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Project Duration: 01.07.2018 - 30.06.2021
Project ERDF Financing: 349 116,91 EUR
Project call: 2nd call
The common challenges faced by the project partners are lack of practical trainings of medical staff to increase their competences and lack of exchange of information about surgical services and surgical best practice cases between Latvia and Lithuania. As both of countries have own surgical specific, such a cooperation should bring some benefits. The project addressed strengthening of surgical services in wide range of them. Sharing information about surgical activities between Latvian and Lithuanian surgeons is one of the key point, which can raise the level of knowledge of surgical staff by that implement different innovations, to improve surgical service level, avoid mistakes per surgical activities.
Also Daugavpils Regional Hospital has create the multifunctional training center with the possibility of operations broadcasting and equipped with telemedicine system, thus increasing its capacities as a cross-border qualified medical service provider. The main goal of the multifunctional training center was to improve the level and quality of health care provision, based on the efficient use of high-level information technology.
To raise capacities of the personnel by organizing training. Three types of training were planned for the implementation of the project to raise capacities of the personnel. Refresher courses were consisted of such topics (11 trainings per each partner) as Team work, Conflicts management, Leadership, Organization results evaluation, HR management, Public speaking, Strategic planning, Successful organisation representation and image, Stress management, Internal communication, Time management. Vocational training for surgeons/doctors/ administration” both partners had 3 topics. Vocational trainings for surgeons/doctors/ administration that will be organised by Kaunas hospital consisted of these topics: Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery for groin hernias, Minimally invasive laparoscopic colon surgery and Minimally invasive endovascular treatment of varicose veins. While trainings in Daugavpils Regional Hospital consisted of these topics: Laparoscopic surgery, Modern tendencies of parenteral nutrition and Organization of patient personal data protection.
To increase technical capacities of the hospitals surgical (telemedicine) equipment meeting the existing requirements and patient’s surveillance equipment was purchased by both project partners. Like cameras, which allow to film and archive the videos, use the videos for educational or other specific purposes and in real time for consultation purposes. Also, a conference hall in Daugavpils regional hospital was repaired.
The methodological material consisting of the procedures and methods on organizing of work and how to work with the new medical equipment (telemedicine equipment) was developed for the use of the Kaunas regional hospital Surgery Clinics (operations departments). Also, both partners in cooperation have developed other methodological material, which implement new methods and new approaches to provide telemedicine broadcasting.
As a result of the project, partnership cooperation between Daugavpils and Kaunas surgical specialists was established, which will be a platform for further professional cooperation in other areas of medicine. Remote consultations using new equipment would allow partners to share medical experience and know-how information, which inevitably leads to improving of quality of surgical services in Latvia and Lithuania.
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Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Hospital and Daugavpils Regional Hospital successfully cooperate in exchanging experience and updating advanced medical technologies.
Renovation works of the existing conference hall in SIA “Daugavpils Regional Hospital” have been completed.
The type of clinical feeding depends largely on the patient’s condition, disease and needs.
In order to gain experience from Lithuanian colleagues 10 doctors and nurses from Daugavpils regional hospital had come to Republican hospital of Kaunas for 1 week work placements.
In order to improve the management of surgical services and raise their administration capacities leading partner Kaunas hospital of Kaunas has purchased and installed telemedicine equipment.
Project partner Daugavpils regional hospital organized refresher courses for the medical and administration staff.
Leading partner (Republican hospital of Kaunas) organized refresher courses for the medical and administration staff.
In the beginning of the project during the project LLI-396 Hospitals for CBC kick – off meeting in Republican hospital of Kaunas on 3rd of October 2018 partners signed the Partnership agreement and discussed the project implementation plan.
Project No. LLI-396 “Hospital cooperation in creating an effective surgical services management in the cross-border region” (Hospitals for CBC) was finished on June 30 2021. There were implemented these main activities:
1. Project leading partner Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas hospital has organized refresher courses for the medical and administration staff. The aim of these courses – to build and strengthen overall medical and administration specialists’ qualification in the field of 11 topics such as:
249 medical and administration specialists from different hospital’s departments from November 2018 till May 2019 have participated in these courses and received huge qualification upgrade which is and will be very useful for their everyday work. Most of the participants expressed very positive feedback.
Project partner Daugavpils regional hospital has also organized refresher courses. Within the period from July 23 till August 30, 2019 project partner organized training for the hospital medical and administration staff. Eleven training cycles and practical classes were led by associate professor at Daugavpils University, Dr. psych. Vitālijs Raščevsks.
Various topical topics were covered during the training, for example: the consequences of professional burnout, how to protect yourself from burnout at work, prevention of emotional burnout, emotional intelligence, cooperation with colleagues, communication modes and styles, time management, leadership, strategic planning, problem solving, etc. During the training, various practical classes were organized to learn different methods, including stress reduction in everyday life. 223 employees of the hospital improved their professional qualification. Of particular note were cycles such as body-oriented stress therapy, which also included acquisition of practical stress reduction techniques. Emotional self-regulation – how to deal with your emotional tension without affecting other people’s psyche and how to manage your emotions. Participants were actively involved in the training cycle, asking questions, discussing and participating in practical classes.
2. In order to improve of management of surgical services and raise their administration capacities project leading partner Kaunas hospital has purchased and installed the set of telemedicine equipment (video recording computers, cameras, monitors, video and audio streaming equipment and software) which allows to film, stream, archive and review videos for these specific purposes:
Telemedicine equipment in surgery room of Kaunas hospital
3. Daugavpils regional hospital staff work placements in Kaunas hospital
In order to gain experience from Lithuanian colleagues 10 doctors and nurses from Daugavpils regional hospital had come to Kaunas hospital for 1 week work placements. The work placements took place on 11-15 of November and 9-13 of December 2019.
The main work activity topic was abdominal Wall Repair Workshop. Work was divided in two parts – theoretical and practical. First of all surgeons and nurses discussed possible methods of operations, indicative operations, equipment needed for surgeries, organization of surgeries, postoperative nursing and treatment of patients.
The second part include live demonstration of operations and a review and discussion of complicated clinical case records. Practical training aim was to improve the skills and knowledge of laparoscopic general abdominal wall hernia surgery, which will allow for the implementation of minimally invasive procedures in Daugavpils regional hospital Surgery units.
4. Project leading partner has organized 3 vocational trainings for surgeons / doctors / administration in Kaunas hospital:
1) Training within topic “Minimally invasive endovascular treatment of varicose veins” was organized on 24 of January 2020 with 109 participants;
2) Training within topic “Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery for groin hernias” was organized on 26 of February 2020 with 115 participants.
3) Training within topic “Minimally invasive laparoscopic colon surgery” was organized on 14 of May 2021 with 36 participants.
In total 260 participants attended in all 3 vocational trainings. During the trainings doctors, nurses and other health care specialists had the opportunity to learn the newest practical knowledge, ask questions and discuss the particular surgery cases presented and got the professional development certificates.
Project partner has also organizd 3 vocational trainings for PP’s surgeons and other staff in Daugavpils regional hospital:
1) Training within topic “Organization of patient personal data protection” was organized on 21 of February 2020 with 12 participants;
2) Training within topic “Laparoscopic surgery” was organized on 25 of March 2020 with 11 participants;
3) Training within topic “Modern tendencies of parental nutrition” was organized on 24 of April 2020 with 13 participants.
In total 36 participants attended in these 3 vocational trainings during this activity.
5. Project partner Daugavpils regional hospital has renovated the existing conference hall at Daugavpils Regional Hospital. After the renovation the multifunctional conference hall with a telemedicine system has been created, which can be transformed into two independent rooms. It is a state-of-the-art training center for hospital professionals, staff and medical students. The classes organized in the training center will provide staff training and opportunities to cooperate online, consult with colleagues from other hospitals. As a result of the project, an excellent cooperation is formed between Daugavpils and Kaunas surgeons, which is already a platform for further professional cooperation in other fields of medicine.
6. Project leading partner Kaunas hospital on 4th of June 2021 has organized one day international remote conference “Minimally invasive (laparoscopic, endoscopic) methods in emergency surgery” with 4 invited speakers, as well with 5 speakers from Daugavpils regional hospital in Kaunas with 75 participants from partners’ and other medical institutions.
Last updated: 26.06.2024 15:10
