ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The COVID-19 pandemic has awakened deep concerns about our healthcare systems and systemic inequity. It continues to pose a threat to humanity with imminent potential for panic and fear that disrupts our everyday lives. Today, we witness solidarity. International communities are slowly coming together as one to collaborate, coordinate, share lessons learnt and help one another. Thus, global cooperation especially in the sphere of research development is essential to create new alliances and creative solutions.

The 11th National Paediatric Research Conference: a 2nd Paediatric Bioethics Symposium takes its inspiration from our original symposium in 2017 where a declaration was made. With the difficult decision to hold a virtual Conference in 2021, we continue to critically explore the many intersections of bioethics, health humanities, and the worlds with which we engage.

As we converge together digitally from around the region—recognising that we are people with different values, beliefs, identities, perspectives, experiences, knowledge, and skills—let us focus on the many strengths of our diverse community to address these challenges, envision these possibilities, and chart new paths forward.

After participating in this conference, participants should be able to:

• Attend to difficult or embarrassing conversations about ethics.
• Achieve shared understanding and consensus to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery.
• Make recommendations about how to resolve ethical dilemmas.
• Provide effective communication and attain clinical competency level of a paediatric resident.
• Discuss and apply recent research findings and insights from critical methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to advocate for structural, cultural, and disciplinary changes through examination of diverse values and viewpoints.
• Incorporate key ethical concepts into curriculum development.

MERIT AND INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACT AWARDS

Two awards (one local & one international presenter) for Best Paper during Oral Presentation will be given in recognition of outstanding contributions to paediatric research and scientific development. Each winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize of MYR 1000.

CONFERENCE GRANTS

Conference grants are awarded to support conference attendance. The grants are awarded on a ‘first come, first serve basis’ and aim to support participants who intend to present their work. To be eligible for an award, applicants must:

1. Be paediatric trainees, paediatric nurses, allied health professionals or students in nursing or other allied health professions (e.g., speech therapist, chiropractors, dieticians) enrolled in a degree-seeking undergraduate program or from an accredited institution.
2. Submit an abstract.

How to apply:

1. Register for the conference.
2. Submit registration details (including name, email address, contact number and affiliation) with the heading “Conference Grant Application” alongside your abstract by 29 August 2021 to [email protected]

Sponsors

The organising committee sincerely thanks our sponsors for supporting our mission and making the Conference possible! The Malaysian Health Coalition was the first who pledged funding of five conference grants for paediatric trainees, paediatric nurses and allied health professionals. The College of Paediatrics matched the sponsored amount and further contributed MYR 2000 cash prize for the Merit and International Abstract Awards. Sponsors gain visibility and contribute to the success of the conference. To express interest in becoming the 11^th National Paediatric Research Conference: a 2^nd Paediatric Bioethics Symposium sponsor, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]