Abstracts and Presentations

**7 June 2002: 16:00 - 19:45**
Track 1: Clinical Practice and CPGs Chairs: P. Littlejohns (UK), Y. Matillon (FR) Abstracts Track 1
16:00 - 16:15 Introduction (Piotr Mierzewski, CoE/Manfred Richter-Reichhelm, DE)
16:15 – 16:45 CPGs - Helpful aids or paradigm shift? (Niek Klazinga, NL)
16:45 - 17:15 Clinical Judgement and CPGs (Bernard Burnand, CH)
17:15 - 17:45 Attitudinal Barriers to CPGs (Melissa Browers, CA) Attitudinal Barriers to CPGs (Albert Jovell, ES)
17:45 - 18:15 Break
18:15 - 18:45 Chairs: M. Mäkelä (FI), H. Brunner (CH) Effectiveness of CPGs in everyday practice – a critical review (Isabelle Durand-Zalewski,FR/Beatrice Fervers, FR)
18:45 - 19:15 Discussion
19:15 - 19:45 Honorary Lecture The history of clinical effectiveness (Ulrich Troehler, DE)
Get Together Party

**8 June 2002: 08:30 - 18:00**
Track 2: CPGs - Development & Implementation Chairs: A. Encke (DE), G. Lowe (GB) Abstracts Track 2
08:30 - 09:00 CPG Development - an International Comparison (Gene Feder, GB; Jako Burgers, NL)
09:00 - 09:30 Quality and critical appraisal of CPGs - a relevant topic for health care? (Francoise Cluzeau, GB)
9:30 - 10:00 Design of CPGs - how to (better) include patient’s preferences for better outcomes? (Cindy Farquhar, NZ)
10:00 - 10:30 Break
Chairs: F. Kristensen (DK), R. Grilli (I), M. Bitenc (SI) 10:30 - 11:00 Efficient and effective implementation strategies (Jeremy Grimshaw, CA)
11:00 - 11:30 Cultural heterogenity in CPGs – Only a problem of local tailoring? (Wilfried Lorenz, DE)
11:30 - 12:00 Measuring the effect of CPGs on patient outcome (Jean Slutsky, US)
12:00 - 12:45 Updating of CPGs Experiences from the UK (Martin Eccles, GB) Experiences from France (Patrice Dosquet, FR/Jaques Orvain, FR/James Goldberg, FR)
12:45 - 14:00 Break