From 5 to 7 November, the Canary Islands Health Service Evaluation and Planning Service (SESCS) took part in the 46th Congress of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC), held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
During the congress, the SESCS team presented several scientific contributions:
- The conference “The art and science of person-centred care”, in which Lilisbeth Perestelo Pérez, Head of the SESCS, together with Rafael Valcárcel, addressed how to measure, evaluate and implement this model of care, as well as shared decision-making.
- Two studies by Vanesa Ramos García on multimorbidity: the validation of the Spanish version of the MTBQ (Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire), which measures the burden associated with managing treatments, and patient activation in the e-mpoderaT study. The first of these studies, which also includes other SESCS-affiliated authors such as Anthea Gara Santos Álvarez and Lilisbeth Perestelo Pérez, received the “Revista Clínica de Medicina de Familia” Award for Best Residency Research Project.
- The five-year results of the INDICA study on type 2 diabetes mellitus, presented by Yolanda Ramallo Fariña.
- A poster by Miguel García Bello on vaccination records among adults in the Canary Islands Health Service.
Participation in this congress provided an opportunity to share the SESCS’s research findings and contribute to knowledge exchange with Primary Care professionals.
Congratulations to everyone involved, and especially to the authors of the award-winning study!
Here are some images of the SESCS team’s participation in the congress.
