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10th EAPC Congress, 2007 BUDAPEST_______________________________________________________
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day_______________________________________________________
Report_______________________________________________________
Archives_______________________________________________________
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Reporton the 4th Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care
The 4th Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care took place in Venice.
The setting of the Forum was wonderful yet I didn't have much time to enjoy it, because the
schedule was very tight and the program was most interesting.
The Forum hosted more than 1000 participants from all over the world. I very much looked
forward to learning as much as possible, and discuss new data and methods with professionals
from various disciplines.
363 posters were presented in dedicated poster sessions. These sessions allowed us to show
our research work as well as see other's research results, so we divided our time between
presenting our poster and listening to other poster presentations.
115 lectures were delivered in 16 new research data sessions. These sessions aimed at
responding to the educational needs of the participants.
It was very difficult for me to select the most interesting abstract presentations in these
sessions because 4-5 parallel sessions were on at the same time.
One of the main objectives of the Forum was to bring together researchers, to have
stimulating discussions, and to learn about networks as well as to stimulate collaborative
research.
  
The Hungarian participants were Katalin Hegedus with one oral presentation and one poster,
Agnes Zana and Agnes Csikos with one poster each, respectively Zsuzsa Kolonics and Eva
Varga. Our poster presentation was appreciated by many professionals, and we got positive
feedback.
It was a unique experience to hear presentations from the Far East. The cultural differences
they represented widened the participants' viewpoints.
One of the main conclusions of the Forum was that more multi-national and multi-centric
research is needed in the area of hospice-palliative care. The results could provide more
evidence based data to improve the care of the terminally ill, especially the symptom control.
The future challenge for us is how to join and participate in the European research projects.
Collaboration among European countries could speed up the exchange of information and
methodology. Especially East European countries could benefit from it.
New medications were also introduced in the Forum. Some of them are already used in other
countries but it is not yet available in Hungary. This can be another task for us, that is to find
ways to bring in these new medications (especially in treating breakthrough and neuropathic
pain)
At the conference I met wonderful people from all five continents. No doubt that learning
about their practices will help me to improve my work, and thus to provide a better care for
my patients. This experience had a significant impact on my professional knowledge, and
filled me with nice memories.
 My sincere thanks to the Hungarian Hospice-Palliative Association and to the Pecs University, Institute of Family Medicine for supporting my participation in the Forum.
Please find attached our picture galerie!
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