Choosing Wisely International Roundtable
Stockholm, October 6-7 2026
What: Choosing Wisely International roundtable is a meeting to support a community of best practice working on decrease low-value health care.
Target audience: specially invited guests
Meeting goal: To share best practices and knowledge focused on de-implementation of Choosing Wisely recommendations
Venue: The Swedish Society of Medicine, Klara Östra Kyrkogata 10, Stockholm (just a short walk from Stockholm Central Station).
Travel and accommodation: Participants are responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements. There are many hotels and hostels in various price ranges within walking distance of the Swedish Society of Medicine.
Roundtable Contacts: Choosing Wisely Sweden (Kloka Kliniska Val)
Maria Wolodarski, maria.wolodarski@regionstockholm.se
Martin Serrander, martin.serrander@regionsormland.se
Martin Almquist, martin.almquist@med.lu.se
Welcome dinner October 5
Time: 19.00
Adress: The Swedish Society of Medicine, Klara Östra Kyrkogata 10, Stockholm
Program
Day 1 - October 6, 2026
08.30-08:45 Registration
08:45-09.00 Welcome to Stockholm
- Welcome from Chairman of the Swedish Society of Medicine
- Welcome from Swedish team
- Overview of progress of Choosing Wisely International over the last year
09.30-10.15 Keynote Speaker: Bjørn Morten Hofmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
· Choosing good: What are the values deciding low-value care? Some examples from radiology
10.15-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.10 Examples from the different countries. Brief presentations by selected countries highlighting advances in Choosing Wisely work (20 minutes each with discussion)
- Sweden – STRAMA about rational antibiotic use (Anna-Lena Fastén)
- Norway – Choosing Wisely Certified Hospitals (Bente Kristin Johansen)
- Denmark – How to involve patients in Choosing Wisely work (Susanne Axelsen)
- Switzerland – Smarter Talents Programme in Switzerland (Lars Clarfeld)
- The Netherlands – De-implementation developments in the Netherlands (Tijn Kool and Pauline de Heer)
12.10-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.15 Breakout groups
(Choose one breakout group to attend)
a) Choosing Wisely and Climate Change
Stefania Barcella, Giacomo Galletti, Maria Wolodarski
b) Medical Education Group
Martin Almquist, Chris Moriates, Brian Wong
c) Deprescribing or deimplementation
Björn Eriksson, Johan Bengtsson
d) Engaging with Policy Makers
Tijn Kool, Ramon Castano, Martin Serrander
e) Misinformation in Health
Fredrik Lindell, Oskar Lindfors, Wendy Levinson
14.15-15.00 Year in Review – Highlights from Top 5 Articles
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-16.30 Progress Toward Choosing Wisely International
Wendy Levinson and Susanne Axelsen to present on behalf of the steering committee and get group input
16.40 Stockholm Walking Tour
19.00 Dinner at the Swedish Society of Medicine, Klara Östra Kyrkogata 10, Stockholm
Day 2 - October 7, 2026
9.00-10.45 Workshop: Turning de-implementation research priorities into next steps
This session looks forward to the newly identified de-implementation research priorities: what should researchers and decision makers do next to tackle these issues? After a short introduction, mixed breakout tables work through four priority themes, followed by a sum-up session.
10.45-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.15 Catwalk Presentations of Choosing Wisely International Projects. 5-6 sessions to showcase different countries and different types of work (10 minutes each, including Q&A).
- Saudia Arabia – Choosing Wisely in Primary Health Care Centres (Razan AlHussain)
- China – Choosing Wisely China & Concerns for Imaging (Jay Pan)
- Latin America – Working with the Inter-American Development Bank (Ramon Castano)
- Singapore – Establishment of Choosing Wisely Singapore (Hairil Rizal Bin Abdullah)
- Australia – Choosing Wisely groundswell in EM - internationally and across Australasia (Brian O’Connell)
12.15-13.15 Lunch
13.15-14.30 Work grouping for next steps for Choosing Wisely International
This session will follow up from the prior day. Break out groups will work on one of several projects to develop CWI next steps.
14.30-15.00 Summary and reflections
15.00 Coffee