Topics

• Long-term follow-up strategies in chronic diseases
• Evidence-based Therapeutic Patient Education
• Evaluation of results
• Monitoring self-management behaviours: strategies and tools
• The empowerment of people with chronic diseases
• Emotional intelligence and self management of a chronic disease
• Therapeutic Patient Education and Quality of Life
• Therapeutic Patient Education and motivation to change
• The narrative approach to chronic disease management
• Psychosocial treatment in chronic care
• Psychosocial determinants of self-management in diabetes and other chronic diseases
• Role of Art in Therapeutic Patient Education
• Internet-based patient support and education systems
• Technological approaches to enhancing patient-provider communication
• Educating the educators. Curricular for evidence-based methods for TPE and self-management support
• Cost-effective of Therapeutic Patient Education
• Organisational aspects of Therapeutic Patient Education
• Implementing patient education for chronic diseases in primary care
• Specific learning objectives for chronic diseases:
  • Diabetes, Type 1
  • Diabetes, Type 2
  • Asthma
  • Back pain
  • Hypertension
  • Post myocardial infarction
  • Obesity
  • Epilepsy