Too
Much
Medicine

XXIX Paulo Foundation
International Medical
Symposium

15–17 August 2018
Helsinki, Finland

Paulo Foundation

Abstracts

Thanks to all for submitting your work to Too Much Medicine Symposium!

Abstracts are now published!

Abstract submission instructions

Speakers

Click on a name for more information

Deborah Cohen
Deborah Cohen
Journalist
Kim Witczak
Kim Witczak
Consumer representative and drug safety advocate
Malcolm Willett
Malcolm Willett
Artist, illustrator, and designer
Robert Whitaker
Robert Whitaker
Journalist and author
Kari Tikkinen
Kari Tikkinen
Adjunct Professor
Lisa Cosgrove
Lisa Cosgrove
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology
Jeanne Lenzer
Jeanne Lenzer
Associate Editor of the BMJ
Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou
Professor
James McCormack
James McCormack
Professor of Pharmacy
Iona Heath
Iona Heath
General practitioner
Rachelle Buchbinder
Rachelle Buchbinder
MD, Professor
Steve Woloshin
Steve Woloshin
Professor of Medicine
Lisa Schwartz
Lisa Schwartz
Professor of Medicine
Gary Schwitzer
Gary Schwitzer
Health care journalist
Kimmo Porkka
Kimmo Porkka
Professor of Clinical Hematology
Vesa Kataja
Vesa Kataja
Professor of Oncology
Gordon Guyatt
Gordon Guyatt
Distinguished Professor
Peter C. Gøtzsche
Peter C. Gøtzsche
MD, Director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre
Allen Frances
Allen Frances
Professor emeritus of psychiatry
Alan Cassels
Alan Cassels
Journalist and author
Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are causes for increasing concern

The XXIX Paulo Scientific Symposium will bring together a group of outstanding international scientific experts to raise awareness of problems related to medical excess and to identify the best sustainable evidence-based practices. The Symposium aims to find methods for eliminating sources of bias from clinical trials and guidelines, to advance the dissemination of accurate scientific information and to promote critical societal debate about medicine.

Too Much Medicine is organized in collaboration with the Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Aug. 20-22, 2018

Programme

Wednesday 15 August

Welcome session

Chairs: Risto Renkonen and Teppo Järvinen

Paulo Foundation: Risto Renkonen

Annika Saarikko, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, Ministry of Family Affairs and Health

Media Session

Chair: Jussi Valtonen and Mia Pohtola
Communicating sustainability in modern healthcare - Walking the tightrope

Investigative journalists

Watchdogs or lapdogs
Chairs: Pertti Saloheimo and Mira Karrasch

Being artistic and less misled

Chairs: Jorma Komulainen and Samantha Craigie

A guided 1.5 hours walk around picturesque island of Seurasaari. Bus arrives 18:15 at Hotel Kalastajatorppa. Please, register at Too Much Medicine information desk.

Thursday 16 August

Best abstracts session

Chairs: Jarno Rutanen and Tuomas Lähdeoja

Communicating about overdiagnosis and overtreatment

Chairs: Jari Petäjä and Jarkko Jokihaara

Defining disease

Chairs: Kati Myllymäki and Arnav Agarwal

Finding the right mental care

Chairs: Jesper Ekelund and Mia Pohtola

Eradicating unnecessary care in musculoskeletal diseases

Chairs: Martti Kekomäki and Jarkko Jokihaara

Friday 17 August

Refining clinical practice guidelines

Chairs: Marjukka Mäkelä and Elina Hemminki

Personalized medicine

Opportunity or opportunity cost?
Chairs: Petri Virolainen and Jarno Rutanen

Patient centered healthcare

Chairs: Teppo Järvinen and Kari Tikkinen

Tausta-artikkeleita symposiumin puhujista

Recent Posts