This year's congress

Every individual patient is unique. Therefore, the theme of the 29th edition of ISCOMS is Personalised Medicine. Personalised Medicine refers to a medical model that uses individual phenotypic and genotypic characteristics to choose a balanced therapeutic strategy specific to the patient.

As healthcare continues to innovate, new tailor made diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are being developed. As a result, healthcare is becoming increasingly personalised. Personalised Medicine can be found in all areas of healthcare, both diagnostic and therapeutic. In addition, in the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) shared decision making is one of the most important aspects of healthcare. The choice of treatment is hereby made by the specialist and the patient together. In this way the patient participates in the decision making of their upcoming treatment. As a result, each patient is treated in the best way possible.

During the three days of the congress, the theme will be visible in various parts of the congress.

We are very happy to announce that ISCOMS 2022 will take place in physical form with some digital aspects. The last two editions of ISCOMS only took place by means of our digital platform due to the Dutch governmental COVID-19 regulations. That’s why you can also join some activities online this year and we can assure you that you will also have the best possible experience on our digital platform. If you are able to travel to the Netherlands, we would love to welcome you in Groningen for ISCOMS 2022!

However, since our event takes place at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), we do have to comply with the limited amount of visitors as the UMCG possibly prescribes us. We advise you to take this into account before booking your flight tickets for ISCOMS 2022.

Currently, the Dutch Government has announced that all COVID-19 related measures will become obsolete after the 23rd of March 2022. Nonetheless, you still need a negative test result on a PCR-test to enter the Netherlands. We therefore also advise you to avoid situations which are prone to causing you to attract COVID-19 the week before ISCOMS 2022. On-site tickets cannot be altered after the 8th of May, so make sure that COVID-19 does not interfere with you attending ISCOMS 2022!

If you realize you are able to visit ISCOMS 2022 on-site after purchasing an online ticket, you can still upgrade your ticket after the 8th of May, but make sure you are on time given that on-site workshops have only limited capacity.

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