Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We are delighted to announce The 2nd International Congress on Controversies in Primary and Outpatient Care (COPOC) which will take place October 6-8, 2017, Zagreb, Croatia.
The COPOC Congress will gather prominent global experts in general practice and primary health care for engaging discussions, information sharing and experience-based perspectives.

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Co-Chairs:    
Baruch Itzhak, Israel; Christos Lionis, Greece; 
Shlomo Vinker, Israel
Local chair:

Tanja Pekez-Pavliško, Croatia

 

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Preliminary Program

 
Friday October 6, 2017
09:00 – 17:00
Scientific session
17:00 – 17:45
Opening Keynote Lecture
18:00 –19:00
Welcome reception
 
Saturday October 7, 2017
09:00 – 11:00
Session 1- Diabetes
Chairpersons: Baruch Itzhak, Israel & Dario Rahelic, Croatia
09:00 – 09:30
Debate: Universal or specific blood glucose targets:
HbA1c <7.0 % (<53 mmol/mol) for all?
09:00-09:15
Yes: Philip Home, UK
09:15-09:30
No: Mehmet Ungan, Turkey
09:30-09:40
Discussion
09:40 – 10:20
Debate: Combination therapy – what is the best after metformin?
09:40-09:55
DPP4: Maja Racic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
09:55-10:10
SGLT2: Dario Rahelic, Croatia
10:10-10:20
Discussion
10:20 – 11:00
Debate: When, how and what type of insulin for Diabetes
type II
10:20-10:35
Basal Insulin: Baruch Itzhak, Israel
10:35-10:50
Beyond basal Insulin: Xavier Cos Claramunt, Spain
10:50-11:00
Discussion
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
Session 2 - Diabetes and Obesity
Chairperson: Xavier Cos Claramunt, Spain
Debate: Are all the GLP1 RA the same - Long acting Vs. Short acting?
11:30-11:50
Long acting: Eberhard Standl, Germany
11:50-12:10
Short acting: Katarina Lalic, Serbia
Debate: Approaches to obesity treatment - Pharmacological VS non-pharmacological
12:10-12:30
Pro: Nina Basic, Croatia
12:30-12:50
Con: Christos Lionis, Greece
12:50 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:40
Session 3 - Challenges in COPD and Asthma
Chairperson: Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece
13:30-14:10
Debate: The role of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD
13:30-13:50
Dual bronchodilators (with no ICS) is better in patients with sever COPD: Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece
13:50-14:10
Triple therapy with ICS is better in patients with severe COPD: Alan Kaplan, Canada
14:10-14:40
Debate: Asthma control-management
14:10-14:25
Asthmatic patients who self manage do better: Alan Kaplan, Canada
14:25-14:40
Patients who have intensive physician involvement do better: Catarina Panaitescu, Romania
14:40 – 15:30
Session 4 - New Therapeutics in Gastroenterology- Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI)
Chairpersons: Juan Mendive, Spain & Hanny Yeshua, Israel
14:30-14:45
Debate: PPI a friend or a threat?
14:45-15:00
A friend: Hanny Yeshua, Israel
15:00-15:15
A threat: Juan Mendive, Spain
15:25-15:30
Discussion
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:10
Session 5 - Osteoporosis and Neuropathic Pain
16:00-16:05
Chairperson: Hanny Yeshua, Israel
Debate: Osteoporosis and Neuropathic Pain
16:05-16:20
Osteoporosis, Who will be screened?
Hanny Yeshua, Israel
16:20-16:35
Osteoporosis, Who needs treatment with a medication?  
Blazenka Miksic, Croatia
16:35-16:55
Lecture: Combination therapy in Neuropathic pain -where is the evidence? 
Hans Thulesius, Sweden
16:55-17:10
Discussion
17:15 – 19:00
Session 6- Stroke Prevention and Atrial Fibrillation
17:15-17:20
Chairperson: Richard Hobbs, UK & Davor Milicic, Croatia
17:30-18:00
Debate: Novel anticoagulant therapy versus warfarin
17:30-17:45
Yes: for every patient: Amnon Lahad, Israel
17:45-18:00
No: Warafin should be first choice: Richard Hobbs, UK
18:00-18:15
Discussion
18:15-18:45
Debate: Should we use risk assessment tools?
18:15-18:30
Yes: Davorka Vrdoljak, Croatia
18:30-18:45
No: Shlomo Vinker, Israel
18:45-19:00
Lecture: New drugs for CHF and the rule of diagnosis in primary care 
Davor Milicic, Croatia
 
Sunday October 8, 2017
09:00 – 11:00
Session 7 - Depressive Disorders and ADHD- Attitudes and Dilemmas
09:00 – 09:05
Chairperson: Hans Thulesius, Sweden
Debate: Management of depressive disorders: What is the role of?
09:05 – 09:25
Primary Care: Juan Mendive, Spain
09:25 – 09:45
Expert Care: Darko Marcinko, Croatia
09:45 – 10:00
Discussion
Debate: ADHD in adults: What is the role of?
10:00 – 10:25
Primary Care: Eugene Merzon, Israel
10:25 – 10:50
Secondary Care: Ivan Urlic, Croatia
10:45 – 11:00
Discussion
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:15
Session 8 - Closing Session-Round Table Discussion
11:30 – 11:35
Chairperson: Christos Lionis, Greece
Debate: Chronic disease management and multimorbidity
11:35 – 11:55
Multimorbility: Tanja Pekez-Pavliško, Croatia
11:55 – 12:15
Frailty: Christos Lionis, Greece
12:15 – 12:35
Lecture: Dealing with co-morbidities in primary care:
Richard Hobbs, UK
12:35 – 12:55
Panel discussion chaired by: Tanja Pekez-Pavliško, Croatia, Christos Lionis, Greece & Shlomo Vinker, Israel
12:55 – 13:15
Closing remarks

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