Italian Society of Adolescentology and Adolescence Medicine (Siad)

With the Sponsorship

Italian Society of Adolescentology and Adolescence Medicine (SIAd)

World Federation and Society of Adolescentology (WFSA)

Università Ambrosiana (UA)

International Committee for The Youth Charter (ICYC)

Comune di Assisi

ASSISI 2006

MAKE PEACE WITH LIFE

Assisi, Italy, 12 - 14 October 2006

Pro Civitate Christiana

October 12, 2006 – Thursday

OPENING SESSION

14,00 - 17,00 / Registration of Participants
17, 15 – 18,15 / Welcome Speeches
Claudio Ricci, Mayor of Assisi
Prospero F. Calzolari, President SIAd-WFSA Italy-Central Regions and local organizer

1. Introductory Session

Human Dignity or Adaptation?

Adolescents in the 21st century are challenged by different problems in different cultures. What are the possibilities for the survival of a human identity? What are the scientists’, educators’ and MDs’ commitments?

Chair:Claudio Violato, Ewa Stepien

17,30 – 17,50 / “Duc in altum”: Young People, Educators, Health professionals, Investigators’ Education in Human Dignity
Giuseppe Rodolfo Brera
SIAd-WFSA and Ambrosiana University
17,50 – 18,10 / Troubling Questions About Troubles
Le Roy Travis
University of British Columbia and Ambrosiana
18,10 – 18,30 / Making Peace with Public Education: Student Psychological
Health in Godless American Schools
Richard Fiordo
University of North Dakota
18,30 – 18,45 / Invited comments and questions
Luciano Berti, David Cawthorpe, Prospero Calzolari, Vincenzo Ovallesco, Chris Wilkes, Giovanni Reina, Gabriele Soliani, Nicolas Zdanowicz

SOCIAL PROGRAM

19,00 / Welcome Reception at the Assisi Town Hall
21,00 – 22,00 / “Basilica Superiore di San Francesco”
“A CHALLENGE FOR PEACE”
An appeal for peace by scientists, doctors, women, children, and young people: Will Francesco of Assisi sponsor a miracle?
Presentation of a New Road Map for the Middle East: proposal for a discussion and a possible agreement among Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine (NAP)
Round table
Invited Participants:
UNESCO, UN, EU, and Governments’ delegates
(Participants’ names will be revealed only one day before the round table in a press release)
22,00 / CONCERT FOR PEACE

October 13, 2006 – Friday

Morning

9-10,30

2. Youth and Health

The Multidimensionality of Adolescent Problems: Assessing, Studying and Interpreting Their Relationships

Chair:LeRoy Travis, Ewa Stepien

Speakers: Nicolas Zdanowicz, Vincenzo Ovallesco, Chris Wilkes, Natalie Zur Nedden, Colin Stange
9,00 – 9,20 / The Health of Contemporary Youth
Nicolas Zdanowicz
Universite Catholique de Louvain
9,20 – 9,40 / A New Challenge for Adolescentology: “Adolescents Migrants”
Vincenzo Ovallesco*, Rosanna Abagnale**
*Università Ambrosiana, Milano
** SIAd-WFSA
9,40 – 10,00 / American Beauty: A Study of Adolescents, Parents and Drugs
Chris Wilkes
University of Calgary
10,00 – 10,20 / Bridging the Gap between Formal and non Formal Education: Presenting the Neighbourhood Learning House as a model of Peace Education
Natalie Zur Nedden
University of Toronto
10,20 – 10,40 / Break

10,40-12,40

Discussion Session
Chair: Claudio Violato
10,40 – 11,00 / Youth and Concept of Purpose: Frameworks, Absence, Context
And Technology
Colin Stange
University of Victoria
11,00 – 11,45 / Nicolas Zdanowicz,Vincenzo Ovallesco, Natalie Zur Nedden, Chris Wilkes, C. Stange will answer questions
Discussion open by: Luciano Berti, Andrea Deviti, Gerardine Farrelly,
David Cawthorpe, Richard Fiordo, Paolo Pinciaroli, Le Roy Travis, Aldo
Zanon

11,45 – 12,40

3. From Adolescence to Adolescents

Case Reports

Chair:Giuseppe R. Brera, (15+5)

11,45 – 12,00 / Adolescenza inquieta ed espressione artistica
Restless Adolescence and Artistic Expression
Luciano Berti
Università Ambrosiana ,SIAd-WFSA
12,00 – 12,10 / Discussion
12,10 – 12,30 / The Drama of Normality
Il dramma della normalità
Prospero F. Calzolari
SIAd-WFSA
12,30-12,50 / The Cittadella Project: An Health Education Course According to Person-Centred Medicine Based on the Realization of a 2007 Calendar on the Universal Declaration of Youth Rights and Duties
Il progetto Cittadella: un corso di educazione alla salute secondo la medicina centrata sulla persona© attraverso la realizzazione di un
calendario 2007 sulla Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti e dei Doveri del Giovane©
Aldo Zanon
Università Ambrosiana, SIAd-WFSA
12,50 – 13.00 / Discussion opened by Mariangela Porta, Nicolas Zdanowicz
13,00 / Lunch

October 13, 2006 - Friday

Afternoon

NEW PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

IIIrd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

Sponsorship

Department of Medical Education

Università Ambrosiana, Milan

Speakers

Giuseppe R. Brera, Luciano Berti, Christine Reynaert , Louise Nash, Claudio Violato, Andrea Valevand, Kent Hecker0, Hilary Delver, Giovanni Reina.

SCIENTIFIC PARADIGMS AND CLINICAL TEACHING

IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

Part A. Medical Education: Philosophy and Teaching Methods

Chair:Claudio Violato, (15+5 discussion)
Speakers: Giuseppe R. Brera, Luciano Berti, Christine Reynaert , Louise Nash
14,00 – 14,30 / The Change of Medical Science and Education in
Person-Centred Medicine and Clinical method (PCCM)
(KNP: 25’+5’ discussion)
Giuseppe R. Brera
Università Ambrosiana and SIAd-WFSA
14,30 – 14,50 / Empathy in Medical Education
Luciano Berti
Università Ambrosiana, SIAd-WFSA
14,50 – 15,10 / Teaching Communication and Stress Management Skills to Junior Physicians Dealing with Cancer Patients: the Belgian Interuniversity Project
Christine Reynaert
Université Catholique La Neuve
15,10 – 15,30 / Using Film Clips to Teach Psychiatric Phenomenology
Louise Nash
University of Sidney
15,30 – 15,50 / Break

Part B.Assessment and Research

Chair:Giuseppe R. Brera (15+5 discussion)
Speakers: Claudio Violato, Andrea Valevand, Kent Hecker, Hilary Delver, Giovanni P. Reina
15,50 – 16,20 / Does Pre-medical School Non-science Course Achievement Differentially Predict Performance on the United States Medical Licensing Exams Compared to Science Course Achievement? (KNP 25+5 )
Claudio Violato
University of Calgary ,Università Ambrosiana, WFSA
16,20 – 16,40 / Sources of Error in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations
(OSCE)
Andrea Valevand
University of Calgary
16,40 – 17,00 / Approaches to Learning in a Sample of Undergraduate Students from the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Kent Hecker
University of Calgary
17,00 – 17,20 / The Importance of Distance and Peer Contacts in Decisions to
Attend Continuing Veterinary Education: Contradictory Results
from a Mixed-methods Needs Assessment
Hilary Delver
University of Calgary
17,20 – 17,40 / Definizione del ruolo tutoriale nelle lezioni teoriche
The Role of Tutors in Teaching Theory
Giovanni Reina
Università Ambrosiana, SIAd-WFSA

4.WFSA Assembly

18,00 – 20,00
21,00 / CONFERENCE DINNER

OCTOBER 14, 2006 - Saturday

Symposium

Symposia are organized to facilitate an open discussion between participants.

Chairs are not neutral, but are asked to comment

5. Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence

What are the social determinants affect mental health in children? What are the possible consequences during adolescence?

Chair:Chris Wilkes

PART A

9,00 – 9,25 / The Effects of Daycare Participation for Children (KNP 20’+5)
Claudio Violato
University of Calgary and Ambrosiana
9,25 - 9,40 / Children’s Emotion During Internet Inquiries
Sybille Seib
Geneva, CH
9,40 - 10,00 / Discussion open by Geraldine Farrelly, Aldo Zanon, Peter Greven

PART B

Chair:Nicolas Zdanowicz (15’+5 discussion)
Speakers: Chris Wilkes, Geraldine Farrelly, Adel Gabriel, - University of Calgary
10,00 – 10,20 / Attachment Disorder, PTSD and Bipolar Disorders in Children and Adolescents Psychiatry
Chris Wilkes
10,20 – 10,40 / Regional Epidemiology of Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorders
Chris Wilkes
10,40 – 11,00 / Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment: A Twenty-year Odyssey and Lessons Learned
Geraldine Farrelly
11,00 – 11,20 / Depression Knowledge and Attitudes of Patients Suffering from Depression: Review of Literature
Adel Gabriel
11,20 – 11,30 / Break

5. Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence

Instruments and Methods

Chair:Claudio Violato

PART C

Speakers: David Cawthorpe, Adel Gabriel, Jim Golby, Flavio Della Croce
11,30 – 11,50 / Psychometric Properties and Temporal Stability of an Instrument for Primary Care Physicians to Prioritize Referrals of Children with Mental Health Concerns
David Cawthorpe
University of Calgary
11,50 – 12,10 / The Development and Psychometric Assessment of Instruments to Measure Depression Knowledge and Attitudes of Patients Suffering from Depression
Adel Gabriel
University of Calgary
12,10 – 12,30 / The Effects of a Training Regime on the Psychological Profiles of Adolescent Professional Academy Rugby Union Players
Jim Golby
University of Teesside
12,30 – 12,50 / Case Report:
A Not-well Defined Gender Identity
Flavio Della Croce
Università Ambrosiana and SIAd-WFSA
12,50 / Lunch

OCTOBER 14, 2006 - Saturday

Afternoon

CLINICAL SESSION

6. Case Reports and SIAd-WFSA members’ certification 2007

Presentation and Discussion of Case Reports according Person-Centred Clinical Method and Kairological Counselling (15+5)
Parallel Sessions (Plenary and room A)

Chairs: Luciano Berti, Giuseppe R. Brera, Aldo Zanon

Parallel Sessions

14,15 –16,30

Luana CardiLe bugie di una diciassettenne

Giuseppa De GiorgiDisperata ricerca d’amore

Andrea DevitiGiuseppe

Vito GalanteFabio, un ragazzo sensibile e romantico

Marco PandolfiFrancesca: la ragazza di Internet

Mariangela PortaQuesta voglia di andare via…

Paolo PinciaroliUna relazione su un caso ambulatoriale

Giovanni ReinaUna ragazza rimasta incompiuta

Gabriele SolianiRoberta dalle chat con un satanista agli amici veri

Francesco M. ToroMaria Carmela diventa grande

Aldo ZanonUn ragazza con epilessia

17.30 / 7. Discussione della tesi in Counselling medico
Dissertations in Medical Counselling
Plenary Session
Commissione: Giuseppe R. Brera, Luciano Berti, Aldo Zanon, Paolo Pinciaroli, Mariangela Porta, Giovanni Reina,
Candidato: Antonio Battista
18,15 / SIAd-WFSA 2006 AWARD
Ceremony of winners’ presentation and end of the Conference
Award Commission: Giuseppe R. Brera, Claudio Violato,

8.Assemblea della SIAd

18,45 – 20,30

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