Dear colleagues,
it is our great honour and pleasure to invite you to the 19th Nursing Conference and 5th Health Professions Conference Global Nursing and Health Care that will be held at the Amadria Park Congress Centre in Opatija.
Following current trends in health care and the education of health professionals, and in accordance with the priorities from the field of health care during Croatia’s presidency of the Council of the EU, this year the conference topics are the following:
This year’s 19th conference will be an opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and experiences of nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, environmental health engineers, bachelors of medical laboratory diagnostics, and radiological technologists on current topics from health care and education of health professionals. Prominent experts on education and health care will give their contribution to the conference through keynote lectures and panel discussions on the main topics of the conference.
We invite you to join us at the Global Nursing and Healthcare -19th Nursing Conference and 5th Health Professions Conference!
Chairs of the Organizing Committee
Krešimir Rotim
Snježana Čukljek
Conference topics
Healthy/active aging
Interdisciplinary approach to elderly health care
Care for the elderly
Injuries to the central nervous system in old age
Preparation of patients for transplantation
Patient care after transplantation
Quality of life of oncology patients
Modern treatment methods
Early discovery of malignant diseases
Krešimir Rotim
Snježana Čukljek
Ozren Digula
Domagoj Gajski
Ana Marija Hošnjak
Dalibor Kiseljak
Franjo Liška
Nenad Mojsović
Ana Mojsović-Ćuić
Ivana Vrdoljak
Vesna Turuk
Tomislav Madžar
Aleksandar Racz
Ozren Rađenović
Jasna Bošnir
Lana Feher Turković
Ivan Jurak
Damir Lučanin
Tatjana Njegovan Zvonarević
Jadranka Pavić
Goran Roić
Tomislav Sajko
Biserka Sedić
Mara Županić
Forms of participation
At the conference, participants can present original basic and applied research papers, as well as theoretical, review, and methodological papers from the fields related to the topic of the conference.
Accepted paper abstracts are presented in the form of e-posters. All posters will be presented in an electronic form (e-posters) on screens. The posters will be presented on the main conference screen and screens in the room for viewing posters.
Preparation and formatting of abstracts
The abstract should be written in standard Croatian or English language. The abstracts that significantly deviate from the standards of the abovementioned languages will not be included in the review process. The abstract should have between 1500 to 2000 characters with spaces, which does not include the title of the paper, the name of the author, and the name of the institution. If the paper presents the results of a research, the abstract should have the usual structure, with the aim, methods, results, and the conclusion. In theoretical, review, and methodological papers, abstracts should clearly indicate the content that provides a general overview of the topic, important parts of the content, and the conclusion and implications.
Three to five keywords should be stated following the abstract on the same page.
The deadline for abstract submission is 24 February 2020.
Presentation of abstracts – E-posters
At the conference, posters will be presented as e-posters on screens. The posters will be presented on the main conference screen and screens in the room for viewing posters.
Preparation of e-posters
Once the abstract is accepted, it is necessary to prepare an e-poster. You can prepare and save this poster in a JPEG file or PowerPoint (.ppt or .pptx) format.
Posters saved as JPEG files
– the dimensions of the E-POSTER must be in landscape format (16:9) of not less than 1920 × 1080 pixels.
– the file size must be less than 10 MB.
E-POSTERS in the PowerPoint format and saved as .ppt or .pptx files
– E-POSTERS must contain ONLY ONE SLIDE on which the full poster content is displayed.
– Please use fonts compatible with PC and Mac operating systems (Arial, Courier New, Georgia, Helvetica, Times, Times New Roman)
– E-POSTERS must be in the landscape format (16:9).
Submit your e-posters to email opatija2020@zvu.hr.
Other rules and information
Payment of the registration fee is a prerequisite for the acceptance of papers and inclusion in the conference program.
The Expert Committee will review the submitted abstracts and decide on their acceptance in the form of e-posters.
Notification of paper acceptance will be sent to the authors by 28 February 2020.
Conference Proceedings will be published in the electronic form before the start of the conference.
You can register here.
*Filling out a form for abstract submission does not imply registration.
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Zoran Milanović
Ministry of Science
and Education
Ministry of Health
Croatian Chamber
of Nurses
Croatian Chamber of
Health Professionals
Croatian Council of Physiotherapists