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The congress' contributors

The congress' Contributors

Stijntje Dijk

Stijntje Dijk is a final year Medical student and a student of Health Economics, Policy & Law. Stijntje has previously served as the Medical Education Director of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA), representing 1.3 million medical students worldwide. She served on the boards of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) and Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), and currently works on quality assurance in medical education as a student member of the Dutch Flanders Accreditation Organization (NVAO).

Her main interests in medical education lie in the areas of Social Accountability of Medical Schools and the inclusion of students and patients in all stages of curriculum planning, delivery and evaluation. Together with Matthias Wienold (patient representative) and Edwin Duijzer (MD) she is conducting a systematic literature review on the involvement of patients in undergraduate medical education.

Speaking in:
Plenary session: Patients as teachers – a deep dive into professional education

Speakers

Learn more about Thomas Allvin

Thomas Allvin

Executive Director for Strategy and Healthcare Systems at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)

Thomas Allvin
Learn more about Mark Pearson

Mark Pearson

Deputy Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Mark Pearson
Learn more about Carina Pittens

Carina Pittens

Assistant Professor of Patient involvement in health research, policy-making and care practice at the Athena Institute of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Carina Pittens

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Ambassadors

Learn more about Miklós Szócska

Miklós Szócska

Former Secretary of State for Health in Hungary, Director of the Health Services Management Training Centre of the Semmelweis University

Miklós Szócska

Master of Ceremonies

Patients included

We are proud to announce that EPF Congress 2019 is Patients Included™. This means that EPF is committed to incorporating the experience of patients as experts in living with their condition while ensuring they were neither excluded nor exploited.

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