The workshop “Leading Change”, organised by the Hestia Chair and Harvard Medical School’s Centre for Primary Care

Dr Erin Sullivan, lecturer at the prestigious North-American university, and Dr Xavier Corbella, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Director of the Hestia Chair, were in charge of the workshop, which they conducted using the case method. On 26 September, the Barcelona Campus hosted the “Leading Change” course, which was attended by the heads…

The 1st Hestia Conference brings professionals together to discuss the challenges and reality of integrated care

With Integrated Care for Complex Chronic Patients as the main theme, the first event organised by the Hestia Chair brought together around fifty professionals from across Spain On May 28, the Barcelona Campus held the first Hestia Conference under the title “Integrated Care for Complex Chronic Patients: reality and challenges”. Numerous experts participated in the…

2018 Hestia report about publications related to Integrated Care

In accordance with the objectives of the Hestia Chair, we feel it is worthwhile to provide the scientific community a document listing the most relevant scientific publications produced in Spain in 2018, in relation to the chair’s areas of interest (integrated health and social care, chronicity, multi-morbidity, dependence, social needs…). This document classifies the studies…

Call for abstracts – 1st Hestia Workshop

The 1st Hestia Workshop will take place on 28 May 2019 on UIC Barcelona’s Barcelona Campus.   Requirements Subject area: All submitted abstracts must address social and/or health aspects of caring for patients with complex chronic diseases, including mental health. Particular consideration will be given to works that take a multidisciplinary approach.   Format: Abstracts…

Seminar with Dr. Elena Semino

Linguist Elena Semino warns of the negative impact of war metaphors on cancer patients. The expert, who gave a lecture organised by UIC Barcelona’s Hestia Chair, has analysed 1.5 million words taken from online interviews and comments about cancer On 21 February, Elena Semino, a full professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University (United Kingdom), gave…

2019 Hestia Awards

The call for the 2019 Hestia Awards, from the Hestia Chair in Integrated Health and Social Care, promoted by the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) and Fundación Hestia, aims to recognise the best initiatives in the field of research in health and social care and mental health, whose objective was to improve care of…