Programme

09:00
Workshop 1: Writing for Publication – Meet the Editors for Tips and Tricks!
Location: Room 6

Registration is required.
09:00 - 12:30

09:30
Workshop 2: The Principles of Qualitative Research
Location: Room 1

Registration is required.
09:30 - 12:30

Workshop 3: How to read a paper: critical appraisal skills for randomised controlled trials papers
Location: Room 0

Registration is required.
09:30 - 12:00

EGPRN Executive Board Meeting
Location: Three Corners Lifestyle Hotel

Only for Members of the Executive Board
09:30 - 13:00

13:00
Lunch

Price is not included in the conference fee. You may purchase lunch at restaurants close to the venue. 

13:30
Workshop 4: Balint Group – a method for improving doctors’ mental health
Location: Room 0

Registration is required.
13:30 - 16:00

14:00
EGPRN Council Meeting
Location: Room 1

Only for EGPRN Executive Board and EGPRN Council members.
14:00 - 17:00

17:00
EGPRN Committee Meetings and Working Groups

17:00 - 18:00

  • Research Strategy Committee - Room  1
  • Educational Committee - Room 0
  • PR & Communication Committee - Room  6
18:00
Welcome Reception and Opening Cocktail
Location: Ground Floor
08:00
Registration
Location: Ground Floor
08:30
Opening of the Meeting by EGPRN Chairperson
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Dr. Tiny Van Merode (Speaker)
08:45
Welcome by Local Host
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Peter Torzsa (Speaker)
09:00
International Keynote Lecture
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Dr. Tiny Van Merode (Chair)
  • Mental health promotion begins at birth – or earlier - Professor Emeritus Philip Wilson (International Keynote Speaker)
09:40
EGPRN 50th Anniversary Celebration Session with Former EGPRN Chairs
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
11:10
Blue Dot Coffee Break
Location: Room 1

For the first time attenders.

Coffee Break
Location: Main Hall

For the regular attenders.

11:40
Parallel Session A - Theme Papers: Mental Health of General Practitioners
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Torunn Bjerve Eide (Chair)
  • Supporting the Mental Health of the Primary Care Workforce - Heather L Rogers
  • Exploring Self-Care: Cross-Sectional Study on GPs' Mental Health Maintenance amid the Pandemic - Ivana Keenan
  • Burnout syndrome and risk factors in trainees and fully qualified GPs: an observational study - Lorenzo Rizzotto
Parallel Session B - Freestanding Papers: Patient Centred Care
Location: Hevesy (B) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Dr. Lieve Peremans (Chair)
  • Understanding access challenges in primary healthcare: A comprehensive view from healthcare providers and people living in socio-economically disadvantaged conditions - Emilie Op De Beeck
  • The evolution of the doctor-patient relationship after the introduction of a medical assistant in a person centred-care: a qualitative study from a patient perspective - Laura Blake
  • Medical decision-making challenges among ethnic minority populations in Belgium: a focus group study - Flore Vermijs
13:10
Research Café
Location: Room 1

Do you have any questions about research that you are doing or would like to do?
Ask the EGPRN’s experts at the lunchtime “Research Café”! 
Take your lunch with you.

Lunch
Location: Main Hall
14:10
Parallel Session C - Theme Papers: Depression
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Jako Burgers (Chair)
  • Strategies of German general practitioners in dealing with depressive disorders in primary care patients – a mixed-methods study - Laura Hofner
  • Piloting an intervention (checklist) to facilitate deprescribing antidepressants in general practice - Jochen Vukas
  • CAse-fInding foR depressiOn in primary care (CAIRO) - Sarah A Lawton
Parallel Session D - Freestanding Papers: Special Methodology Session
Location: Hevesy (B) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Paul Van Royen (Chair)
  • Association between affective temperaments and the severity and the extent of coronary artery disease as obtained by coronary CT angiography - Barbara Sipos
  • A Multidisciplinary Education Intervention to Increase Family Physicians' Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Recognizing and Managing Cases of Child Neglect and Abuse - İrem Gelgeç
  • Gender differences in responses to the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25, a scale to assess depression in Primary Care - Maria Rodriguez Barragan
15:40
Coffee Break
Location: Main Hall
16:00
Parallel Session E: One Slide Five Minute Presentations
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Dr. Ferdinando Petrazzuoli (Chair)
  • Prof. Mehmet Ungan (Chair)
  • Prof. Shlomo Vinker (Chair)
  • Primary Healthcare Physicians' Work Pressure and Turnover Intent Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic - Katica Tripković
  • Knowledge and attitudes regarding palliative care in Croatia - assessing primary healthcare professionals' viewpoint - Ema Slapnicar
  • Evaluating knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices of breast and cervical cancer screening among Ukrainian women - Nataliia Ponzel
  • Evaluation of the Effect of Home Exercises and Posture Corrector Use on Scapula Height and Functional Outcomes in Chronic Shoulder Pain and Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: A Study at a Family Health Center - Basar Basci
  • Presenteeism Among General Practitioners – A Study Proposal - Lisa Voggenberger
  • Digital health training needs in primary care - Ana Luisa Neves
  • Performance evaluation in primary care: pilot survey in Hungary and proposal for a European survey - Csaba Móczár
  • THE USE OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN THE POST-COVID STRESS ALLEVIATION - Cristina Ciobanu
  • Presence and Importance of Family Medicine Education in European Medical Schools: - Rosa Magallón Botaya
Parallel Session F - Theme Papers: Work Related Stress
Location: Hevesy (B) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Pavlo Kolesnyk (Chair)
  • Effects of adding early cooperation and a work-place dialogue meeting to primary care management for sick-listed patients with stress-related disorders: CO-WORK-CARE-Stress - a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. - Ausra Saxvik
  • Work-Related Stress and Patient-Centered Care Among European GPs: Insights from the PACE GP/FP Study - Goranka Petricek
  • Who wants to quit their job? – A survey among Swiss Internal Medicine physicians. - Jeanne Moor
17:30
Summary of the day
  • Professor Emeritus Philip Wilson (International Keynote Speaker)
17:40
End of the conference day
17:45
EGPRN Collaborative Study Group Meeting: TRANSiTION
EGPRN Collaborative Study Group Meeting:Örenas
EGPRN Collaborative Study Group Meeting:PHC-Eurodata-Covid19
18:00
Practice Visits in Budapest

Online pre-registration required, space is limited. The groups will leave from the conference venue. Please click here for more information. 

08:30
National Keynote Lecture
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Peter Torzsa (Chair)
  • Low-intensity Psychological Interventions in Primary Care - Prof. György Purebl (National Keynote Speaker)
09:10
EGPRN 50th Anniversary Celebration Session with Former EGPRN Chairs
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
10:40
Coffee Break
Location: Main Hall
11:00
Poster Session 1: Mental Health
Location: Main Hall
  • Md, Phd Negar Pourbordbari (Chair)
  • Measeurement of the effect of mental health interventions in primary prevention - Csaba Móczár
  • Integrating Mental Health Services in Primary Health Care: Insights from the Sughd Oblast Pilot, Tajikistan - Malika Khakimova
  • Comorbidity clusters and mental health - Matea Matić-Ličanin
  • Social stigma of individuals with multiple sclerosis and the management of psychological distress – Is there any role for General Practitioners? - Eleni Jelastopulu
  • Assessing Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms and Its Association with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Study from 9 residency training family health Units in Istanbul - Eda Yaldırak
  • Antidepressant effect on cardiovascular risk and weight in geriatric population: a retrospective study - Joana Carneiro De Moura
Poster Session 2: Mental Health
Location: Main Hall
  • Dr. Heather L Rogers (Chair)
  • "VoluntariaMente" - The Impact of the Individual Social Role on the Improvement of Mental Health - Ana Gonçalves
  • Prevalence of Clinical Depression Among Medical Students at Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine - Oksana Ilkov
  • Lifestyle and Behavioural Changes In Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic Are Associated With Subjective Cognitive Complaints - János Zsuffa
  • Mental health and associated factors in young adults from two peripheral neighborhoods of Barcelona after the COVID-19 pandemic. - Dúnia Bel Verge
  • Analysis of the Loneliness Perception of Young Students in Aragón, Spain - Fátima Mendez López
  • Physician Burnout in Primary Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portugal - Sofia Baptista
Poster Session 3: Theraphy
Location: Main Hall
  • Prof. Hilde Bastiaens (Chair)
  • Adherence to inhalers in COPD patients - Michal Shani
  • Deprescribing Levothyroxine in Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Which Barriers and Enablers Do GPs Identify? - Annika Rettich
  • Development of a strategy for deprescribing levothyroxin (LTX) accepted by patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) - what motivations and barriers do patients have? - Melanie Rennert
  • ´I am confident … until patient X presents´ – a qualitative meta-synthesis to understand primary healthcare professionals´ experience with urinary tract infections - Henrike Kleuser
  • Evaluation of the Ingredients of Protein Bars from the Perspective of Family Medicine - Canan Tuz
  • Patients experience of a study of light therapy in the treatment of chronic insomnia in general practice. a qualitative study - Juliette Chambe
Poster Session 4: Risk Factors and Calculation in a Primary Care Population
Location: Main Hall
  • Prof. Ana Clavería (Chair)
  • Differences between SCORE, Framingham Risk Score, and Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity-Based Vascular Age Calculation Methods Based on Data from the Three Generations Health Program in Hungary - Helga Gyöngyösi
  • Pre-screening of high-risk patients for osteoporosis in primary healthcare - Zoltán Lakó-Futó
  • Risk factors for poor prognosis in outpatients with urinary tract infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Peter Kurotschka
  • Plaque assessment as a potential cardiovascular risk modifier in primary care: A pilot study - Zsófia L. Somoskői
  • Underreporting of mortality related to fractures as compared to dementia in 641 women 75-105 years followed for 22 years in a population-based primary care study in Sweden. - Hans Thulesius
  • Age and Low Heel Bone Mineral Density predicted Hip and Pelvic fracture-risk in 245 women aged 72-98: A 20-Year Population based Primary Care Study in Rural Sweden - Nils Larsson
Poster Session 5: Supporting GPs in Practice
Location: Main Hall
  • Prof. Jean Yves Le Reste (Chair)
  • Patient centered deprescirbing in older adults by general practitioners - Tom Vermeulen
  • Talking about motivational interviewing : how do GPs use it in daily practice - Paul Aujoulat
  • Level of knowledge of the new Spanish law on euthanasia among healthcare professionals and students - Eva Peguero
  • General practitioners' approach to young women's sexual health - Maxime Pautrat
  • The Health Care Worker Well-being Survey (WBS): An Assessment of the Impact of Well-being and Climate Change on Health Care Quality Improvement, Tajikistan, 2023. - Surayo Pulatova
  • Training experience: Suicide prevention scape room for primary health care workers - Mª Guadalupe Fontanet Redó
Poster Session 6: Practice Organisation
Location: Main Hall
  • Prof. Imre Rurik (Chair)
  • Perspectives and Experiences of Healthcare Providers and Research Coordinators in Scientific Study Participation: A Qualitative Descriptive study - Sophie Van Hoof
  • Exploring interprofessional collaboration in general practice: a survey among the general practitioners in Finland - Kadri Suija
  • Are nurse-Led Patient consultations and nurse-led dose adjustments of permanent medication acceptable for the general practitioners and practice nurses in Germany? - Results from a survey in two federal states - Solveig Weise
  • Do Primary Healthcare professionals agree on the Primary Care core values? Preliminary Data on a Delphi study. - Ileana Gefaell
  • Patterns and Associated Factors in Health Service Utilization Among High School Students in Turkey - Cigdem Apaydin Kaya
  • Can the GP practice location affect the uptake of colorectal cancer screening? - Jelena Danilenko
Poster Session 7: Telemedicine and Technical Applications
Location: Main Hall
  • Prof. Didem Kafadar (Chair)
  • Opinions of Primary Care Physicians Working in Istanbul Province on Telehealth Applications - Pemra Cöbek Ünalan
  • Teledermatology- the solution or the problem - Shlomo Vinker
  • Empowering middle-aged patients with multimorbidity through virtual co-creation - Ana Isabel Gonzalez- Gonzalez
  • Empowering patients with diabetes by monitoring daily activities using a home activity monitoring system: a feasibility study - Jesús González-Lama
  • A novel approach in telemedicine – bringing hybrid, contact- and telemedicine-based mobile healthcare services in rural Hungarian areas - Ábel Perjés
  • Telemedical services in Hungary. Are we on a right way? - Mária Markó-Kucsera
Poster Session 8: Taking Care for Chronic Patients
Location: Main Hall
  • Dr. Krisztián Vörös (Chair)
  • Understanding of Long (Post)-COVID Definitions Across Europe - Raquel Gomez Bravo
  • Hospital-at-Home Costs and Outcomes: A Cohort Study - Ilan Yehoshua
  • Differences in resilience and coping styles among women with asthma, dyspepsia, and the control - Ljiljana Majnaric
  • Benefits of Home-Based Services in Greece for the Homebound: Leveraging Insights and Perspectives from Primary Healthcare Professionals - Dimitra Iosifina Papageorgiou
  • Health-related quality of life of caregivers. A population-based study - Francisco Gude
  • Life span differences after hip fracture – a pilot case control study from primary care in rural Sweden. - Katarina Walseth Krøgenes
12:30
Lunch
Location: Main Hall
13:30
Parallel Session I: Web Based Research Course Presentations
Location: Room 1
  • Dr. Ferdinando Petrazzuoli (Chair)
  • Prof. Shlomo Vinker (Chair)
  • Prof. Mehmet Ungan (Chair)
  • How digital screen education affects adolescents` physical and mental health? Cross-sectional research. - Mariyana Daskalova
  • Analysing Turkish-Language Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Videos on YouTube: Assessing Content Quality and Educational Value - Elif Ozeller
  • The influence of the albuminuria screening on the control of risk factors for diabetic kidney disease progression by GPs in the Belgrade region - Marija Glavinić Mijić
  • Chronic Care in Belgium: Crafting Effective Care Plans for Improved Patient Outcomes and Experiences - Dagmar Annaert
  • Assessment of a code-based method compared with a questionnaire-based method for Influenza-Like Illness surveillance data collection in Belgian General Practices: Protocol - Mélanie Nahimana
  • The GP infection barometer: Protocol of a real-time syndromic surveillance of multiple infectious diseases in primary care using electronic health records - Nathalie Bossuyt
  • Impact of a clinical communication skills course on communication and psychosocial competencies of 4th year family medicine residents - Ander Portugal
Parallel Session G - Theme Papers: Mental Care with Adolescents
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Ana Clavería (Chair)
  • The EARLY Study – "Evaluating, identifying, and reducing determinants of Mental Health Conditions in Youth" - Limor Adler
  • Loneliness, problematic smartphone use and screen time among medical students in Germany - Lukas Liebig
  • Is the Thoughts and Health programme feasible in the context of Swedish schools? - Carl Wikberg
  • General practitioner residents' mental health and satisfaction in relation to their professional training - András Mohos
Parallel Session H: Freestanding Papers: Chronic Disease Management from Different Perspectives
Location: Hevesy (B) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Radost Assenova (Chair)
  • Incorporating Environmentally and Climate-Friendly Medication in GP Consultations: Patient Perspectives- Results from a qualitative Study - Dana Neumann
  • Evaluating a Chronic Disease Management Programme in General Practice: A Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Provider and Patient Perspectives - Fintan Stanley
  • How many diabetic patients are treated by the Hungarian Healthcare System and how? The role of GPs in an evidence-based care provision - Katalin Maria Dozsa
  • Changes in Hungarian family physicians’ knowledge and attitudes regarding sleep apnoea over the past 15 years. What difficulties do they have in screening car drivers for OSAS? - Peter Torzsa
15:30
Coffee Break
15:50
Parallel Session L - Freestanding Papers: Technical Support in Practice
Location: Room 1
  • Dr. Andrej Pangerc (Chair)
  • Estimated pulse wave velocity can help in patient selection for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to detect masked hypertension - János Nemcsik
  • Point-of-care ultrasound for differential diagnosis of dyspnea in primary care: A pilot study - Róbert Kiss-Kovács
  • A comparative Randomized Trial among different types of low and high power laser therapy, associated with steroid or visco-elastic joint injection under ultrasound guidance in the management of knee osteoarthritis in primary care. - Mihai Iacob
Parallel Session J - Theme Papers: Mental Health Big Data Studies
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Jean Yves Le Reste (Chair)
  • Benzodiazepine Use and Incident Cancer – A Population-based Cohort Study - Yochai Schonmann
  • The course of psychological symptoms and the initial management strategies in primary care - Asma Chaabouni
  • Regional distribution of suicide mortality rates in mainland Portugal: a community perspective from General and Family Medicine - Andreia Maria Bandeira
Parallel Session K - Theme Papers: Care for Vulnerable People
Location: Hevesy (B) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Pavlo Kolesnyk (Chair)
  • Trajectories of resilience in advanced cancer caregiving. - Sophie Opsomer
  • Internal Medicine physicians’ struggle with family planning and infertility - Isa Egger
  • The Impact of Earthquake-Induced Migration on Access to Primary Health Care Services: A Case Study of Istanbul Following the Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes on February 6, 2023 - Neslişah Temuroglu
17:20
Summary of the day
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. György Purebl (National Keynote Speaker)
17:30
Chairperson’s Report by EGPRN Chair
  • Dr. Tiny Van Merode (Speaker)
17:50
Presentation of the Poster-Prize for the best poster presented
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Ayse Caylan (Speaker)
18:00
Introduction to the next EGPRN meeting
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
  • Prof. Hans Thulesius (Speaker)
18:10
Closing
Location: Szent-Gyorgyi (A) Lecture Hall
19:30
Social Night with Dinner, Dance and Music!

Place is limited. Pre-booking online essential. 
The social night will take place on a boat on the river Danube: River Diva. 
Departure Dock: In front of the Parliament (Close to the Kossuth Square metro station). Please ensure you arrive on time, as being late may result in missing the boat and, consequently, the social night.

09:30
EGPRN EB Meeting

Only for members of the Executive Board. 
Three Corners Lifestyle Hotel
09:30 - 12:00