European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop: Can Complexity Improve European Health Policy?
Date: 23 September 2009 Time: 17.30 pm
European Science Foundation
European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop: Can Complexity Improve European Health Policy?
23rd - 25th September 2009, Lancaster House Hotel
Despite increased resources and multiple reorganisations national health systems in Europe still seem to be in a state of crisis. Many of the interwoven problems of European health and health systems are based on the fundamental limitations of the dominant biomedical/bio-psychosocial models. In this workshop we will will explore a new scientific framework, Complexity, that offers a novel way for understanding and improving health at individual, group and societal levels.
ATTENDANCE AT THIS EVENT IS BY INVITATION ONLY.
PROGRAMME
Day 1
Session A: Introduction (17:30 - 19:00) Introduction to Complexity and applying the tools of complexity (presentation by Prof. Robert Geyer).
Followed by comments and discussion.
Dinner at Lancaster House Hotel
Day 2
Theme One: Chronic Illness and Complexity
Session B: (9:00 - 10:30) Using Complexity Tools to Manage Chronic Illness: The case of diabetes (presentation by Prof. Helen Cooper)
Followed by comments and discussion.
Coffee break (10:30 - 11:00)
Session C: (11:00 - 12:30) Complexity and Childbirth (presentation by Prof. Soo Downe)
Followed by comments and discussion.
Lunch at Lancaster House Hotel (12:30 - 1:30)
Theme Two: The Complexity of National Health Systems
Session D: (1:30 -3:00) Complexity and NHS Reorganisations (presentation by Dr. Samir Rihani)
Followed by comments and discussion.
Coffee break (3:00 - 3:30)
Session E: (3:30 - 5:00) Complexity and Primary Care Systems (presentation by Prof. Joachim Sturmberg)
Followed by comments and discussion.
Conference Dinner at Restaurant in Lancaster
Day 3
Theme Three: Using Complexity to Help Manage Health in Europe
Session F: (9:00 - 10:30) The State of European Union Health Policy (presentation by Monika Kosinska, Secretary General European Public Health Alliance)
Followed by comments and discussion.
Coffee Break (10:30 - 11:00)
Session G: (11:00 - 12:30) Introduction to EU health research funding (presentation by Chris White, Brussels Office of NorthWest Health)
Followed by a Roundtable discussion session on proposals for integrating complexity into European Health Policy and creation of potential European Complexity and Health Network.
Lunch at Lancaster House Hotel
Workshop Ends
Contact:
Who can attend: Invitation only
Further information
Associated staff: Robert Geyer (Politics, Philosophy and Religion PPR)
Organising departments and research centres: Politics and International Relations