AGENDA (download Word document)

Patient Advocacy Seminar

June 29^th–30^th, 2009

 Mercure Budapest City Center Hotel, DEAK Conference Room

Váci utca 20 1052

Budapest, Hungary

  8:00                       Registration

  8:30                        Welcome: Katalin Muszbek and Mary Callaway
Objectives, Introductions, Country Reports: Mary Callaway
Review agenda, training materials, action plan 5 min
Faculty introductions 5 min
Country groups review pre-conference worksheets 30 min
Country group introductions and reports 80 min (10 min per country)

10:30 - 10:45        Break

10:45                     Advancing Palliative Care Globally/Effective Palliative Care Policies: Kathleen Foley
Overview & WHO Public Health Model of Palliative Care Policies with country examples 30 min
Case study - Hungary Hospice and Palliative Care Program 15 min, Katalin Muszbek
Group discussion on how to select policies that are most likely to be changed 30 min

12:00                     Lunch

13:00 – 14:45      Organizing Yourself to Advocate: Nancy Lins
Presentation: Advocacy Skills 20 min (effective strategies, building a campaign, mobilizing people, challenges/barriers)
Panel of 4 case studies (10 min each):
Moderator: Stephen Connor
Policy: Dimitri Kordzaya, Georgia
Drug Availability: Snezana Bosnjak, Serbia
Education: Malina Dumitrescu, Romania
Implementation: Katalin Muszbek, Hungary  
Group discussion 30-45 min

14:45 - 15:00       Break

15:00 – 16:45      Collaborations: Linda Mowad
Presentation: Collaboration 15 min
Country group activity: Collaboration 45-50 min (worksheet)
Country groups report back 40 min (5 min per country)

18:00                     Cocktail

18:30                     Dinner – in the Hotel

8:30                       Summary from Day One: Kathleen Foley

8:40 – 10:00         Communication and Advocacy Campaigns: Linda Mowad
   Presentation: Developing a Media Advocacy Campaign 20 min
   Case examples (10 min each):
   Media Campaign – Katalin Muszbek
   World Hospice & Palliative Care Day - Claire Morris
   Country group activity: Developing a Media Campaign 45 min

10:00 – 10:15        Break

10:15 – 11:15        Communication and Advocacy Campaigns (Continued)
   Country groups report back 60 min

11:15 – 11:45        Evaluating Your Success: Linda Mowad
 Evaluation presentation 15 min (Types of evaluations, planning for evaluation, sharing your results)
 Large group discussion on evaluation experience 15 min

11:45 – 12:30        Lunch

12:30 – 14.30       Action Planning: Nancy Lins 
  Country group activity: Identify 1-2 policies that they will work to change 60 min
  Country groups report back 60 min

14:30 – 15:00      Summary, Next steps, Participants complete Evaluation Form: Kathleen Foley, Mary   Callaway
Close of Meeting