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“Fertility of hope”: a delicate balance for patients and providers

Precongress Course 9

SIG Psychology and Counselling  Special Interest Group Psychology and Counselling


Course co-ordinator
Giuliana Baccino (Spain)

 

Course type
Basic

 

Course description
Providing and receiving hope in ART is crucial for patients and providers. However we need to find a balance between keeping hope vs preparing for failure.
The aim of this course is to have a deeper understanding of the consecuences of overpersistence in ART, how to manage patients expectations and how to communicate with patients about their prognosis.

 

Target audience
Psychologists, counsellors, medical doctors and nurses.

 

Educational needs and expected outcomes
This is the first PCC that is oriented in finding a balance between the hope that is given by new procedures, or techniques, or tests in ART, and real situations after failure. We need to know how to help our patients, even if we/they fail.
  • To learn how to manage bad numbers and how to prepare patiens for failure
  • To learn how to manage expectactions among the fertility team and among patients
  • To learn what helps and what doesn't help during treatment
  • To learn how to reinvent hope in different situations


Programme


Saturday 26 June 2021

Chairs
Giuliana Baccino, Spain
Juliana Pedro, Portugal
09:00 - 09:20
Is there a thing as too much hope? Overpersistence in ART
Nicky Hudson, United Kingdom
09:20 - 09:30
Discussion
09:30 - 09:50
What we know about sharing bad news in assisted reproduction.
Daniela Leone, Italy
09:50 - 10:00
Discussion
10:00 - 10:20
How do physicians communicate with patients about success rates prognosis? managing the numbers vs inspiring optimist
Nicholas Macklon, United Kingdom
10:20 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Session 2: Patients expectations and hope management
Giuliana Baccino, Spain
Juliana Pedro, Portugal
11:00 - 11:30
Reinventing hope after unsuccessful treatment.
Bethan Rowbottom, United Kingdom
11:30 - 11:45
Discussion
11:45 - 12:15
The usefulness of being hopeful during treatment.
Jacky Boivin, United Kingdom
12:15 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break