Symptoms in Primary Care: an invitation to the 2nd annual symposium in The Netherlands

The 2nd annual symposium on symptoms in Primary Care will be held on September 22-23 2017 in The Netherlands.

Invitations for abstract submission is open with the deadline extended to June 1st.

Full details are available on the symposium webpage.

Following on from a successful multidisciplinary symposium on symptom research in primary care in Vejle (Denmark, 2015), the second international multidisciplinary symposium on symptom research in primary care: ‘SYMPCA 2017: The meaning of symptoms’ will be hosted by VUmc Amsterdam.

Symptoms cut through, determine and guide interaction, communication and medical decisions in primary care. Questions regarding defining symptoms, questioning symptoms, understanding symptoms, symptoms and healthcare seeking, making sense of symptoms and managing symptoms will be discussed in various workshops and keynote lectures.

Key note speakers include:  

  • Jeanette Pols on Symptoms and self care

  • Chris Dowrick on Symptoms and culture

  • Arko Oderwald on Symptoms and literature

  • Eiko Fried on Symptomics

  • Peter Henningsen on Symptoms and the brain

The organising committee are

  • Prof. Dr. Henriette van der Horst, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam

  • Dr. Peter Lucassen, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen

  • Dr. Tim olde Hartman, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen

  • Dr. Marianne Rosendal, University of Southern Denmark, Odense

  • Dr. Rikke Sand Andersen, Aarhus University, Aarhus

  • Dr. Mette Bech Risør, UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø, Tromsø