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Collaboration And Innovation In Theory And
Research In
The European Health Psychology Society
Illness Representations
SYNERGY 2004 Workshop
18-20 June 2004, Helsinki,
Finland
The Workshop at a Glance
The SYNERGY annual three-day workshop is organised to
provide an opportunity for synergistic discussion between health
psychologists conducting research in core fields within health psychology.
The focus is on advancing the standard of work within the field by pooling
expertise, haring critical evaluations, and stimulating networking and
collaborative research between researchers from all over Europe in an
informal and supportive atmosphere.
The aim is to develop
improved theoretical and methodological approaches, as well as practical
applications in respect of the workshop topic. It is an
opportunity for researchers to present their research for discussion in
depth with other experts working in the same field in a friendly and
relaxed atmosphere. By focusing on a core topic on which all participants
have some expertise and have conducted research (published and unpublished),
we would expect to reach a shared understanding of the strengths,
weaknesses and opportunities in the area. We hope that this will influence
future research and its application in the field.
Facilitators will guide the work and support and moderate the
discussion. Next year’s SYNERGY workshop on Illness representations will be facilitated by:
The workshop will povide opportunities to develop new ideas,
approaches or methods for understanding or working with patients'
beliefs. Subgroups will work on the upcoming themes in more detail.
Participants will be encouraged to use different kinds of working
methods like individual presentations, discussion, teamwork in smaller
groups, etc.
In order to disseminate the newly gained insights to a broader
audience, participants will be expected to present their ideas at a
round table or special symposium at the EHPS conference.
The workshop will be held at the University of Helsinki.
The workshop will be held in English language.
The workshop fee is 200 Euro.
Participants need to become a member of the EHPS and therefore will also receive the
benefits of EHPS membership (www.ehps.net).
Application Procedure
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In order to facilitate the discussion within the workshop, each
participant is required to submit an abstract by February 14, 2004. For application
please use the
online application form.
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You will be notified by email or regular mail whether you have a place
at the workshop.
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Please note that participation must be confirmed by paying the workshop fee (deadline is April
30, 2004).
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The other participants' abstracts and a programme outlining the themes will be sent to all participants by June 1st, 2004.
Preference is given to health psychologists who are active researchers and who have expertise in the special topic. Guidlines for
Abstracts
To apply for Synergy workshop, you will need to
submit an abstract outlining your personal expertise on the topic, open
questions and future research ideas, as well as literature with major
influence on illness representations research.
The abstracts will provide a basis for discussion at the workshop and a platform for future development in the field
addressed by the workshop.
Both theoretical and empirical abstracts are welcome.
The length of the abstract should not exceed 1500 words or two pages.
Click here to view a sample abstract.
Registration (only for accepted workshop participants)
Participants need to become a member of the EHPS and therefore will also receive the
benefits of EHPS membership.
For registration and payment please use the online
form.
Please note that the registration deadline is 30th of
April 2003.
For further information please contact: Dr. Christel
Salewski or Dr. Anna-Mari Aalto
Dr. Christel Salewski
University of Greifswald
Department of Psychology
Franz-Mehring-Str. 47
DE-17489 Greifswald
E-mail:
salewski@uni-greifswald.de
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Dr. Anna-Mari Aalto
STAKES
Health Services Research Unit
P.O. Box 220
FI-00531 Helsinki
E-mail: anna-mari.aalto@stakes.fi
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