Conferences

Upcoming conferences.

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Last conferences.

May 2025- London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Play and Health’: The Revolution of Paediatric Healthcare in Spanish-speaking Countries.

For: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) at Centre of Outcomes And Experiences Research In Children’s Health, Illness And Disability (ORCHID)

Previous conferences.

April 2025- London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘How PLAY enables communication with hospitalised paediatric patients‘.

For: Dept of Psychology at Queen Mary University London
4-7 Dec.2024- Mexico & multiple locations with Spanish-speaking professionals 🇲🇽🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇱 🇨🇴🇪🇨🇺🇸🇻🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇧🇨🇭🇸🇬🇸🇳🇦🇺🌎🌍🌏

‘Forth Play in Hospital Awareness Week in Mexico and Spanish-Speaking Countries’ (Cuarta Semana del Juego Intrahospitalario en México y países de Habla Hispana).

For Semana JIM
October 2024- Cambridge, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Play in Hospital – Through the Looking Glass: Exploring Children and Young People’s Perspectives Regarding their Interactions with Health Play Specialists.

For Sidney Sussex College
October 2024- Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸

‘Cómo el juego facilita la comunicación entre los pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados’ (How PLAY enables communication with hospitalised paediatric patients).

For: HEALTHCOM’24 Communication, Terminology and Healthcare (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
June 2024- London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Health play specialists: Improving patient experiences directly and indirectly.

For: The Society of Health Play Specialists
April 2024- Ireland 🇮🇪

‘Play – An Essential Tool in a Child’s Hospital’

For Children in Hospital Ireland.
January 2024- Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

‘The impact and importance of play’: State of Play in Hospital.

For The Community Foundation Northern Ireland in association with Children’s Heartbeat Trust and Children in Hospital Ireland.
29Nov-02.Dec.2023- Mexico & other Spanish speaking countries 🇲🇽🌎🌍🌏

‘Third Play in Hospital Awareness Week in Mexico’ (Tercera Semana del Juego Intrahospitalario en México).

For Semana JIM
September.2023- Cambridge, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Prisons, Hospitals and Schools: Challenges and opportunities of introducing play into different settings‘.

With Dina Fajardo & Mercedes Castañeda.

For PEDAL, University of Cambridge
Jun.2023- London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Health Play Specialists: Improving patient experience around the world’

For National Association of Health Play Specialists
2022- Mexico & other Spanish speaking countries 🇲🇽🌎🌍🌏

‘Second Play in Hospital Awareness Week in Mexico’ (Segunda Semana del Juego Intrahospitalario en México)

For SemanaJIM
2022- United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Staying with the Trouble of Illness: Children and Health Concerns’

For The Child of the Future Conference by University of Cambridge
2022- United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Children’s perspectives of Hospital Specialised Play Interventions‘

For National Association of Health Play Specialists
2022- Mexico 🇲🇽

‘Hospital Specialised Play for Children: Applications and Benefits‘ (Juego Intrahospitalario: Usos y Beneficios)

For Colegio de Pediatras de Yucatán A.C.
2022- United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Play and Health: The Revolution of Paediatric Healthcare in Mexico‘

For CLAREC (Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective) (Recording available here)
2022- United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Exploring the Power of Hospital Specialised Play in the United Kingdom’

For King’s College London Paediatric Society.
2021 Brazil 🇧🇷

‘Exploring the impact of ‘Play’ in children’s development within healthcare-related experiences’ (Explorando el impacto del juego en el desarrollo infantil dentro de las experiencias de salud).

For Instituto PENSI – Pesquisa e Ensino em Saúde Infantil
2021 Mexico 🇲🇽

‘First Play in Hospital Awareness Week in Mexico’ (Primera Semana del Juego Intrahospitalario en México)

For SemanaJIM
2021 United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Dr. Hugh Jolly Memorial: ‘‘Discovering the Power of Specialised Play in Hospitals within the United Kingdom’‘

For ‘The National Association of Health Play Specialists’.
2021 Australia 🇦🇺

‘How to Explain Chronic-Illnesses to Children According to Health Play Specialist in the United Kingdom‘

For The Association of Child Life Therapists Australia (ACLTA).
2021 Mexico 🇲🇽

‘Round Table: Ethics, the undeniable value of the profession’ (Mesa Redonda: Ética, el valor innegable de la profesión).

For Expo Med
2021 Mexico 🇲🇽

‘Can we play with our doctors?‘

At Tonalli 2021 Virtual Summer Camp (For children living with Type-1 Diabetes)
2021 United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Exploring the Power of ‘Play’ and the role of ‘Health Play Specialists’ in the United Kingdom’

For the ‘National Association of Health Play Specialists’. United Kingdom.
2021 United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘How to Explain Chronic-Illnesses to Children According to Health Play Specialist in the United Kingdom‘

For the ‘Play 2021: A conference on children, play and space’. University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
2021 United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘Pre-diabetes in children: what does it mean on a global scale and how we address it as a global community?‘

For the ‘United Kingdom Model World Health Organisation’.
2021 New Zealand 🇳🇿

‘Remodelling our Medical Brain: Acquiring a ‘Pro-Play Mindset’ within Paediatric-Healthcare’

At the Paediatric Grand Round at Starship Hospital.
2021 New Zealand 🇳🇿

‘Empowering Chronically-ill Children through ‘Specialised Play’ in the United Kingdom’

For the Hospital Play Specialists Association of New Zealand
2020 Denmark 🇩🇰

‘How to explain chronic-illnesses to children, according to Health Play Specialists in the United Kingdom’

For clinical and research staff within BørneRiget- Children’s Hospital Copenhagen.
2020 Bulgaria 🇧🇬

‘Emergency Medicine in Paediatric Healthcare’

For the Medical Emergency and Paediatric Society of the Medical University of Pleven.
2020 Mexico 🇲🇽

‘How to utilise ‘Play’ to help children understand their chronic-illnesses‘

For the clinical staff of Hospital Ángeles de Interlomas, Mexico City.
2020 United Kingdom 🇬🇧

‘How to utilise ‘Play’ to help children understand their chronic-illnesses’

For the University College London (UCL) Mexican Society.

Available here (in Spanish)
2018 – 2019 Mexico 🇲🇽

‘Breastfeeding: An anthropological approach’.

For clinical staff, undergrad and postgrad students at Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG) and Hospital Ángeles de Interlomas, Mexico City.
2018 – 2019 Mexico 🇲🇽

‘Happiness: Truth or Dare’.

A conference about the Science of Happiness and the search for work-life balance for Child-Healthcare Professionals.

For clinical staff, undergrad and postgrad students at Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG), Mexico City.
2018 – 2019 Mexico 🇲🇽

‘Medical Anthropology: To improve the quality of care’

For clinical staff, undergrad and postgrad students at Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG), Mexico City.

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¡Hola! I am Paulina Pérez-Duarte Mendiola, MD, MSc.

I am a clinical paediatrician and medical anthropologist. My career has focused on improving the holistic outcomes of children’s health and addressing healthcare inequalities.

I am currently the Director of Advocacy & Engagement at Pediatric Potential Inc. a non-profit organisation aimed at redefining international paediatric healthcare experiences.