Dear headache nurses members of the IFHN.
We are very pleased to announce our next international meeting in IFHN in collaboration with the Spanish headache nurses in Barcelona in May 2024.
The meeting starts at 11.00 May 23rd, and finishes at 15.00 May 24th.
Address of the hospital: Vall d’Hebron Hospital. Pg. de la Vall d’Hebron, 119, 08035. Barcelona
Suggestion for a hotel 5 minutes’ walk to the hospital: Hotel Alimara Carrer de Berruguete, 126, 08035. Barcelona.
We would appreciate your confirmation of attendance as soon possible and latest at March 1st 2024.
You will meet headache nurses from many countries and we will empower each other with knowledge!
If you want to join, please register as a member on this web-site. All our member will receive a personal invitation with contact details.
Preliminary program
Day 1 -23/05/2023
- 11:00 – 11:30 – Café
- 11:30 – 11:45 – Welcome and introduction
- 11:45 – 12:45 – Migraine, a public brain disease – Dr. Patricia Pozo Rosich
Migraine is a highly prevalent, underdiagnosed, undertreated, and stigmatized disease. In this talk, Dr. Pozo will talk to us about the ideal model to treat not only our patients but also migraine as a concept and as a general problem of society. In addition to offering certain keys to treating migraine from the innovative model of precision medicine.
- 12:45 – 13:30 – Preclinical models – Neuroscientist Marta Vila Pueyo
Preclinical models are a crucial tool to improve the understanding of human pathologies. In the field of headache, there are several validated preclinical models in rodents that are routinely being used to understand different aspects of the disease and to uncover new therapeutic targets. In the animal adaptive brain laboratory, we are currently using a nitroglycerin-induced chronic migraine model to assess the impact of several stressful situations in the development of orofacial allodynia and CGRP expression.
- 13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch
- 14:30 – 15:00- Innovation and research in migraine – Dr. Edoardo Caronna
For some years now, there has been a lot of research into headaches and migraines. Dr. Caronna will talk about new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for migraine and what are the moonshots for the coming years.
- 15:00 – 15:30 – Evolution of headache nurses in Spain and SEDENE – Nurse Lali Giné
For relatively few years now, headache nurses have been developing their care activities in headache units. We will talk about the evolution of these nurses, the different models of nurses that exist in Spain and the scientific society that supports these new roles.
- 15:30 – 16:00 – Annual report IFHN – President of IFHN Annette Vangaa Rasmussen
- 16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee
- 16:30 – 17:30 – Visit to the Headache Unit
On this visit, we will be able to see the facilities of the migraine adaptive brain center, of the Vall d’Hebron Hospital. It combines healthcare activities with research in patients suffering from headaches.
- Barcelona tour and dinner
Day 2 – 24/05/2023
- 08:30 – 09:00- Good morning café
- 09:00 – 10:00 – APRN in Spain and nursing now program – PhD/nurse Adela Zabalegui
The APRN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse) is at different levels depending on the country. Adela Zabalegui will explain how the APRN model is developing in Spain, what legal situation it is in and what the future steps are for the consolidation of the APRN. She will also talk to us about the importance of clinical research in nursing and different European supports for research.
- 10:00 – 11:00 – Discussion of the attendees on what the ideal headache nurse model is and should be like – Jennifer Trouerbach/Annette Vangaa Rasmussen/Teresa Marco/Lali Giné /Gøril Bruvik Gravdahl
In this workshop, we will separate the attendees by country at different tables. First, we are going to discuss the tasks in separate tables, and a representative of each table will explain the tasks carried out by headache nurses. Then the ideals of headache nurses in each country will be explained. The objective of this workshop is to have a general idea of what the colleagues do and try to contribute new ideas to incorporate them into different healthcare practices.
- 11:00 -11:30 – Coffee
- 11:30 – 12:30 – Workshop on clinical cases/case reports – Jennifer Trouerbach/
Annette Vangaa Rasmussen/ Teresa Marco/Lali Giné /Gøril Bruvik Gravdahl
Topics: medication overuse headache, chronic migraine and refractory cases.
In this workshop, we will propose different clinical cases, one different per table. Following that, each table will present their clinical case and how they would approach it. Together we will debate different visions to offer the best care to the patients of the cases.
- 12:30 – 13:00 – Closing and farewell – Jennifer/Annette/Teresa/Lali
- 13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch
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