Preventing Overdiagnosis

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PODC 2020 in Oxford, UK will include a number of lively plenary debates about controversial and timely issues, involving high-profile influencers and contributors from across the healthcare landscape.

The Call for abstracts is open. Themes are yet to be decided please submit about any topic related to overdiagnosis and its prevention. Submissions will be categorised at a later date.

We accept abstracts for presentations, posters, seminars and workshops. DEADLINE Thursday April 30th.

Registration Open

Early Bird Registration at £420 will stay open until May 30th 2020 unless sold out beforehand.

Medical & Health Science Student rate and Retired/Patient/Charity Group rate will remain open at a registration rate of £165 until all available places are taken, please note these are limited.

PODC 2019 is now an accredited Category 2 Activity with RACGP. For more details please go to the CPD website - RACGP CPD

Themes for the conference include:

· Commercial Drivers of Overdiagnosis / Commercial Determinants of Health
· Genomics and precision medicine: risks and benefits
· Overdiagnosis and the Media
· Addressing Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Musculoskeletal Conditions
· Screening and Overdiagnosis in the Asia Pacific Region

For accepted abstracts presenter information can be found HERE

Preventing overdiagnosis 2019 Media Contact thomas.dakin@sydney.edu.au

The following statement was adopted by the participants at the end of the 6th Annual Conference held in Copenhagen on August 20– 22 2018.

On behalf of the Preventing Overdiagnosis Board, Scientific Committee and Local Organising Committee we want to thank you for attending the 6th Annual Conference held in Copenhagen on August 20– 22 2018.

The following statement was adopted by the participants at the end of the conference:

This conference regrets the fact that the draft Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care 2018 (From Alma-Ata towards Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals) makes no reference to the public health and clinical challenges of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. These challenges include direct harms to patients and citizens, misallocation of resources, and, over the longer term, they threaten the sustainability of universal healthcare systems and so undermine global health. Sustainable health systems must explicitly manage the twin problems of underuse and overuse.

http://www.who.int/primary-health/conference-phc/DRAFT-Declaration–9-April-2018.pdf