TOMSK, Sep 8 – RIA Tomsk. A conference on remote healthcare will be held in Tomsk; experts from 16 countries will share their experience in the field of telemedicine, air medical service work, online trainings and industrial hygiene, one of the conference organizers, Director for Marketing and Sustainable Development of the Center of Corporate Medicine Elena Shestozub told.
She specified that the conference "Remote Healthcare. A Course on Sustainable Development" will be held in Tomsk during two days - on September 9 and 10. Seven sections are planned in Tomsk "Boiling Point" and a round table on the basis of the Tomsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
"This is the third time this conference has been held in Tomsk. It is the only conference on remote healthcare in Russia that is held with international participation. This year, 47 speakers from 16 countries will speak at the conference. These are Great Britain, USA, Norway, Austria, Thailand, Morocco, UAE, Spain, Scotland, Russia, Slovenia, Italy, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan," Shestozub said.
She added that due to the pandemic and closed borders, not all speakers are able to travel to Russia, so most of them will speak online. Representatives from Russia, the UAE and Kyrgyzstan will speak in person.
"The conference will address issues of maritime medicine and air medical service, such as specifics of medical evacuations in COVID-19 conditions in the Far North. We will talk about simulation training from the perspective of evidence-based medicine and the transition to online medical training, industrial hygiene and modern technologies in remote medicine," she said.
The conference will be attended by representatives of major industrial companies, non-commercial organizations, medics and scientists, including Nobel laureate, WHO and UNEP European Office Advisor Boris Revich, UN Global Compact National Network Executive Director Marina Vashukova, Vice-President of the Resuscitation Council UK Andy Lockey.