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Conference "Interdisciplinary Dimension of Health and Illness"

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The National Scientific and Training Conference "Interdisciplinary Dimensions of Health and Illness" was held on June 24-25. The event was organized by the following departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences of MUW: Department of Development of Nursing and Social and Medical Sciences, Department of Health Economics and Medical Law, Department of Nursing Development of the Medical University of Lublin and the Warsaw District Chamber of Nurses and Midwives. The meeting, hosted by Tomasz Kryczka, MD, PhD - Head of the Department of Development of Nursing and Social and Medical Sciences, was opened by Prof. Paweł Włodarski, Vice Rector for International Relations, Development and Promotion of the MUW, Mariusz Gujski, MD, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the MUW, and Mariusz Wysokiński, MD, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Lublin.

The conference was designed to integrate the academic community with the members of interdisciplinary health care facility teams. The event, bringing together specialists from various fields, provided a platform for the exchange of views, was also an excellent opportunity to present research results in areas related to the subject matter of the conference.

The program of the event consisted of 4 Thematic Sessions, a Multimedia Poster Session, and a Session for Students, Student Scientific Societies and Doctoral Students. The Plenary Session addressed the challenges faced by interdisciplinary health care teams due to advances in medicine. The topics discussed included alternative forms of therapeutic communication from the physiotherapist's perspective and the issue of modifying the criminal liability of medical personnel in the COVID era.
Session I focused on population health behaviors - research and practice in this area. The speakers discussed issues such as infodemic and fake news in the COVID era, the course of social media discourse on immunizations, and the problem of health care workers safety.

The theme of Session II was the chronically ill patient and the elderly as a new challenge for professionals and caregivers. In this part of the meeting, issues such as loneliness and depression among Polish seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of health status on the quality of life of elderly women, self-assessment of health behavior of elderly men, were discussed.

The keynote of the Poster Session was "practice development in nursing and the standards of practice during epidemic emergency."

The honorary patrons of the event were: Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong - Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw, Mariusz Gujski, MD, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Bolesław Samoliński - Chairman of the Scientific Discipline Council, Prof. Michał Grąt - Director of the Doctoral School, and on behalf of the Medical University of Lublin - Mariusz Wysokiński, MD, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

The conference received funding from the Ministry of Education and Science under the programs: the Social Responsibility of Science and the Excellent Science.