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That was my first EAPC World Research Congress I took part in.

Despite that due to the established COVID-19 pandemic situation the Congress was carried out on-line, it totally exceeded my expectations. The scientific event was not only the fount of the modern clinical and research recommendations, but also an inspiration of the philosophy and wisdom of palliative care, high-level professionalism, charisma of the presenters and moderators, and life expertise from the colleagues all over the world.

The gained at the Congress scientific information is quite in need to be taken into account in the daily clinical practice; to be shared with the local National Association for Palliative Care to update the developed strategies on palliative care; to be considered while improving the existed educational curricula for medical students and healthcare professionals and to continue the ongoing integration of palliative care into the clinical disciplines, such as oncology and family medicine.

The most interesting topics I have discovered during the Congress were covering “endless actual” opioids’ correct administration, pediatric palliative care, intellectual disabilities in palliative care, work in a team and protecting the team, especially during the COVID-19 challenges, integration of palliative care into other clinical disciplines.

I’m very grateful to the IAHPC for this unique opportunity to participate into the on-line 11th EAPC World Research Congress as a holder of the Traveling Scholar of the new virtual format created by time and situation.

My name is Natalia Carafizi and I'm a specialist in palliative care from Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova.
I am most grateful to the IAHPC for the provided Travel Scholar Fellowship to attend the 16-th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care held in Berlin, Germany on May 23 – 25, 2019. It allowed me to present the poster entitled “Initiating the Development of Palliative Care Service in Transnistria”, which describes the activities, related to the development of palliative care through all the regions of Moldova, even those with the existed political and economical particularities.
I also felt very honorable to take part in the pre-Congress PACED session, which first time in the history of the EAPC Congresses took place and aimed the unification of the ex-USSR countries, where the current status of palliative care in each country apart was discussed, alongside with the existed barriers and options to overcome them.
The presented at the Congress scientific information was quite modern, either to be implemented into the daily clinical practice together with colleagues, to be shared with the local National Association for Palliative Care to use for development of further strategies or to be taken into account while improving medical curricula for both medical students and nurses.
I am very grateful to the IAHPC for giving me this wonderful opportunity, without which my attendance of the Congress and the gained experience would have never been possible.