Winter Conference

NuPhaC Winter Conference 2024

This was NuPhaC Winter Conference 2024!

What?

On 13 and 14 December 2024, NuPhaC organized its second Winter Conference. This two-day live only event addressed integrated care for high quality and safe medicines use. Distinguished experts in the field presented important findings about recent research on medication adherence and treatment burden, medication self-management and patient empowerment, medication safety and the use of technology, quality of prescribing and medication monitoring, sustainable use of medicines, interprofessional and transmural pharmaceutical care.

Why?

The winter event offers nurses, pharmacists, physicians, clinicians, researchers, educators, policy makers the opportunity to present their own research during oral and poster sessions.

Programme

Day 1 - 13 December 2024

SESSION 1: QUALITY OF PRESCRIBING AND MEDICATION MONITORING
Session chair: prof. dr. Tinne Dilles

13h15: Keynote Lecture 1: Prof. dr. Jelle Tichelaer - Title of presentation: “Interprofessional Collaboration for Sustainable Medication Safety”
14h00: Patients’ appointments with nurse prescribers and following readmissions: A register-based study | Saija Koskiniemi (Finland)
14h15: Nurse prescribing: Current practice and future prospects in Slovenia and Croatia | Marko Petrović (Slovenia)
14h30: Implementation of the Nurse Prescription of Medications in the field of Pharmaceutical Care in Spain | Francisco Javier Gomis Jimeno (Spain)
14h45: The current, preferred and expected impact of implementing nurse prescribing of nurses, pharmacists and physicians | Marie Blondeel (Belgium)
15u00: Coffee break and poster viewing

SESSION 2: MEDICATION SAFETY AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Session chair: prof. dr. Mirko Petrovic

15h20: Keynote Lecture 2: Prof. dr. Marja Härkänen - Title of presentation: “Text-mining and artificial intelligence for analysing medication administration errors”
16h05: Complexity of communication contributes to medication incidents | Tiina Syyrilä (Finland)
16h20: Medication-related adverse events: national analysis conducted in the Czech Republic | Dana Dolanová (Czech Republic)
16h35: What could be the emotional responses of nurses to medication errors and what kind of support do they wish for? | Sanu Mahat (Finland)
16h50: Procedural comfort in adults in intensive care by music: a randomized controlled trial: the PROCAD study | Ina Gryp (Belgium)
17h05: Network drink Campus Drie Eiken – Q building - Foyer
18h30: End of day 1

Day 2 - 14 December 2024

SESSION 3: MEDICATION SELF-MANAGEMENT AND PATIENT EMPOWERMENT
Session chair: dr. Elyne De Baetselier and dr. Maarten Wauters

09h10: Keynote Lecture 3: Prof. dr. Rebecca Bartlett Ellis - Title of presentation: “Mapping the Patient Experience: Navigating Medication Self-Management and Adherence Across Contexts”
09h55: Experiences and perceptions of Dutch homecare professionals using the BEM tool, a medication management assessment tool | Nienke Dijkstra (The Netherlands)
10h10: Medication literacy assessment in geriatric populations: psychometric properties of the MED-fLAG based on Flemish and French speaking samples | Jenny Gentizon (Switzerland)
10h25: Continued use of potentially inappropriate medication after discharge: a retrospective cohort study | Judith de Ruijter – van Dalem (The Netherlands)
10h40: Coffee break and poster viewing

SESSION 4: MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND TREATMENT BURDEN
Session chair: dr. Jenny Gentizon and dr. Elke Loots

11h00: Keynote Lecture 4: Prof. dr. Fatma Karapinar - Title of presentation: “Adherence and treatment burden in the continuum of care”
11h45: Combining medication adherence measurement methods in patients with polypharmacy: a longitudinal and patient perspective | Laura Mortelmans (Belgium)
12h00: ALERT study - Prevalence of medications associated with falls in hospitalized elderly people at risk of falling: a retrospective observational study | Sanjana Jeevanji (Switzerland)
12h15: Impact of International Deprescribing Guidelines on Trends in Deprescribing for Nursing Home Residents with Limited Life Expectancy in Belgium | Degefaye Zelalem Anlay (Ethiopia)
12h30: Invited lecture by professor Sue Latter | University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
12h45: Lunch
13u20: Round table meeting with keynote speakers of day 1 and 2: “Meet the expert” Poster presentations

SESSION 5: SUSTAINABLE USE OF MEDICINES
Session chair: dr. Nienke Dijkstra and Laura Mortelmans

14h30: Keynote Lecture 5: Prof. dr. Hans De Loof Title of presentation: "Pharmaceutical care on the road to sustainability and quality?”
15h15: How can new technologies influence the everyday lives of nurses? | Saskia Herrmann (Germany)
15h30: EQUANU: Equality in societal and professional recognition of nurses. A cross-sectional, international comparison on the societal and professional recognition | Elyne De Baetselier (Belgium)
15h45: Coffee break and poster viewing

SESSION 6: INTERPROFESSIONAL AND TRANSMURAL PHARMACEUTICAL CARE
Session chair: prof. dr. Manuel Lillo Crespo and dr. Kristel Paque

16h05: Keynote Lecture 6: Prof. Dr. Marie-Paule Schneider Voirol - Title of presentation: “Using implementation science to develop and test a medication adherence program in primary care.”
16h50: Cross-sectional evaluation of educational programs and nurse students’ competences in interprofessional pharmaceutical care: the Italian experience | Tiziana Avenoso (Italy)
17h05: The perceived impact on patient safety and quality of care of pharmaceutical technical assistants on nursing wards: a qualitative study | Marjan De Graef (Belgium)
17h20: Discussion on the future of interprofessional pharmaceutical care
17h50: Closing of the conference: NuPhaC awards and closing ceremony
18h00: End of day 2

Abstract Book

Download the NuPhaC Winter Conference Abstract Book (PDF)

Participant Feedback

The feedback from our participants was overwhelmingly positive:

✅ 90% rated the overall quality as very positive
✅ 80% found the conference extremely relevant to their professional development
✅ The keynotes/Sessions scored an impressive average of 4.7 out of 5
✅ The session on ‘Medication adherence & treatment burden’ was top-rated (4.8/5)
✅ Venue & catering also received strong ratings (4.3/5)

Many of the participants appreciated the opportunity to engage with experts and peers, exchange insights, and discuss the latest developments in pharmaceutical care. The interactive sessions and practical applications of research findings were particularly well received.