11:00-11:25
Core Competencies vs. Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAS) for Palliative Care Education: A European Controversy or Marriage?
Frank Elsner
Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
11:25-11:50
EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe: What Unites, What Divides Us?
11:50-12:15
Do we Need Palliative Medicine as a Specialty for Physicians?
Alexandra Scherg
The University Hospital Düsseldorf (UKD), Germany
12:15-12:30
Discussion
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break, Networking and visit the Exhibition
13:30-15:00
Session 3: Advance Care Planning – Do We Really Need It?
13:30-13:55
Advance Care Planning: Is It the Past or Rather the Future?
13:55-14:20
Pros and Cons of ACP Concepts Across Different European Countries
Eva Katharina Masel
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
14:20-14:15
Is High-End Medicine Unethical in End-Of-Life Care?
14:15-15:00
Discussion
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break, Networking and visit the Exhibition
15:30-16:30
Session 4: Palliative Sedation Therapy – Optimizing the Quality of Death?
15:30-15:55
Palliative Sedation Therapy Needs Strict Guidelines Because It Is Yet A Diverse Practice
15:55-16:20
Palliative Sedation Therapy Revisited: Austrian Suggestions for Standards and Norms
Sophie Roider-Schur
St. Josef Krankenhaus, Germany
16:20-16:30
Discussion
16:30-17:00
Oral Presentations
09:00-10:30
Session 5: Emerging Fields – Is It the Future of Palliative Care?
09:00-09:20
Pediatric Palliative Care: Much More Than Just Treating Small Adults
09:20-09:40
Palliative Medicine in Neurological Diseases or Neurology in Palliative Care?
Roman Rolke
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
09:40-10:00
Emerging Needs: Palliative Care in Cardiovascular Diseases
Piotr Sobanski
Cantonal Hospital of Schwyz, Switzerland
10:00-10:15
Spotlight Presentation Sponsored by Tilray
10:15-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break, Networking and visit the Exhibition
11:00-12:30
Session 6: Key to Success: The Multidisciplinary Approach
11:00-11:25
Update Psychooncology: Are There New Insights from Inside?
11:25-11:50
What is the “SOCIAL” in Palliative Care?
Allan Kellehear
University of Bradford, UK
11:50-12:15
What Future Palliative Care Nurses Can Do for You: Nursing, Counselling, Research
12:15-12:30
Discussion
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break, Networking and visit the Exhibition
13:30-15:00
Session 7: Questions, Questions, Questions for Debates
Chairperson: Rainer Freynhagen, Benedictus Krankenhaus Feldafing, Germany
13:30-13:55
Oxygen Therapy at The End-Of-Life – Yes or No or What?
Rainer Freynhagen
Benedictus Krankenhaus Feldafing, Germany
13:55-14:20
Transfusion Therapy in Palliative Cancer Patients: What Is Right, What Is Wrong?
Karen Noeh
St. Gemma's Hospice, UK
14:20-14:45
Should We Withhold Non-Oral (Parenteral) Hydration in Dying Patients?
Christiane Druml
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
14:45-15:00
Discussion
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break, Networking and visit the Exhibition
15:30-16:30
Session 8: Placebo-Controlled Trials in Palliative Care: Must Have or No Go?
15:30-15:55
Pro – This Is the Basic Approach to Improve the Restricted Pharmacological Evidence in Palliative Care
15:55-16:20
Con – Most of Our Research Is Qualitative Anyway
16:20-16:30
Discussion
16:30-16:40
Congress Closing
Rainer Freynhagen, Benedictus Krankenhaus Feldafing, Germany
Roman Rolke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Roman Rolke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany