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Conference Languages
English and German
Background and Objectives
Preventive medicine has become a significant element of healthcare, reducing the burden of disease of many illnesses. Prevention’s appeal lies in its ability to help healthy individuals avoid suffering from a disease by administering relatively minor interventions. Because usually no immediate side effects are obvious, many physicians and a large proportion of the public view preventive interventions as free of harms. This viewpoint, however, ignores the risks of preventive interventions caused, for example, by an imperfect accuracy of screening tests or adverse events of chemoprophylaxis. In turn, this leads to an uncritical overuse of preventive medicine and an inefficient allocation of healthcare resources.
The objective of this symposium is to highlight the importance of a careful evaluation of the benefits and risks of any preventive intervention. During the two day event, a mixture of presentations, plenary sessions and discussions will focus on scientific, practical, and political aspects of evidence-based preventive medicine. The target audience include practicing physicians, as well as local and national health policy decision makers. Distinguished experts in the field working nationally and internationally should provide conference participants the opportunity to learn why objective scientific evaluation must be free of local political and professional interests.
Organization
Gerald Gartlehner, MD, MPH in collaboration with NÖGUS (Niederösterreichischer Gesundheits- und Sozialfonds [German for Lower Austrian Health and Social Fund])
Information
We'd be happy to provide further information in English about the symposium upon request. Please contact Ms. Irene Wild: irene.wild@donau-uni.ac.at
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