HOPE Exchange programme 2009

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Exchange programme 2009

In 2009, the HOPE Exchange Programme has been organised for the 28th time. The traditional HOPE Exchange Programme started on 18 May and ended on 15 June 2009.

On 14 and 15 June 2009, HOPE Exchange Programme has been concluded by HOPE Agora on the issue of "Health Professionals in Europe: new roles, new skills". More than 250 people - HOPE exchange participants, national and local co-ordinators, HOPE members and guests - attended the conference and evaluation meeting in Lisbon. The group who went to Belgium won the first prize offered for the best presentation. The second prize was won by the participants who stayed in The Netherlands . The third one was awarded to the hospital professionals who stayed in The United Kingdom.

Main findings of HOPE 2009 Exchange Programme

The deep changes in the medical and demographic structure of population, in the social, economic and technological environment, as well as the increasing patients’ needs and citizens’ expectations affect the ability of EU healthcare systems to give proper and prompt answers. Each country can face these challenges in a different way, and its decisions clearly have a strong impact on healthcare professionals’ activities.

The document “New roles, New skills” presents the main findings of the conference 2009, where participants illustrated through several practical examples how changes in the healthcare systems affect healthcare professionals’ working pathways and presented the new emerging roles and skills in EU countries. The main findings of the conference include some common tendencies in the hospital organisation of EU Member States but above all three important trends regarding hospital professionals: the development of new roles, with new tasks related to new positions; the rise in new skills, mainly related to managerial abilities and ICT competencies, and "skills transfer", concerning the shift of tasks and responsibilities from higher to lower professional levels.

Result of the HOPE Exchange programme 2009

First three winning presentations HOPE 2009 Exchange Programme

1. Belgium
New challenges for health professionals in Europe –
The complexity of framing a puzzle

2. The Netherlands
Changing roles: Lieneke's story

3. United Kingdom
New skills and roles in a changing environment

Presentations speakers

John Clark - NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (UK)
Management and leadership skills:
Should they be compulsory for all health professionals?

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