Effective communication with parents is a cornerstone of management in pediatric intensive care. It enables a relationship of trust with concerned families. Some caregivers, while aware of the importance of communication, sometimes feel helpless when confronted with difficult situations. With this in mind, our service set up training courses aiming to improve communication between health care teams and families by exposing caregivers to complex situations thereby allowing them gain experience in communication. Simulation training was chosen for its advantages of concrete, practical application and a safe learning environment. These training sessions were composed of two complementary parts: the first interactive and theoretical part enabled individuals acquire a basic knowledge in communication, the second part empowered practical application through simulation sessions. In each simulation, professional actors of Le Rire Medecin played the role of parents while learners played the role of caregiver. At the end of simulation, actors provided general feedback to learners which in turn allowed them to explore their own practices. The presence of a psychologist allowed articulation of feelings in a secure environment. This synergistic method enabled caregivers to self improve significantly. Pre and post-tests were completed by the learners, highlighting the impact of this method as well as allowing them to evaluate the quality of training. By focusing on an individual’s interpersonal skills, simulation training allows improvement in professional practices. It is perceived as very useful by participants, allowing them to increase their professional capabilities and ensure the establishment of trust-based care relationships with families.

This project aims for the personalized management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) with a novel therapeutic supported by an effective diagnostic approach. Our goal is to fulfil unmet needs in managing the disease as currently there is no proposed solution. Our mission is to improve healthcare in society using the most recent developments in chemistry, synthetic biology and medicine. RA is a condition when the immune system loses specificity, and instead of destroying intruders of the body it attacks the body’s own cells. As much as 1% of the world population is affected by RA which leads to pain and physical disability for most patients. Despite over four decades of research, neither specific diagnostic nor effective treatment is available. We propose a new therapeutic linked with an earlier diagnostic technique. The new technology applies rationally designed synthetic antigens and their nanoparticles for the specific diagnostics and treatment of RA. The technology has a potential to dramatically improve the life quality of RA patients while reducing the disease management costs in the healthcare system. We believe that this mission will be accompanied by building a high revenue business that will take a market share estimated in billions of USD. The therapy will specifically bind and clear the inflammatory autoantibodies and cells that cause the disease. At the molecular level, it provides the treatment of inflammation causing autoantibodies and prevents their cytotoxic activity. At the cellular level, the RA associated osteoclasts are specifically targeted. The diagnostic method offers an earlier diagnostic which means less permanent disability for the patient. The diagnostic development is complete, and it is already benchmarked. The team is composed of a PI Kira Astakhova (chemistry, biomedicine), Postdoc Dr. Tiago Silva (pharmacy), Researcher Sangita Khatri (chemistry), and a project manager Lisa-Marie Jaunet (business development).

Obesity is a hazard mark associated with insulin resistance (IR). This study aimed to detect which risk factors might provide the greatest predictive value for IR in obese adolescents aged thirteen to seventeen years. One hundred obese adolescents with IR and matched age and sex 100 obese healthy controls without IR were included. Anthropometry, serum lipids and metabolic biomarkers were measured. Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) was used to determine insulin resistance. Significant increase in serum lipids and metabolic parameters in obese cases with IR compared to those without. Positive correlations were observed between obesity measurements and metabolic risk markers, including increase of waist to hip ratio (WHR), sum of skin folds, blood pressure, insulin, HOMA-IR, TC, TG and LDL-C levels and decrease of HDL-C in IR adolescents. WHR showed the highest correlations with biochemical markers in IR cases. WHR was able to predict IR with area under the curve = 0.82 and TG-to-HDL-C ratio with area under the curve = 0.87. WHR and lipid/lipoprotein fractions are significantly associated with IR in obese adolescents and might be used for the prediction of IR and for cases at high risk for early intervention.

A right is something that is guaranteed and protected by a higher authority, such as a government, whereas a privilege is a special advantage or benefit that is granted to a person, a group, or to a category of people. A privilege, therefore, is granted to some and denied to others. The right to health care, or as some would say, the right to health, is a basic human right, as codified by international human rights law by the World Health Organization (1946), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), and the World Conference on Human Rights (1993). This presentation will compare the opinions of experts in the field of health care as to whether it is a right or a privilege in the United States. Most Americans access health care through their employers; for those people health care is a right. However, since 2005 most new jobs added to the economy have been classified as part-time, temporary, or seasons, which mean that they don’t provide access to health care for employees. While the majority of Americans claim to be in favour of universal health care, the United States doesn’t have it; 44 million Americans have no health insurance and 38 million Americans are underinsured. This presentation will examine some of the arguments surrounding the controversial subject of universal health care in an attempt to understand why we don’t have it. The history of connecting access to health care through employment will also be discussed.

Healthcare access is a worldwide challenge. Every day, patients from all over the world are denied access to elsewhere approved health innovations for arbitrary reasons. TheSocialMedwork aims to provide patients with access to quality of life improving medicines. To date, TheSocialMedwork has helped patients with life debilitating illnesses gain access to 5,500 elsewhere approved medicines in over 75 countries. Under the Named Patient import basis, and with the help of healthcare professionals all over the world, TheSocialMedwork is safely and legally delivering medicines to patients everywhere. The partnership between TheSocialMedwork and nurses is a very important one. Together we have a responsibility to educate and guide doctors about all the available options for every patient without providing false hope. During this presentation, Founder & CEO Sjaak Vink and Medical Doctor Aysen Simsek, MD, MSc will share valuable insight regarding: TheSocialMedwork overview, The named patient regulation, The process of helping patients access elsewhere approved medicines and The intricate role that nurses play in guiding doctors.

We are going to present a study about our memory games apps and the impacts it has on seniors. Moreover, we truly believe it has also great impacts on caregivers and nurses staff because it’s valued them, they gain time. Stim’Art is a brain training program designated for all. Two versions: Scarlett for seniors suffering cognitive disorders and Clint, a version for autonomous seniors to prevent cognitive disorders and to promote social links. Stim’Art program was developed with a health professional to propose a high-value proposition for seniors and caregivers and nurses’ staff. Today, each program contains more than 18 games. A well-balanced set of games to address issues such as memory, concentration, visual gnosia, visual memory, semantic memory, reasoning, episodic memory, etc. An online monitoring platform allows to access to progress, favorite games but also success rate, current difficulty level, and wellbeing. The calendar feature allows caregivers or families to easily track the seniors under their care. They will be able to access their individual results by day, week or month as well as follow their progress. The monitoring platform sends alerts for caregivers in real time the users who are experiencing difficulty. Different types of alerts have been developed in collaboration with our health partners: wellbeing alert, lack of activities alert or lower cognitive performance alert. The caregiver can then go directly into the user’s profile for more information on how the better way to assist the senior.