Workshops
Workshops 2008
Gait analysis in Cerebral Palsy patients: Our goal is to provide clinical service to Cerebral Palsy (CP) patients with posture and movement disorders who are referred to us for evaluation. Through our clinical research, we aim to optimize the effectiveness of treatments for the motor dysfunction in children with CP.
Regenerative Medicine: The development of novel therapies for complex diseases such as
cardiovascular disease (CVD) requires a multidisciplinary task force in
which clinicians, biologists, pharmacologists, polymer chemists and
industrial partners collaborate. Over the past decade, this task force
resulted in the conception of a novel science: Regenerative Medicine (RM).
Traumatology: Are you going to stay and play?: Scientific evidence is hard to obtain in traumatology. There is much variation in patient characteristics, trauma mechanisms and injuries. So how do we cope with this problem in the context of a scientific congres? Simple, we more or less ignore science. Blood Transfusion – an integrated part of a National Health Care system?: In many countries blood transfusion is still performing the role of Cinderella of the health care. Budget wise it is often given the remains of the Health Care budget and attention wise it is regarded a necessity, but not an essence in the Health Care System.
Neuro-otology and cochlear implantation: Profound hearing loss and deafness has a major impact on the quality of life and the developmental possibilities of the individual. The inability to hear, affects a fundamental human property: the communication through speech.
Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms: Endovascular treatment of aneurysms has become a valid alternative to open repair and in a way has revolutionized the whole vascular surgery. This new treatment modality has also resulted in a closer cooperation between vascular surgeons and interventional radiologists in many countries.
“speed dating”: following a PhD programme in Groningen: Do you want to go further in research and do a PhD in the future or do you want to explore the possibilities of doing research in Groningen? Then you have to go to this workshop!
Diagnostic challenges and value based medicine: In deciding on the optimal strategy for diagnostic imaging one has to go
through several phases of research. The paradigm of drug development (typically undergoing phase I through III studies and a IVth hurdle)prior to market access seems a good way to introduce ‘value based medicine’.
Sports Medicine: A Culture of Collaboration: Within sports medicine, there is a natural collaboration between organ-focussed specialists and sports medicine physicians. This collaboration arises from (1) coverage of treatment of musculoskeletal problems as well as medically related problems; (2) the education of all doctors in sports medicine, and (3) the reality of clinical practice, which requires expeditious evaluation and treatment of all sports injuries .
Our sexual brain: Reigning theories about how the brain governs sexual behavior are the product of experimental investigations and observations in rodents (rats, hamsters, and the likes). However, there is a growing appreciation of the fact that these rodent models can not account for the sheer complexity, especially in the psychological domain, of a human sexual response.
BioOptical Imaging: This workshop describes an overview of the current biooptical imaging technologies and area’s of application in various research fields. Besides bioluminescence imaging (BLI - predominantly relating to real-time detection of gene expression), fluorescent imaging modalities will also be highlighted.
‘HITting’ auditory vocal hallucinations: In this workshop you will get a lecture on auditory vocal hallucinations (AVH, or ‘hearing voices’) and Hallucination focused Integrative Treatment (HIT).
How to make choices for a research project: The objective of the workshop is to help students to identify factors that play a role in making the optimal choices for their research project, taking into account their personal situation and interests.
Forensic medicine and pathology: This workshop is an introduction to many different aspects of medico-legal investigation in cases of death or injury in living victims, as performed by forensic physicians in the Netherlands.
Workshop on neonatal neurology: Neonates admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are at risk for developing neurological damage. This can result in cerebral palsy in a varying degree. Different pathophysiological mechanisms play a role in the development of neurological damage.
Sequencing entire genomes: the future is now: A genome-wide association study (GWAS) aims at the identification of genetic associations with observable traits (such as blood pressure or weight), or why some people get a disease or a certain condition.
Laboratory Assessment of Physical Performance: Theory and Application of Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise Tests: The aim of this workshop is to gain insight into theoretical backgrounds and applications of physical performance tests. Aerobic VO2max and anaerobic Wingate tests will be demonstrated.
Workshop Scientific Writing: Scientific writing deals with writing texts that are unambiguously formulated and of which the author determines the direct and the indirect meaning. As with popular texts for a broader public, scientific writing aims to attract the attention of the reader, and to keep the attention throughout the text.
The dummy’s guide to publishing: Do you have exciting research findings to share with the world? Unfortunately, the information stored in your brain and laptop computer does not magically appear in a journal. It takes real work to get a paper published. But it can be enjoyable – if you have some idea about how to do it! Here is a chance for you to understand publishing from a journal editor’s perspective.
How not to walk symmetrically with a prosthetic leg: A major concern of transfemoral (TF) amputees is that their gait reveals the use of a prosthetic leg. In this interactive workshop, we discuss and demonstrate the relations between the characteristical profiles of the Center of Mass (CoM), the Center of Pressure (CoP), and the Ground Reaction Forces (GRF) during TF gait initiation, termination and prosthetic leg clearance.
Blowing much and fast: flow-volume in practic: Spirometry is an essential tool for the diagnosis and follow-up of obstructive airway diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Especially the flow-volume curves, assessed by pneumotachography, give much information about the cause, severity, localisation, and reversibility of obstructed airways. However, good conclusions can only be drawn if the spirometer technique is sufficient and results are reproducible.
Drug Development and Toxicology: how to create safe drugs: Researchers all over the world develop new drugs and billions of euros are spend on this. Thousands of new chemical entities or proteins are designed and tested in vitro and in vivo. The step from bench to bedside is in most cases a huge hurdle and most experimental drugs never reach the clinic. Obviously new drugs are tested in animal species to assess safety and efficacy before they are being tested in humans. However, mice, rats or any other animal species are not similar to man
Antidepressants: how do they work if they work: Antidepressants are discovered by chance in the early fifties of the 20th century. Since then many new antidepressants are developed and introduced. Antidepressants represent a billion-market. However from time to time clinicians serious doubt the efficacy of these compounds.
Pitfalls in conducting randomized clinical trials: To ultimately assess the efficacy of (new) drug treatments, compounds have to be tested in humans. However, drugs may well have only moderate improvements in disease outcome. Nevertheless, a moderate improvement of survival in a common disease may save thousands of lives each year. It is therefore important to get reliable answers, which calls for carefully designed studies.
Debates 2008
End-of-life decisions in newborns and the ‘Groningen protocol’: Technological developments have provided tools to deal with many consequences of premature birth and congenital anomalies. However, there are still conditions that we cannot treat and cases where treatment fails. The decision when to start and when to withhold or withdraw treatment in individual cases is very difficult.
Rethinking the goals of medicine: There was a time when doctors were called doctors and patients were called patients. Then biomedical science, technology and enterprises appeared on the scene, soon followed by administrators, bureaucrats, lawyers, and philosophers with their notions of autonomy and self-determination. And patients became clients, doctors service providers, and hospitals supermarkets.
Euthanesia: Euthanasia is the termination of a patient’s life by a doctor at the patient’s request. The Netherlands have a unique position on this issue. As of April 1st 2002 euthanasia and physician assisted suicide remains a criminal offence which, however, can be justified if certain requirements of due care are met.
