gms | German Medical Science

Numerous non-drug interventions are developed and implemented in health care. In best case, these interventions are reported unambiguously, evaluated in a robust study design and implemented after a thorough analysis of barriers and facilitators and a purposeful tailoring to the needs of the users. Successful stories and challenges of ‘best practices’ from different domains of health care (primary care, public health and nursing) will be presented.

The panel discussion, which is sub-sequent to the key note by Prof. Paul P. Glasziou, will provide further perspectives by panel speakers. It aims to open a discussion with the audience about current experiences, including facilitators and barriers as well as future needs on how to prepare and implement the evidence on non-drug interventions. The panel discussion will be held in English but moderated to facilitate a discussion across languages (German and English).

Panel guests:

• Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Professor of Family Medicine/General Practice at the Phillipps University, Marburg, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Paul P. Glasziou, MBBS, MRCGP, FRACGP, PhD, Director of the Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (CREBP), Faculty of Health Sciences, Bond University, Robina, QLD, Australia
• Prof. Dr. phil. Gabriele Meyer, Head of the Institute of Health and Nursing Sciences University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
• PD Dr.med. Stefan Sauerland, M.san., Head of the Department Non-Drug Interventions of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), Köln, Germany

Chairs:

• Dr. Marjan van den Akker, PhD, associate professor, School CAPHRI, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, The Netherlands and Academic Center for General Practice / Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Dr. med Christiane Muth, MPH, Head of Clinical Decision Support Unit, Institute of General Practice, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt / Main, Germany