Just like bees, we want to create a platform for generous, creative and humble collaboration – shaping a new appreciation of human, financial, and environmental resources in healthcare.
The Bee Prize of the Year is awarded to an early career researcher from a low- or middle-income country – who is generously contributing to this vision.
The prize provides funding for the recipient to present their work at an international scientific conference.
This year, Dr Agostina Risso from Argentina won the Bee Prize, went to the International Shared Decision Making Conference in Laussane, and won another prize – find out more in the Q&A below!
And read about last years recipient of the Bee Prize – Dr Karina Raygoza who went to Copenhagen – and had a great time!
How was Lausanne?
Although I spent most of my time at the congress (which was fabulous, by the way!), I also had the chance to enjoy Lausanne and its beautiful scenery. I was so lucky to have wonderful weather, which allowed me to walk through its charming streets with their ups and downs and admire the breathtaking mountain views with the lake in the background— I really fell in love with the city.
Tell us about the project you presented!
Dr. Montori and I gave a talk on how to include shared decision making (SDM) when estimating the time needed to treat (TNT). We discussed with the audience how valuable and limited time is in medical encounters. We emphasized the importance of being mindful of this limited time and optimizing consultations to decide with our patients what matters to them and what they need from us, always trying to base our medical actions on evidence-based medicine.
What did you like the most about going to the conference?
Participating in this conference was an incredible opportunity to meet face-to-face, exchange ideas, and stay in touch with experts in my field and amazing people from different parts of the world. It also allowed me to travel and visit beautiful places. However, what I liked the most was the huge challenge of overcoming the experience of presenting a conference for the first time, not only in another country but also in another language, and everything I learned along the way while working on the presentation.
We heard you received a prestigous award on the conference – tell us!
Yes! For our conference, the ISDM Society and BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine awarded us the Clinical Impact Award 2024. It was completely unexpected and was the perfect ending to an already incredible event, recognizing all the effort behind the work we’re doing. I’m very happy with this recognition, and it motivates me to keep working on this project.