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Sensible Care
Sensible care equates judicious use of interventions in health care leading to an improvement in quality of life and/or an increased life expectancy. Sensible care is affordable in its specific societal context. 
Sensible care is the refrainment from or termination of low-value interventions.
Sensible care is the implementation of high-value interventions.
The two-day meeting will cover the following topics: 
1. Evidence belying medical interventions: from medical reversals to parachutes.
2. Causes and consequences of low-value care: Oncology as an example
3. Causes and consequences of low-value care: COVID-19 as an example
4. Sensible care not delivered: what, how, and why with a focus on palliative care, elderly, mental health, and primary health care. 
5. The way forward: data, education, organization, implementation and evaluation.
Speakers
Prof. VK Prasad
Prof. ROB Gans
Dr. E. van Meerten
Prof. AJ Duits
Drs. M. Samson
Drs. C. Salsbach
Dr. J. Schnog
Drs. I. Gerstenbluth
Drs. H. Jeung
Prof. Dr. I. Merkies
Audience
Healthcare providers, Governmental institutions, legislators, and insurance providers in Curaçao and other Dutch Caribbean Islands, Suriname, Colombia, Mexico, and The Netherlands (physicians, nurses, residents, medical students, and other healthcare professionals).
Language: Dutch and English
Location: Renaissance Hotel Curaçao On-site and Zoom.![]()
Accreditation: CAN A23.039 & GAIA ABAN id 534760
24 November 2 points
 25 November - Morning session 3 points
 25 November - Afternoon session 3 points
Evidence, from reversals to parachutes Dr. J.B. SchnogFriday November 24th, 2023 - Session 1
 
From  
Subject 
Speaker 
 
  
Evidence belying medical interventions: from medical reversals to parachutes 
  
 
17:00 - 19:00 
Registration 
  
 
19:00 - 19:15 
Sensible care: Now more than ever. An introduction. 
Prof. Dr. A.J. Duits 
 
19:15 - 20:00 
 
Prof. Dr. V. Prasad 
 
20:00 - 20:30 
Effects of a broken system in Curaçao 
 
 
20:30 - 21:00 
Discussion 
  
 Saturday November 25th, 2023 - Session 2
 
From - To 
Subject 
Speaker 
 
  
Causes, consequences, and ethics of flawed evidence and low-value care: Oncology as an example 
  
 
8:00 - 8:30 
Registration 
 
 
8:30 - 9:15 
Problems with contemporary clinical trials, drug approvals, and pricing; oncology as an example of a broken system 
Prof. Dr. V. Prasad 
 
9:15 - 9:45 
Critical guideline appraisal: from local to global 
Drs. M. Samson 
 
9:45 - 10:15 
Coffee Break 
  
 
10:15 - 10:45 
From the Netherlands to Curaçao and back; ethical and societal impressions of current oncological care 
Dr. E. van Meerten 
 
10:45 - 11:15 
From the Curaçao to the Netherlands and back; ethical and societal impressions of current oncological care 
Drs. C. Salsbach 
 
11:15 - 11:45 
Sensible care: the way forward; the hospital care perspective in Curaçao 
Prof. Dr. I. Merkies 
 
11:45 - 12:00 
Discussion 
  
Causes, consequences, and ethics of flawed evidence and low-value care: COVID-19 as an example Registration COVID-19 pandemic; lock-downs, masks, vaccines, and politics: a view from the U.S.A COVID-19 pandemic; lock-downs, masks, vaccines, and politics: a view from Curacao   Thee BreakSaturday November 25th, 2023 - Session 3
 
From - To 
Subject 
Speaker 
 
  
 
  
 
12:30 - 13:00 
 
  
 
13:00 - 13:30 
 
Prof. Dr. V. Prasad 
 
13:30 - 14:00 
 
Drs. I. Gerstenbluth 
 
14:00 - 14:15 
Discussion 
 
 
14:15 - 14:30 
 
        The way forward  
 
14:30 - 15:00 
Sensible care: the way forward; the primary health care perspective in Curaçao 
Drs. H. Jeung 
 
15:00 - 15:30 
Sensible care: the way forward; sense and sensibility  
Prof. dr. R. Gans 
 
15:30 - 16:00 
Panel Discussion 
  
                                                                    
                                                                    
