14th EURIPA Rural Health Forum

Rural Reformation: Meeting Wellbeing and Healthcare Needs in Rural Communities

Agenda

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Poster Hall Not Yet Opened

07:30

EURIPA Executive Committee and International Advisory Board Joint Meeting

10:00

Registration

12:00

Official Opening Ceremony

  • Prof. Thomas Frese (Director Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg)
    WONCA Europe

  • Dr. Ferdinando Petrazzuoli (EURIPA President)
    European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association (EURIPA); Dept Clin. Sciences in Malmö, Cent...

  • Wolfgang Beck (State Secretary)

  • Prof. Dr. med. Heike Kielstein (Dean of the Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Inaugural Address on behalf of DEGAM

  • Prof. Dr. Markus Herrmann (Institute for General Practice Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg )
    Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

12:45

Workshop 1

Location: Room 1

  • Medication Management in Rural Primary Care: The Role of AI-Based Decision Support with ChatGPT

  • Nurmuhammed Arynov
    Institut für Allgemeinmedizin

Workshop 2

Location: Room 2

  • EMPOWERING YOUTH TO DRIVE EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RURAL GENERAL ...

  • Dr. Alexandra-Aurora Dumitra
    University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova

Workshop 3

Location: Room 3

  • “Less stress, more competence”: self-care, communicative competence, quality of life and professi...

  • Dr. Peter Vogelsänger
    Institute of General Medicine (IALM)

14:15

Coffee Break

14:45

Plenary Session

Keynote addresses

  • Workforce -Team working

  • Prof. Kerstin Hamel
    University of Vienna

  • One Health

  • Ass. Prof. Andrée Rochfort (President of EQuIP)
    President EQuIP

15:45

Oral Presentation 1

Location: Room 1

Moderators: Oleg Kravtchenko, Tobias Deutsch

  • Are nurse-led patient consultations acceptable for the general practitioners and practice nurses ...

  • Felix Bauch

  • Are practice nurse-led patient consultations acceptable for the general population in Germany? Re...

  • Dr. Solveig Weise
    Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-University Hall...

  • Attitudes of Medical Students in Croatia Towards Rural Medical Education and Practice

  • Ssist Prof, Md, Phd Natasa Mrduljaš Đujić
    SOOM Assist prof Nataša Mrduljaš Đujić, MDD, PhD Postira

  • Nurturing our professional identities to enable engagement with the challenges we face

  • Dr Ralph Hammond
    Somerset Clinical School

Oral Presentation 2

Location: Room 2

Moderators: Andrea Balbarini, Kathleen Denny

  • Carbon Footprint Awareness of Family Medicine Residents

  • Mrs Şeyda Özcan Maden
    Ankara university

  • Drones, are they ready to fly?

  • Miss Aleksandra Tanaka
    Cardiff University

  • Looking for the REMEDY for out of hours medication access in rural communities

  • Dr Rebecca Payne
    Oxford university

  • Overmedicalization, quaternary prevention and deprescribing

  • Dr. Rosario Falanga
    Department of Primary Care, Local Health Autority, Pordenone, Italy

Oral Presentation 3

Location: Room 3

Moderators: Anna Falk, Beata Blahova

  • Evaluation of Skin Cancer Knowledge Level and Sun Protection Behavior

  • Mrs Deniz Cebeci
    Muratpaşa District Health Department

  • Exploring how comorbidities, ageing and intimacy intersect with sexual behaviour: a qualitative i...

  • Miss Charlotte Evans
    Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham

  • Optimising diabetic kidney disease (DKD) management in a rural setting to optimise patient outcomes

  • Miss Danielle Reesby
    Marsh medical practice

  • Understanding Late HIV Diagnosis and Testing in Rural and Coastal Communities in the UK: A Rapid ...

  • Miss Wania Burhan
    Lincoln Medical school

16:45

Welcome Reception

Ends at 18:00

07:00

Oral Presentation 4

Location: Room 1

Moderators: Rosario Falanga, Thomas Frese

  • Addressing Healthcare Disparities in Centre Val-de-Loire: The Role of Primary Care Teams

  • Mr Nicolas Pignon
    Fédération des Unions Régionales des Professionnels de Santé

  • Engaging general practitioners in EU public health projects: lessons from the EUVABECO initiative

  • Prof. Donata Kurpas
    Wroclaw Medical University

  • HPV Vaccine Myths: Perspectives from Romanian Family Doctors in Clinical Practice

  • Ms Maria Catalina Popescu
    University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova

  • Rural CPTS and access to care: realities of medicine in “crisis management” mode.

  • Dr Charlotte de Fontgalland
    URPS ML

Oral Presentation 5

Location: Room 2

Moderators: Beata Blahova, Konstantin Moser

  • Innovating Rural Recruitment: A National Program Supporting Future GPs in Underserved Areas of th...

  • Mr. David Halata
    Czech Society of General Practice

  • Recruitment and retention of doctors i rural Norway- dealing with complexity

  • Dr Anders Svensson
    Norwegian centre for rural medicine

  • Remote and online continuous professional development for rural primary care practitioners: what ...

  • Dr Dirk Pilat
    RCGP

  • Strategic Policy Mechanisms to Address General Practitioner Shortages in Latvia’s Primary Healthc...

  • Mrs Beate Livdanska
    Rīga Stradiņš University

Programmed Session: Developing a Forum statement

Location: Room 3

Chair: Prof. Joyce Kenkre

08:00

Coffee Break

08:30

1 Slide 5 Minute Presentations

Location: Room 1

Moderators: Thomas Frese & Juan Barranco

  • A retrospective analysis of an improved strategy employed by a primary care provider within a rur...

  • Carl Deaney

  • From Isolation to Innovation: Strengthening Rural Health Through a Learning Healthcare Community

  • Dr. Wendy Graham
    Memorial University of Newfoundland

  • Meeting well-being needs: a retrospective review of a proactive approach to encouraging patients ...

  • Ms Natalie Daly
    Marsh Medical Practice

  • Patient and doctor satisfaction related to doctor-patient consultations in rural family practice

  • Dr Andras Mohos
    University of Szeged Faculty of Medicine Family Medicine Department

  • Revisiting management paradigms to enhance clinical practice in the rural setting to meet the hea...

  • Dr Carl Nigel Deaney
    Marsh Medical Practice

  • Rural well-being & healthcare needs: a paradigm shift to a holistic approach to dementia to impro...

  • Ms Natalie Daly
    Marsh Medical Practice

  • The Role of Collection Lockers and Vending Machines in Modern Pharmacy Services

  • Miss Elinor Thomas
    Cardiff University

  • Uncovering hidden causes of anaemia in young patients: a case study of paraesophageal hernia in L...

  • Dr. Valerija Mizavcova
    Rīga Stradiņš University

Workshop 4

Location: Room 2

  • Workshop: POCUS Applications in the Curriculum for Frontline Physicians

  • Dr Mihai Iacob
    EUVEKUS / Romanian National Society of Family Medicine/GPs.

Workshop 5

Location: Room 3

  • Mapping rural health research and educational activities in Europe: A scoping exercise

  • Dr Viet-Hai Phung
    University of Lincoln

10:00

Oral Presentation 7

Location: Room 1

Moderators: Miriam Dolan, Konstantin Moser

  • Experiences of collaboration between the Lincolnshire Living with Cancer Programme and Primary Ca...

  • Mrs Kathie McPeake
    Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board

  • Identifying mental health research priorities in rural (and coastal) settings: A rapid systematic...

  • Dr Viet-Hai Phung
    University of Lincoln

  • Needs of older people in Brandenburg (BeMenBB)

  • Romina Jasmin Frenzel
    Center for Aging Research

  • The paradox of teleconsultation: when technological innovation reinforces inequalities in access ...

  • Dr Charlotte de Fontgalland
    URPS ML

Oral Presentation 8

Location: Room 2

Moderators: L'ubomír Molčan, Susanne Unverzagt

  • A prospective observational cross-sectional study with Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) or Rapi...

  • Dr Mihai Iacob
    EUVEKUS / Romanian National Society of Family Medicine/GPs.

  • Accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound examination of the lung in primary care performed by general...

  • Mr. David Halata
    Czech Society of General Practice

  • Adherence to the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Guidelines between rural and urban areas i...

  • Prof Ioanna Tsiligianni
    University of Crete

  • Implementation of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Czech General Practice: Rural Practices Leading the...

  • Mr. David Halata
    Czech Society of General Practice

Intergenerational session: Passing the torch

Location: Room 3

Intergenerational session: Passing the torch

Face-to-Face and On-line

Dr. Oleg Kravtchenko, EURIPA

Dr. Johannes Fluch-Niebuhr, Halle University Hospital

Panellists:

Ass.Prof. Dr. Karen Flegg, Austalia

Dr Veronika Rasic, Croatia and UK

Dr John-Michael Stevens, Canada

Philip Vogt, Germany

Dr Jean Tori Pantel, Germany

Julius Alexander Klabunde, Germany

  • Dr. Oleg V Kravtchenko (Moderator)
    EURIPA

  • Dr. Johannes Fluch-Niebuhr (Moderator)
    Halle University Hospital

11:00

Lunch

12:00

Virtual tour local practice

Virtual tour local practice to set scene followed by discussion panel

  • Dr. Johannes Fluch-Niebuhr (Moderator)
    Halle University Hospital

  • Dr. Oleg V Kravtchenko (Moderator)
    EURIPA

13:00

Elevator Pitch

Location: Room 2

Elevator Pitch

Dr. Alexander Bauer

Dr. Ferdinando Petrazzuoli

Join us to share your research ideas - or learn about other people’s research ideas!

If you have a new research idea, and have not sent an abstract to present it at the EURIPA Wittenberg Forum, why not present it to us as an ‘elevator pitch’?

‘Elevator pitches’ are usually used to ‘sell’ a business idea, but here you will have 2 minutes to tell us.

Interactive Round Table

Location: Room 3

Interactive Round Tables

Understanding Rural Practice through sharing practice experiences: A Dialogic Workshop

 Dr Miriam Dolan

Dr. Anna Falk

Prof. Dr. Markus Hermann

Dr Mateja Kokalj Kokot

Jane Randall-Smith

14:30

Coffee Break

15:00

Keynote
  • Developing rural research capacity

  • Prof. Russell Roberts
    Charles Sturt University, Australia

15:30

Poster Session

All the posters will be displayed throughout the Forum in the Auditorium Maximun. In this session the best five posters will be presented orally. 

  • Dr Helene Jones (Chair of the Poster session)
    Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health

  • Dr. Katerina Javorska (Moderator)
    Czech GP Society

  • Mr. David Halata (Moderator)
    Czech Society of General Practice

Ends at 16:30

18:00

Rural Dinner

Online pre-booking required. Please see details here.

Ends at 20:30

07:00

Keynote

  • Ass. Prof. Karen Flegg
    President, WONCA World

07:30

Oral Presentations 9

Location: Room 1

Moderators: Miriam Dolan, Tobias Deutsch

  • Does It Really Work? -- Patient and Health Care Professional Satisfaction with a Telemedicine Bas...

  • Dr Daniel Eorsi
    Hungarian Order of Malta

  • Results from nurse-assisted mobile telemedicine services in rural Hungarian areas

  • Dr. Ábel Perjés
    Semmelweis University

  • The use of remote screening for CKD detection in at-risk patients with hypertension in a rural po...

  • Miss Danielle Reesby
    Marsh medical practice

  • Utilising the prostate cancer UK risk assessment tool to improve patient outcomes in rural primar...

  • Miss Stephanie Koliandris
    Marsh Medical Practice

Workshop 6

Location: Room 2

  • The country doctors with a lifelong patient-doctor relation – extinct species? Or the best job on...

  • Anna Falk
    Primary Care organisation Region of Vasternorrland Sweden

NCD Academy: supporting the primary healthcare workforce with online education to reduce the global burden of NCDs Sponsor: Viatris

Location: Room 3

Ferdinando Petrazzuoli

Joris Van Vugt

Thomas Frese

09:00

Coffee Break

09:30

Rural Reformation discussion panel

Location: Room 1

Plenary session

Rural Reformation discussion panel

Moderators:

Dr. Alexander Bauer, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Dr Miriam Dolan, EURIPA, Prof Dr Markus Herrmann, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

Panellists:

Dr Markus Hermann, Germany

Dr. Marijan Gjukicto, Austria

Ass. Prof. Andree Rochfort, Ireland

Prof. Russell Roberts,Australia

Prof. Mark Gussy, UK

  • Dr. Alexander Bauer (Moderator)
    Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

  • Dr. Miriam Dolan (Moderator)
    The European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association, QUB, RCGP Rural Forum, WONCA Europe Sp...

  • Prof. Dr. Markus Herrmann
    Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

10:30

Closing Ceremony

Location: Room 1

Presentation of the Forum Statement

Prof. Joyce Kenkre


Award presentations

Dr. Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, EURIPA President

Berit Hansen award oral communication (young physician)
Award for best oral communication
Best poster presentation

Presentation of Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine Journal Vouchers for the best presentations

Prof. Donata Kurpas – Editor-in-Chief.

Presentation of the 15th EURIPA Rural Health Forum, Cartagena, Spain, 1-3 October 2026

Dr. Juan Francisco Barranco Tirado (Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine, SEMFyC)

11:00

Lunch

12:00

Tourist Excursion

Online pre-booking required. Please see details here.

Ends at 12:15

  • Diagnosis of acute rheumatic carditis in an asymptomatic child during a sports examination: the ...

  • Dr Kübra Efe
    Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital (Family Medicine Clinic, relocated to Etl...

  • "Let's walk together for health" - a way to build a healthy community

  • Dr. Jana Bendova
    Slovak Society of General Practice

  • Addressing the continuous professional development needs of rural GPs using e-learning- Pre-limin...

  • Dr. Miriam Dolan
    The European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association, QUB, RCGP Rural Forum, WONCA Europe Sp...

  • Coordinated care in PHC in Poland - patients' perspective Results of the study

  • Dr. Artur Prusaczyk
    Medical and Diagnostic Centre

  • Delayed Diagnosis of Isolated Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a 5-Year-Old with Recurrent Respirator...

  • Dr. Ieva Elizabete Maldupa
    Riga Stradins University

  • Education in Action: A Case Review of Early Referral for Rare Skin Cancer Following Clinical Trai...

  • Dr Laura Siauciuniene
    Marsh Medical Practice

  • Enhanced Skin Lesions Management in Rural Practice: The Power of Teledermatology, Dermatoscopy, a...

  • Dr Laura Siauciuniene
    Marsh Medical Practice

  • Enhancing the Management of Chronic Conditions in Rural Communities Through SGLT2i: A Collaborati...

  • Miss Danielle Reesby
    Marsh medical practice

  • Health care in depopulation areas – contemporary challenges related with population wellbeing an...

  • Dr. Artur Prusaczyk
    Medical and Diagnostic Centre

  • Holistic outcomes in real-world secondary prevention: strategies and treatment for established AS...

  • Dr Carl Nigel Deaney
    Marsh Medical Practice

  • How One European Changed the Landscape of America's Rural Healthcare: Lessons Learned.

  • Douglas Dyer
    Riga Stradina Universitate

  • How successful are we at meeting the challenge of providing an integrated cardiorenal-metabolic a...

  • Dr Carl Nigel Deaney
    Marsh Medical Practice

  • Impact of Socioeconomic Deprivation and Rurality on Mortality in Cardiovascular Patients

  • T.H. An Dang
    Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology

  • Individual Task Card (ITC) for medical and non-medical staff as a tool for the optimal resource u...

  • Dr Pawel Zuk
    Medical and Diagnostic Center

  • Model Regions for Medical Training

  • Jamal Bannourah
    Institut für Allgemeinmedizin - Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

  • Municipal Interventions to Attract Family Medicine Residents in Latvia: Challenges and Strategies

  • Dr. Matīss Kore
    Riga Stradiņš University

  • Prognosis of the Real and Due Demand for Family Medicine Services in Poland

  • Dr. Artur Prusaczyk
    Medical and Diagnostic Centre

  • Severe anemia identified in chronic disease monitoring

  • Dr Kübra Efe
    Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital (Family Medicine Clinic, relocated to Etl...

  • Study on Food Intake and Emotions in Individuals: Differences Based on Rural and Urban Habitats

  • Dr. Rafael Ríos Bernabé
    Servicio Murciano de Salud

  • Survey of Cooperation Between Rural Doctors and Specialists

  • Mudr. Andrea Fuleova
    Outpatient clinic of a general practitioner

  • Taking the pledge for planetary health

  • Dr. Miriam Dolan
    The European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association, QUB, RCGP Rural Forum, WONCA Europe Sp...

  • The role of AI, telemedicine and digital tools in alleviating the phenomenon of medical deserts

  • Adrian Kuś
    Centrum Medyczno-Diagnostyczne

  • The role of pharmaceutical services in rural areas in Poland

  • Dr Pawel Zuk
    Medical and Diagnostic Center

  • Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy: Insights into Influenza Vaccine Refusal in Romania

  • Mrs Maria Loredana Nicolae
    University of Medicine and Farmacy of Craiova

  • Using recipes incorporating oral nutritional supplements to enhance engagement and compliance in ...

  • Miss Danielle Reesby
    Marsh medical practice

  • Utilising the weight reduction agent orlistat to manage obesity in at-risk patients with obesity ...

  • Ms Natalie Daly
    Marsh Medical Practice

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