7th Congress · Programme

Bonds at the heart of care

18 & 19 September 2026Hôtel Sheraton, Tunis

Programme (PDF)

--h-- · Tunis time

Friday 18 September 2026 - Workshops

  1. Workshop 1 - Stoma care (Coloplast)

    Dr Souhaib Atri · Dr Amine Sebei · Dr Houcine Maghrebi · Dr Selma Kacem

  2. Parallel workshops

  3. Workshop 2 - Escape Room: 120 minutes in a patient's shoes

    Dr Faten Ellouze · Dr Rahma Damak · Dr Khedija Meddeb

  4. Workshop 3 - When bonds weaken: managing complex situations along the care pathway

    Mr Julien Guérin · Dr Sana Masmoudi · Dr Montasser Kacem

  5. Workshop 4 - Family and the systemic approach

    Dr Aymen Lahmer · Dr Wissal Cherif · Dr Malek Hajri

  6. Coffee break

  7. Parallel workshops

  8. Workshop 5 - When the bond hinders the care relationship: around palliative-phase situations

    Dr Sarah Dauchy

  9. Workshop 6 - “Being” for one's well-being

    Dr Souhail Bannour

  10. Workshop 7 - Beyond treatments: the art of communicating with a child with cancer and their family

    Dr Zeineb Abbes · Dr Faten Fdhila

Saturday 19 September 2026

  1. Session 1 - The caregiver–patient bond: communicating, containing, supporting

    Chairs Dr Hamouda Boussen · Dr Mohamed Jouni · Dr Monia Hechiche · Dr Mejda Cheour · Dr Rym Ghachem · Dr Khalil Mahjoubi

  2. Kairos vs Chronos: weaving the bond between the ills that weigh and the words that soothe

    Dr Faten Ellouze

  3. STPO capsule - “The Voices that Heal” project · Invisible bonds: patient trajectories, care trajectories

    Dr Sana Masmoudi · Dr Montasser Kacem · Dr Hinda Rais

  4. The voices that heal: from patients' experience to tools for better support

    Dr Salma Kacem · Dr Sana Masmoudi

  5. The bond as first care, toward medical sobriety

    Dr Patrice Guex

  6. Bonds at the heart of care: good-practice benchmarks in psycho-oncology - STPO 2026 recommendations

    Dr Rahma Damak · au nom du groupe de travail STPO

  7. Discussion

  8. Coffee break

  9. Opening of the congress

    Dr Sana Masmoudi

  10. Session 2 - The patient–relatives–caregivers bond: building the alliance without erasing the ill person

    Chairs Dr Raja Labben · Dr Khaled Rahal · Dr Karim Ben Hammouda · Dr Leila Ben Fatma · Dr Leila Mnif · Dr Mouna Ayedi

  11. From multidisciplinary care to the patient pathway: feedback from neuro-oncology

    Mr Julien Guérin (Psychologue, Président de la SFFPO, France)

  12. A first psycho-oncology consultation experience in Sfax

    Dr Farah Cherif

  13. Telling the illness, carrying the ill person: beliefs and family solidarities in the Tunisian context

    Mr Mohamed Jouili (Sociologue, FSHS, Tunis)

  14. Debate - Should everything always be told to the patient? Between law, ethics and clinical reality

  15. The difficulties and realities on the ground

    Dr Yousra Ben Mrad

  16. What the law says

    Dr Mohamed Allouche · Dr Syrine Manoubi

  17. Discussion

  18. Lunch

  19. Session 3 - The bond with oneself and the body

    Chairs Dr Zoubeir Ben Safta · Dr Ramzi Nouira · Dr Tarek Ben Dhiab · Dr Rym Rafrafi · Dr Nesrine Chraiet · Dr Mehdi Balti

  20. When the somatic symptom persists…

    Dr Sarah Dauchy

  21. Transformed body, wounded body, reconstructed body

  22. Breast reconstruction

    Dr Yasmine Fertani

  23. Living with a stoma

    Dr Amine Makni

  24. Sexuality and intimacy after cancer

    Dr Wassila Najjar

  25. Discussion

  26. Session 4 - Psycho-oncology: between culture, art and innovation

    Chairs Dr Sana Masmoudi · Dr Montasser Kacem · Dr Chaker Mili · Dr Hinda Rais · Dr Lotfi Kochbati · Dr Jamel Ben Hassouna

  27. Debate - Artificial intelligence in the service of bonds in health: opportunities and challenges

    Dr Olfa Jaidane

  28. Discussion

  29. Screening of the documentary “Alexandre Roubtzoff in Tunisia”

  30. Let's Play together: STPO–Philadelphia winning quiz

  31. Weaving our bonds through theatre: 45 minutes to laugh and let go

    Mr Hamdi Hadda

  32. Best poster prize — jury

    Dr Faten Ellouze · Dr Jarboui Slim · Dr Kalfallah Mehdi · Dr Ameur Frikha · Dr Olfa Jaidane · Dr Zeineb Naimi

  33. Closing gathering - raffle · Coffee break - Stand visits

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