The 7th edition of the Patient Empowerment Congress will be held on April 25-26 under the slogan: "Patient-Partner-Future". The event has received the honorary patronage of the Minister of Health and the Patient Ombudsman.
VII PATIENT EMPOWERMENT CONGRESS
Published April 6, 2023 13:39
Guests on the first day of the Congress will include Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health Maciej Miłkowski, Dr. Paloma Cuchi Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Office in Poland, Ombudsman for Patients' Rights, Minister Bartłomiej Chmielowiec, President of the National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians, Monika Pintal-Slimak. Prominent clinicians will speak in the discussions, including Prof. Grazyna Rydzewska, head of the Department of Internal Diseases and Gastroenterology at the Medical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration in Warsaw, Prof. Anna Latos-Bieleńska, national consultant in clinical genetics, Dr. Katarzyna Pogoda from the Department of Breast Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery at the National Cancer Institute - National Research Institute.
The debates will feature leaders of patient organizations, including: Aleksandra Wilk, director of the Lung Cancer Section of the To się Leczy Foundation, Urszula Jaworska president of the Urszula Jaworska Foundation, Iga Rawicka president of the EuropaColon Foundation, Magdalena Kolodziej president of the MY Patients Foundation, Aleksandra Rudnicka, spokesperson for the SANITAS Association for Fighting Cancer, and Stanislaw Maćkowiak, president of the Federation of Polish Patients.
We'll be talking about oncology, health exclusion, quality of life, strategies to strengthen patients and the system, diagnostics and personalized medicine-but that's just a piece of what we've prepared this year.
We will also talk about medical influencers and the role of social media in the context of health education of Poles. We will present the "WEBHealth Impact" report, which received the honorary patronage of the Patient Ombudsman and the patronage of the Polish Society for Lifestyle Medicine, among others. The publication was authored by a team of experts led by Mateusz Jankowski, CMKP professor. We will ask questions to health professionals, media and patient organizations that use social-media as a way to reach a wider audience with health information. We will examine what #health means, how not to be fooled by fake news and how to take care of your image on Tik-Tok. This will be a #filtration-free discussion.
Participation in the 7th Patient Empowerment Congress is free of charge. You are welcome to register HERE.
See you soon!
