Upcoming Medical Conferences in Portugal

16th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) is organized by EACH: International Association for Communication in Healthcare, Academy of Communication in Healthcare (ACH) and will be held during Sep 01 - 04, 2018 at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. Course Description : This international conference brings together teachers, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world working to explore and improve all aspects of communication in healthcare from a variety of perspectives. The conference itself will set a friendly and communicative atmosphere for highlighting best practices and innovations in the field, exchange of ideas and networking. In addition to traditional presentation formats such as oral and poster presentations, symposia and interactive workshops we will include sessions on works in progress, innovative and creative formats, roundtable discussions, and national, language and discipline-based networking sessions. Participants will be challenged by plenary speakers into considering new ideas in assessment, research, policy, and patient engagement. Special programming will be aimed at engaging the next generation of academics, practitioners, and policymakers in communication in healthcare, students and other trainees. Conference Topics : Research in communication in healthcare: • Basic and applied • Research methodology Education in healthcare communication across the curriculum continuum: • Teaching clinical communication skills • Assessing clinical communication skills Clinical Practice and related health policy: • Knowledge translation (research and interventions into clinical settings) • Consumer/advocacy group engagement • Evidence-based policy Development • Implementation research (healthcare communication interventions into health organizations) • Health economics of communication interventions Patient and caregiver perspectives and engagement: • Patient/family perspectives • Patient/family participation and empowerment • Patient decision aids Healthcare provider communication: • Gathering information/clinical reasoning • Information provision • Empathy and emotions • Shared decision making • Risk communication and medical decision-making • Quality and safety • Team and Inter-professional/interdisciplinary communication Specific topics in communication in healthcare eg: • Ethical issues • Professionalism • Diversity and cross-cultural communication including use of interpreters • Health literacy • Health behavior change • Psychophysiology • Chronic illness and continuity Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ESCMID/ASM Conference on Drug Development to Meet the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance is organized by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and will be held during Sep 04 - 07, 2018 at InterContinental Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. Conference Objectives: Background: Antimicrobial drug resistance remains a pressing public health problem. There has been a resurgence in interest in tackling AMR. This conference focusses on the development of new antimicrobial agents for AMR. It is a multidisciplinary meeting that involves basic scientists, clinical academics, regulatory bodies, funding bodies and the pharmaceutical industry. Its scope stretches from chemistry to clinical development, from neonates to adults, from bacteria to fungi - all with a global perspective. The meeting is practical, interactive with plenty of time for networking. We will happily accept original data for poster and platform presentations. We are also especially interested in supporting young investigators and researchers from low to middle income countries. Challenges: Drug development for AMR is a rapidly moving field. The stakes are high. A difficult riskbenefit balance must be struck. There are relatively few new classes of antibiotics and each requires highly skilled and experienced investigators to ensure these compounds reach patients. This meeting is the forum where those issues are discussed and debated. Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Prices: ESCMID members: EUR 550, Non-ESCMID members: EUR 800. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

25th European Paediatric Rheumatology Congress (PReS 2018) is organized by MCI Group and will be held during Sep 05 - 08, 2018 at Congress Center in Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. PReS 2018 will offer a state-of-the-art programme with challenging presentations and enriching debates of the more recent scientific investigations, including new syndromes and their treatment, trials for old diseases of young people and an up-to-date of care of the more severe juvenile rheumatic diseases. Celebrate 25 years of progress in Paediatric Rheumatology with us, and invest in a full year of continuous learning with the Full Congress Access fee. This fee grants you access to all of the presentations taking place at PReS 2018 in a digital format for a full year. Join us in Portugal for an exciting combination of science, professional exchange and meeting with old and new friends at the biggest international congress for pediatric rheumatology! Time: 08:30 to 18:30 Prices: Early Bird (until 27.06.2018) - PReS Member: EUR 550.0, Early Bird (until 27.06.2018) - PReS Non-member: EUR 605.0, Early Bird (until 27.06.2018) - PReS Member - Trainee/HPPR/Researcher: EUR 330.0, Early Bird (until 27.06.2018) - PReS Non-member - Trainee/AHP/Researcher: EUR 385.0, Regular (until 21.08.2018) - PReS Member: EUR 605.0, Regular (until 21.08.2018) - PReS Non-member: EUR 715.0, Regular (until 21.08.2018) - PReS Member - Trainee/HPPR/Researcher: EUR 385.0, Regular (until 21.08.2018) - PReS Non-member - Trainee/AHP/Researcher: EUR 440.0, On Site - PReS Member: EUR 715.0, On Site - PReS Non-member: EUR 800.0, On Site - PReS Member - Trainee/HPPR/Researcher: EUR 495.0, On Site - PReS Non-member - Trainee/AHP/Researcher: EUR 550.0 Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Portugal & Douro River Cruise: Current Medical/Dental Health Issues is organized by Professional Educational Society (PES) and will be held from Sep 08 - 18, 2018 at Douro River Cruise, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal. The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Nurse, healthcare Professionals. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 continuing education credits. This medical conference goal is to provide unparalleled CME/CE travel opportunities for healthcare professionals that combine their most passionate destination desires with their educational goals, fostering exceptional learning experiences, friendships and connections with national and international colleagues. • Assure that healthcare education programs provide best practice models reflecting current issues in medicine and healthcare for providing quality patient care. • Provide professional educational exchanges with international colleagues, healthcare educational organizations and clinics to gain cross-cultural perspectives and updates in the treatment and prevention of disease. • Allow medical/healthcare professionals to compare and contrast current best practices in medical/healthcare delivery to provide quality patient outcomes in their own professional setting. Learning Objectives : Keep abreast of rapid expansion of medical knowledge and current best practice models on multiple topics to facilitate change and thus provide continually excellent patient care. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Movement Disorder Society’s European Section (MDS-ES) Physiotherapy Summer School is organized by International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) and will be held from Sep 14 - 16, 2018 at CNS - Campus Neurologico Senor, Torres Vedras, Lisbon, Portugal. The target audience for this medical event is physiotherapists residing in Europe. Course Description: The Physiotherapy School is a two-and-a-half-day course aimed at qualified physiotherapists who want to specialize in treating patients with Parkinson’s disease or atypical Parkinsonism. The educational objectives are intended to improve the evaluation, clinical reasoning and treatment skills of graduated physiotherapists in order to optimize the delivery of exercise programs for patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. Rehabilitation theory and practice will be evidence-based or founded on expert clinical opinion as appropriate. The European Evidence-based guidelines for physiotherapy will be used as a framework to inform best practice. Clinical examination of patient’s with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders will be incorporated into the curriculum, in addition to case studies incorporating video and written description. Course Objectives: • The student will be able to select relevant assessment tools to evaluate PD patients’ problems • The student will be able to apply clinical reasoning skills taking into account disease stage, severity and cognitive ability • The student will be able to design appropriate exercise programs which address and target the needs of PD patients and take prognostic variables into account • The student will be able progress and dose the exercise programs appropriately • The student will be able to implement an evidence-based approach to treatment Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgical Education and Assessment (GESEA) Certification Session - (Level 1) is organized by The European Academy of Gynaecological Surgery (EAGS) and will be held on Sep 14, 2018 at Hospital da Luz Lisboa, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

7th International Annual Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users is organized by International Network on Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU), Australasian Hepatology Association (AHA) and will be held during Sep 19 - 21, 2018 at Hotel Cascais Miragem, Cascais, Lisboa, Portugal. The target audience for this medical event is health professionals (doctors, nurses and allied health), researchers, community organisations, people who use drugs, other community members, advocates, and policy makers involved in the management of hepatitis among substance users. Aims: • Share new state-of-the-art data • Discuss epidemiology of injecting drug use and HCV infection among PWID • Identify strategies to prevent HCV transmission • Share novel interventions to improve HCV testing, linkage to care and treatment • Facilitate collaboration across communities to advocate for broadening access to HCV care for PWID. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Soul of Esthetics: 15th European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD) Annual Meeting is organized by European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD) and will be held during Sep 20 - 22, 2018 at PT Meeting Center, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgical Education and Assessment (GESEA) Certification Session - Level 1 is organized by The European Academy of Gynaecological Surgery (EAGS) and will be held during Sep 21 - 22, 2018 at Hospital da Luz Lisboa, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) is organized by Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) and would be held during Sep 22 - 26, 2018 at Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal. The target audience for this medical event for Radiologists. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.