Bert Aertgeerts (Belgium)

KU Leuven Public Health and Primary Care
Bert Aertgeerts is a general practitioner and one of the founding members of the Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Belgian Cochrane Centre). As a full professor at the KU Leuven, he was responsible for the scientific program within the medical curriculum. He is a member of the board of the faculty of Medicine and of the council of the department of Public Health and Primary Care. He is also head of the department for Primary Care at the KU Leuven. As a director he is responsible for the education of young GPs. Since 2009 he is a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine. His research shifted from alcohol screening and diagnostic topics in his early years to Evidence-Based Medicine and implementation of evidence into clinical practice. His concept of a national point-of –care information service for Primary Care, provided by eHealth and incorporated in every available Electronic Health Records offers innovative opportunities for both clinical practice and research. Finally, he is an active member of the MAGIC project, producing BMJ rapid recommendations in Primary Care.

Moderator of 3 Sessions

PLENARY SESSION
Session Type
PLENARY SESSION
Date
07.07.2021, Wednesday
Session Time
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room
Hall 1
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Pure Live
ROUND TABLE SESSION
Session Type
ROUND TABLE SESSION
Date
07.07.2021, Wednesday
Session Time
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room
Hall 1
Session Description
This round table combines short clarifying presentations with the opportunity to practice with state-of-the art infographics of new diabetic treatment and a “shared decision making” tool for people already taking statins to define their risks. More than 40 years ago, General Practitioners have initiated the development of clinical practice guidelines in Primary Care. We are now in transition from EBM and guidelines towards Shared Decision Making and, lately, using patient reported outcomes and big data (value-based health care). This round table show you our learning curve of projects on implementation of Shared Decision Making for patients with cardiovascular risks. We will focus on the main challenges that we now face in being inclusive to all patients. We face the complex problems of communicating risks and benefits effectively, especially for doctors with limited numeracy and patients with limited health literacy. We face the complex problems of making trade-offs between initiating drug treatment and lifestyle change. We face the challenges of really getting to the heart of the matter; to align our counselling to what matters most to the patient in his or her goals in quality of life and preferences for treatment modalities. Combining beautiful infographics and SDM tools from the BMJ Rapid Recommendations with excellent speakers and the opportunity to experience the real stuff, it will be MAGIC.
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Pure Live, Pre-Registration
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Session Type
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Date
08.07.2021, Thursday
Session Time
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Room
Hall 5
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Pre-Recorded with Live Q&A