PROCARE

14/04/2022

Hospitals and Faculties Together for Prosperous and Scientific Based Healthcare - ProCare Final International Conference

ProCare team reached the final point of the project ProCare with the final project conference:

Hospitals and Faculties Together for Prosperous and Scientific Based Healthcare - ProCare

Final International Conference

Final ProCare conference was organized by University of Udine, Italy on April 8th, 2022 in

Antonini Palace, GUSMANI Room, Udine. Conference was also available online for remote atendances.

At the conference the results of three years of cooperation between Italian, Spanish, Irish and Slovenian health faculties and general hospitals within the ProCare project have been presented. The aim of the project is to improve the connection and cooperation between educational institutions and clinical environments and thus contribute to the establishment of scientifically based nursing.

The overall goal of the project is to strengthen research connectivity between hospitals and higher education institutions and to increase the visibility of research in nursing, thus improving the outcomes of nursing care. It also promotes research connectivity between hospitals and higher education institutions internationally through freely available online learning materials.

SCHEDULED SESSIONS

Time	Content	Speakers
Introduction Welcome and institutional greetings. Brief description of the project, its objectives and the activities carried out.
Moderators Italy and Slovenia: Alvisa Palese and Katja Pesjak
Lecture Time 9:00 – 9:15	Welcome Greetings	Guest and Authorities Alvisa Palese (University of Udine, Italy) Sanela Pivač (Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Slovenia)
Lecture Time 9:15 – 9:30	Presentation of the ProCare project	Katja Pesjak (Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Slovenia)
Moderators Italy and Slovenia: Alvisa Palese and Mateja Bahun
Nursing developments in four European Countries: professional considerations and cooperation experiences between Universities and Hospitals

Each partner will describe the context of nursing in their Country and some peculiar experiences where research competences have been developed, and the cooperation between Hospitals and Universities has been enhanced (the aim is to highlight the differences and similarities between the four Countries). Furthermore, this part is dedicated to the University WPs leaders who will present a summary of the project activities/results that they have led.
Lecture Time 9:30-9:45	Nursing work environment	Katja Pesjak (Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Slovenia)
Lecture Time 9:45-10:00	Linking higher education, research and hospitals for nursing research development: Learning from nursing research collaborations	Christine FitzGerald (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Lecture Time 10:00-10:15	The development of the online learning programme on nursing research	Manuel Lillo Crespo (University of Alicante, Spain)
Lecture Time 10:15-10:30	Development of the platform and learning evaluation	Alenka Baggia (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
Lecture Time 10:30-10:45	Project Quality Assurance	Lucia Cadorin (University of Udine, Italy)
Lecture Time 10:45-11:00	Discussion

11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break

Moderators Slovenia and Ireland: Katja Pesjak and Liz Kingston
ProCare project impact: results from Hospitals experiences Each partner Country will describe the activities and goals achieved in the Hospitals as a result of joining the project and producing the training package. This part is dedicated to the Hospital partners and those who developed the online learning programme on nursing research (platform) and learning evaluation.
Lecture Time 11:30-11:45	Experience of Irish Hospital: A guidance for conducting journal club and research groups	Jennifer Khan (Limerick Hospital, Ireland)
Lecture Time 11:45-12:00	Experience of Italian Hospital: Journal clubs and research group	Barbara Narduzzi (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Italy)
Lecture Time 12:00-12:15	Experience of Spanish Hospital	Jorge Riquelme (Clinica Vistahermosa, Spain)
Lecture Time 12:15-12:30	Experience of Slovenian Hospital: A qualitative study on Journal Club	Mojca Strgar Ravnik (Splošna Bolnišnica) Jesenice, Slovenia)
Discussion Time 12:30-12:45	Discussion

12:45 – 14:00	Lunch

Moderators Italy and Slovenia: Barbara Narduzzi, Lucia Cadorin and Katja Pesjak
International nursing research contributions: Short Communication
Lecture Time 14:00-16:30	Abstracts presentation: Johnny Acquaro (University of Turin, Italy) Mateja Bahum (Angela Boskin faculty of Health Care, Slovenia) Francesco Cecchini (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Italy) Alice Coffey (University of Limerick, Ireland) Raffaella Dobrina (IRCCS Burlo Garofolo Trieste, Italy) Fco. Javier Gomis Jimeno (University of Alicante, Spain) Simonetta Grubissa (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Italy) Liz Kingston (University of Limerick, Ireland) Juan Manuel Leyva Moral (University Autonomous of Barcelona, Spain) Marjeta Logar Čuček (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) Simone Macchi (IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milan, Italy) Sara Marcori (University of Trieste, Italy) Michela Nani (San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy) Ester Pomarolli (Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Italy) Angela Tolotti (Oncology Institute of Southern, Switzerland)

ProCare team is grateful to all participants who actively shared their knowledge, experience and opinions and to all listeners for their dedicated following of the conference.