Annual RIMS Conference: May 4-6, 2023

Special Interest Group Meetings

An overview of the programme of the SIG meetings will follow soon.

Admittance to a SIG is complimentary to all Conference Delegates, but pre-registration is mandatory.
It is obligatory to purchase an Annual Conference Registration to be able to register for a SIG Meeting.

Italian accreditation has been requested for the Italian participants to the Teaching Courses

CME credits will be assigned by the provider FISM n. 5599  and it is subject to the following:

  • Correspondence profession/discipline for which the event is accredited
  • The participant needs to attended for a minimum of 90% of the educational hours
  • The participant needs to complete the event evaluation form
  • The participant need to pass the learning test (a questionnaire, giving at least 75% of the answers correctly). 

Italian participants will need to sign in at the entrance and at the exit for ECM credits and must remember to hand in the personal information sheet, the evaluation form and the written test at the end of the meeting at the registration desk.

Participants are requested to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the SIG for the registration procedure

 

Special Interest Group Meeting in detail:

Bladder, Bowel & Sexuality + Patient Autonomy

Patient Autonomy: a key factor in the context of Bowel, Bladder and Sexuality problems.

CME Credits Assigned: 2

  • The event is accredited for: Medico Chirurgo (specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione; Neurologia; Ginecologia; Urologia); Fisioterapisti; Terapisti Occupazionali; Psicologi (specializzazione: Psicologia e Psicoterapia); Infermieri

Venue: AISM, Via Operai 40 -16149 Genova

The meeting aims to discuss patient empowerment in the Bowel, Bladder, and Sexuality field and to stimulate and exchange on awareness and knowledge among healthcare professionals involved in MS care. Download the programme and discover the invitation from the SIG chair HERE. 

Programme:

16:00 - 16:10 | Introduction: Welcome and brief introduction - (Anne Christin Rahn - Germany, Sara Rinaldi - Italy)

16:10 - 16:45 | Section 1: MS vs other pathologies - (Jalesh Panicker - United Kingdom)

16:45 - 17:05 | Group Work

  • Group A: What are the barriers for timely treatment of bladder & bowel disorders - (Sara Rinaldi - Italy, Corinne Oosterlinck - Belgium)
  • Group B: What are the barriers for timely treatment of bladder & bowel disorders -  (Anne Christin Rahn - Germany, Andrea Giordano -Italy)

17.05 - 17.20 | Consensus discussion: Agreement on key barriers – country/regional differences?  (Jalesh Panicker - United Kingdom) 

17.20 - 17.40 | Break

17.40 - 18.05 | Section 2: Patient empowerment - (Kim Bundvig Barken - MSc PhD)

18.05 - 18.25 | Group work

  • Group A: How to ensure successful usage of Bladder Check to increase patient autonomy - (Sara Rinaldi - Italy, Corinne Oosterlinck - Belgium)
  • Group B: How to ensure successful usage of Bladder Check to increase patient autonomy - (Anne Christin Rahn - Germany,  Andrea Giordano - Italy)

18.25 - 18.40 | Consensus discussion: Conclusion from group work - (Kim Bundvig Barken - Denmark)

18.40 - 19.00 | Closure - Open fora: How can we improve patient autonomy in relation to bladder, bowel and sexuality issues in the future -  (Anne Christin Rahn - Germany, Corinne Oosterlinck - Belgium, Sara Rinaldi - Italy, Andrea Giordano - Italy)

19:00 - 19:15 | Italian CME accreditation (only for Italians participants)

 

Communication & Swallowing

CME Credits Assigned: 2,9

  • The event is accredited for: Medico Chirurgo (specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione; Neurologia; Foniatria); Fisioterapisti; Terapisti Occupazionali; Psicologi (specializzazione: Psicologia e Psicoterapia); Logopedisti; Infermieri

Venue: Servizio Riabilitazione AISM Liguria, Via Operai 30 -16149 Genova

Programme:

16:00 - 16:05 | Welcome and brief introduction – (Leena-Maria Heikkola , Hans Bogaardt)

16:05 - 16:50 | Lecture "Treatment of communication disorders in PwMs: where do we stand?" – (Leena Maria Heikkola)

16:50 - 17:40 | Workshop: "Measuring disease impact on communication and swallowing in PwMS"- Hans Bogaardt

17:40 - 18:10 | Break

18:10 - 18:50 | Interactive discussion: “Setting a research agenda for communication and swallowing disorders in MS: the role of the RIMS SIG and its members” - (Leena-Maria Heikkola , Hans Bogaardt)

18:50 - 19:00 | Closing remarks

19:00 - 19:15 | Italian CME accreditation (only for Italians participants)

 

Mobilty

Cognitive-motor interference during walking in persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Assessment and Rehabilitation.

CME Credits Assigned: 2 

  • The event is accredited for: Medico Chirurgo (specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione; Neurologia); Fisioterapisti; Terapisti Occupazionali; Psicologi (specializzazione: Psicologia e Psicoterapia); Infermieri

Venue: IIT – Fondazione Istituto Italiano di tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova

Programme:

16:00 - 16:05 | Welcome and brief introduction to the Course and IIT - (Carme Santoyo - ES, Lousin Moumdjian - BE, Giacinto Barresi - IT)

16:05 - 16:50 | Lecture "Cognitive-motor interference during walking in persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Assessment and Rehabilitation" - (Peter Feys - BE)

16:50 - 17:50 | Workshop: "Assessing and training yourself, using the CMI-APP developed by an interdisciplinary group and applied in Flanders,  Finland, Italy and Israel"

  • GROUP A (Peter Feys - BE)
  • GROUP B ( Mieke D'Hooge - BE)
  • GROUP C ( Zuhal Abasiyanik - TURKEY)

17:50 - 18:00  | Break

18:00 - 18:50 | Interactive panel discussion and Q/A - (Peter Feys - BE, Mieke D'Hooge - BE, Zuhal Abasiyanik - TURKEY), Ludovico Pedulla - IT,  Andrea Tachino - IT,  Alon Kalron - ISRAEL)

18:50 - 19:00 | Closing remarks - (Carme Santoyo - ES, Lousin Moumdjian - BE). 

19:00 - 19:15 | Italian CME accreditation (only for Italians participants)

 

Occupation

CME Credits Assigned: 3,2

  • The event is accredited for: Medico Chirurgo (specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione; Neurologia); Fisioterapisti; Terapisti Occupazionali; Psicologi (specializzazione: Psicologia e Psicoterapia)

Venue: Servizio Riabilitazione AISM Liguria, Via Operai 30 -16149 Genova

Programme:

16:00 | Welcome and brief introduction - (Inger Grethe Loyning - Norwey,  Sofie Ferdinand - Belgium)

16:00 - 16:15 | Presentation of SIG Occupation, RIMS network and RIMS membership benefits - (Inger Løyning - Norwey)

16:15 - 16:30 | Update on newly stared research project on occupational therapy in MS (Daphne Kos - Belgium)

16:30 - 17:30 | Center and Institution presentations by the participants - (Sofie Ferdinand - Belgium, Inger Løyning - Norwey)

17:30 - 17:45 | Coffee break

17:45 - 19:00 | Interactive session on topic "Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation" (Sofie Ferdinand - Belgium,  Inger Løyning - Norwey)

19:00 - 19:15 | Italian CME accreditation (only for Italians participants)

 

Psychology & Neuropsychology

CME Credits Assigned: 2,6

  • The event is accredited for: medico chirurgo (medicina fisica e riabilitazione; neurologia; psichiatria; psicoterapia); fisioterapisti; terapisti occupazionali; logopedisti, psicologi (spec. psicologia e psicoterapia), infermieri

Venue: Servizio Riabilitazione AISM Liguria, Via Operai 30 -16149 Genova

AISM and its foundation (FISM) actively protect the collective interest and take care of caregivers of PwMS to reduce caregiver bur,den and leverage positive adaptations. In this view, the objective of this meeting is to bring together researchers and clinicians to discuss about the role of informal caregivers of PwMS, focusing on their (un)met needs and key factors who may affect their caregiving role. After a general introduction of the role of caregiver in MS, speakers will share clinical cases and/or latest results from their studies. A video clip with a caregiver sharing his/her personal experience will be shown. After that there will be an interactive discussion.. 

Programme:

16:00 - 16:10 | Welcome and introduction - (Jessica Podda - Researcher at Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation)

16:10 - 16:25 | Caregiving and care: a shared commitment - (Emanuela Galante - Psychologist and psychoterapist at ASST Mantua)

16:25 - 16:40 | Humanization in healthcare and care for social interactions: the caregiving role in the adaptation to MS -(Michela Rimondini - Associate Professor at University of Verona)

16:40 - 16:55| The relationship between sense of coherence, illness beliefs and social support among caregiving partners of persons with multiple sclerosis: A salutogenic approach - (Marta Bassi - Associate Professor at University of Milan)

16:55 -17:30 | Q&A and group discussion

17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee Break

18:00 - 18:45 |  Living with MS: personal experience of two caregivers of people with MS (video clips and group discussion) - (Jessica Podda, Marta Bassi, Emanuela Galante, Michela Rimondini)

18:45 - 19:00 | Conclusion - (Jessica Podda)

19:00 - 19:15 | Italian CME accreditation (only for Italians participants)