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PACTS 2025 Symposium

Details
  • 14/11/2025
  • Fred Bamatter Auditorium
    Avenue de la Roseraie 45
    Children’s Hospital
    1205 Geneva
    Switzerland
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Join us for a dynamic and rewarding congress, entirely dedicated to improving the care of children’s comfort during invasive medical care.

This event will bring together an exceptional panel of national and international experts, providing a unique platform to explore innovative approaches, share knowledge and advance clinical practice in paediatrics.

What to expect:

🗓️ 14 November – Expert lectures:
Hear presentations from recognised leaders in the field, who will share the latest advances and evidence-based strategies for managing pain in children.

🗓️ 14 November – Interactive workshops:
Take part in targeted practical sessions designed to address real-life challenges in the field and provide you with immediately useful tools.

Whether you are a nurse, care assistant, paramedic or senior doctor, this conference is an invaluable opportunity to learn more about the safe and effective practice of sedation in children during medical procedures,

this congress is a valuable opportunity to enhance your skills, improve care for children, meet international experts, expand your network and share experiences.

📞 Language information!
Live sessions in French and english with live translation to French availiable and workshops availiable in French, German and biligual French + English!

🎫 ISFM Formation credits :

For doctors, this symposium has been approved by Swiss Pediatrics and allows you to get 6 formation credits!

Details
  • 14/11/2025
  • Fred Bamatter Auditorium
    Avenue de la Roseraie 45
    Children’s Hospital
    1205 Geneva
    Switzerland
Register here!

Faculty

Prof Baruch Krauss, MD EdM
Dr Cyril Sahyoun, PD

Cyril Sahyoun is an Associate Physician at the Geneva Children’s Hospital. He completed his medical studies at Georgetown University, his internship at Columbia University’s Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian and his fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he developed clinical expertise in procedural sedation, anxiolysis and analgesia.
Lucy Bray RN; MSc; PhD

Lucy Bray is a children’s nurse who has worked within acute children’s nursing for over twenty five years, specialising in children’s procedures and surgery. She works as a Professor in Child Health Literacy in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine at Edge Hill University in the UK.

Her research interests include the education, information needs and preparation of children, young people and their parents for procedures and interventions, with a particular focus on the use of holding and restraint.

And more to come!

Program Congress & Course

9:00-10:00 Opening of doors and welcome
10:00-10:05 Welcome and Introduction
10:05-10:45 Approaching the frightened child… when we do not have much time. Baruch Krauss. EN
10:45-11:25 Consent in Pediatric Care: Between Ethics and Practice. Gabriel Brändle and guest philosopher. FR
11:25-12:10 I felt scared and they just wouldn’t stop: Protecting Children from Trauma During Health Care Procedures. Lucy Bray. EN
12:10-12:30 Q&A
12:30-13:40 Lunch Break
13:40-14:10 A Gentle Giant: Dexmedetomidine’s Quiet Power in Pediatric Care. Cyril Sahyoun. FR
14:10-15:10 First Workshop
15:10-16:10 Second Workshop
16:10-16:40 Coffee break
16:40-17:25 Listen and pay attention: young peoples’ views of health care procedures. Lucy Bray. EN
17:25-17:40 Q&A et Conclusion

Workshops :

  • Dexmedetomidine in all of its forms. FR
  • Dexmedetomidine in all of its forms. DE
  • Practically, how do you do it ? Approaching a child for a procedure. FR/EN
  • How to create you procedural confort cart ? FR

Participation fees

  • Students – Free participation
  • Other profesionals – 50 CHF
  • Junior doctors (Assistenzarzt-ärztin / internes) – 100 CHF
  • Senior doctors – 200 CHF