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European Academy of Neurology Name of the presenter © ean | page 1
The purpose of EAN EXCELLENCE IN NEUROLOGY in Europe - to increase the availability and standards of neurological services in Europe - to advance the development of neurology as the major medical specialty caring for patients with neurological disorders - to strengthen the standard, availability and equality of neurological education for neurologists and affiliated/related health professionals The European Academy of Neurology (EAN) was founded during the first joint Meeting of the EFNS and ENS in Istanbul in June 2014. © ean | page 2
Assembly of Delegates The democratic heart of EAN is the Assembly of Delegates, consisting of: - Individual Delegates - National Delegates representing the 47 member societies of EAN. The Assembly of Delegates is held each year at the EAN annual congress and its delegates are responsible for: - Election of the EAN Board members - Amendments to the EAN bylaws - Approval of the EAN annual accounts - Endorsement of major decisions made by the EAN Board © ean | page 3
A Society of Individual Members & National Societies 700 million brains 47 countries 25, 000 members 1 community © ean | page 4
A Society of Individual Members & National Societies Full Institutional Members Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, FYRO Macedonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan Corresponding Institutional Members Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia © ean | page 5
Education Committee Educational Grants Clinical Fellowship to provide a well-defined clinical observational experience in a department with recognised expertise in a specific field outside the home country - Duration of 6 weeks in the Hosting Department - Grant of € 2, 250 (1, 500/month), plus travelling costs (maximum of 300 Euro of travelling costs) - Eligible for residents of neurology, fluent in English, from an EAN member country that have been accepted by an approved host department In 2018, the EAN will again offer 35 Clinical Fellowships. Application open: 1 August 2017 - 31 October 2017 © ean | page 6
Education Committee Educational Grants Training & Experience Research Fellowship to lead either to completion of a higher degree, a grant application or peer-reviewed publication & high quality research experience to pursue a research career - Duration of 12 months for Research training fellowship - Duration of at least 6 months for Research experience fellowship - Grant of € 2, 000/month plus travel expenses of up to € 500; - Eligible for residents of neurology, fluent in English or the local language, from an EAN member country, affiliated to a European academic neurological department, who are individual members The EAN was able to award 4 Research Training Fellowships and 3 Research Experience Fellowships for 2017. Application deadline for 2019: 31 August 2018 © ean | page 7
Education Committee Educational Events Spring School - 4 -day teaching course on different topics - In Stare Splavy, Czech Republic - Accommodation, tuition, board and programme are covered by EAN , participants pay only for travel - Eligible for those who have at least 2 years of clinical experience and have not yet completed residency/training in neurology or no more than 5 years since completing training; applicants must be EAN members - Capacity of up to 120 participants Application open: 1 November 2017 – 31 January 2018 © ean | page 8
Education Committee Educational Events Regional Teaching Courses to bring neurological standards directly to the doctors avoid that our colleagues in training have to travel to expensive congresses - Duration of 3 days, held in English - Organised by a local society together with EAN If you want to organise an EAN RTC in your city, please contact the Teaching Course sub-Committee at education@ean. org. The next RTC Oct 6 -8, 2017 Sofia, Bulgaria Planned for 2018: Belgrade, Serbia + Struga, Macedonia © ean | page 9
Education Committee Educational Events EAN-Day at National Neurological Societies’ Meetings aims at bringing excellent teaching and special recognition by the EAN to our National Neurological Member Societies (and Corresponding Societies) - Takes place directly prior or after a National Neurological Society meeting - Strictly academic educational initiative, in English - Profile of three plenary sessions addressing 3 different topics, rotating workshops, case-based video clips or handson courses for participants to work and learn in smaller groups - Up to € 5, 000 financial support from EAN (travel and accommodation of EAN speakers, print material, lecture hall, catering) If you wish to organise an EAN-Day @ your National Neurological Society Meeting, please contact the Teaching Course sub-Committee at education@ean. org. © ean | page 10
Education Committee E-learning e. Brain - Online learning program to support training and continuous professional development - Training content comprises approximately 20 modules of e-learning, with each of the 550+ individual lessons taking around 20 minutes to complete - Free-of-charge access for National Society members & EAN individual members European Journal of Neurology - CME articles - Every month one article is chosen for online learning, accessible free-of-charge on the EAN website e. Book Manual of the Neurological Examination for Neurologists in Training - EAN joined the initiative of the German Neurological Society to provide a first multimedia e-book to all EAN Members - Aimed at students in clinical training and at junior doctors © ean | page 11
Congress Programme Scientific Sessions Symposia & Plenary Symposia - Scheduled on each congress day - Last 2 hours - General information on the main topics of the congress Focused Workshops - Held in the morning - Last 1. 5 hours - Cover narrow topics and aim to promote discussion around new ideas, evidence, theories - Time for discussion Special Sessions - Topics of special interest © ean | page 12
Congress Programme Educational Sessions Teaching Courses - Interactive with opportunity to ask questions - Last 3 hours (plus ½ hour coffee break) - Aimed at a post-graduate audience - 3 levels: 1 – introductory, 2 – standard, 3 – advanced Case-based Workshops - To support knowledge & practice in clinical diagnosis - Active participation - Direct discussion/contact with leading experts to discuss pre-prepared cases Hands-on Course - For limited number of participants - Built-in work in smaller groups - Live demonstrations with screening machines Career development Sessions - To share and improve knowledge on „how to best write an academic paper“, „how to plan and organise a clinical or scientific study, „how to apply for a grant“, „how to get a paper accepted“, … - Open to all participants - Aimed at a post-graduate audience Interactive Sessions - Open to all participants - Opinions are collected via an interactive voting system and discussed © ean | page 13
Congress Programme Overarching Congress Theme Amsterdam 2017 • Outcome measures – Turning figures into cure Lisbon 2018 • Neurogenetics – Unravelling hidden diseases Oslo 2019 • To be announced Paris 2020 • To be announced © ean | page 14
Future EAN Congresses 4 th EAN Congress Lisbon 2018 16 – 19 June 2018 5 th EAN Congress Oslo 2019 29 June – 2 July 2019 6 th EAN Congress Paris 2020 23 – 26 May 2020 © ean | page 15
Scientific Committee Responsible for: - Rare Neurological Diseases Task Force - Guideline production & EAN Guideline production group - Scientific Corner of EAN Pages - 31 Scientific Panels, directly involved in preparation of the congress programme and production of guidelines: ALS and FTD Autonomic nervous system disorders Child neurology Clinical neurophysiology Coma and chronic disorders of consciousness Dementia and cognitive disorders Epilepsy General neurology Headache Higher cortical functions Infectious diseases Movement disorders Multiple sclerosis Muscle disorders Neurocritical care Neuroepidemiology Neurogenetics Neuroimaging Neuroimmunology Neuro-oncology Neuro-ophthalmology and –otology Neuropathies Neurorehabilitation Neurosonology Neurotraumatology Pain Sleep-wake disorders Palliative care Stroke Translational neurology © ean | page 16
Guideline production group Production of European standards of diagnosis, treatment and care within the various subfields of neurology, is one of the most important aims of EAN. Current activities of the GPG - Follow-up of EAN guideline production and review of Gls. - Assistance to the Scientific Panels and EAN Task Forces with methodology. - Education on guideline production through teaching courses, articles, . . . Members Antonio Federico Maurizio Leone Lucia Cernicka (administration) EAN GPG is a member of the Guideline International Network. © ean | page 17
Membership EAN currently has 25, 000 members, consisting of • Associate Individual Members - members of the European National Neurological Societies • Corresponding Institutional Members – members of the National Neurological Societies of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Syria & • Full Individual Members - nationals of/neurologists practicing in any EAN member country • Fellows of the EAN - title for EAN members who deserve a special recognition for a scientific achievement • Resident and Research Fellows - residents/physicians in training, research fellows in neurology, Ph. D students in neurology • Corresponding Individual Members - nationals of/neurologists practicing in a country other than an EAN member country • Retired Individual Members - neurologists who are retired from their professional work and would like to keep in touch • Undergraduate Individual Members - undergraduate medical students © ean | page 18
Membership Associate Individual Members of the European National Neurological Societies (currently 47 full Institutional Members) are AUTOMATICALLY Associate Individual Members of EAN. Each Society is represented by one delegate to the Assembly of Delegates Each Society has one representative in EAN Scientific Panels. Members benefit from: - free online access to the online learning platform e. Brain - free online access to the European Journal of Neurology - reduced fee at future congresses (4 th EAN Congress in Lisbon 2018, 5 th EAN Congress in Oslo 2019) - the opportunity to apply for educational grants. © ean | page 19
Membership Benefits of Full/FEAN/Retired/Corresponding Individual membership • Reduced fees at EAN annual congresses (If you register within the early registration deadline the amount you save is higher than the actual membership fee!) • One free Teaching Course at the EAN annual congress • Access to VIP Lounge at EAN the annual congress • Access to selected congress webcasts on the EAN website after the congress • EAN-AAN Joint Membership (10% off the AAN membership fee as EAN FEAN/Full/Retired individual member and vice versa 10% off the EAN fee if you are a corresponding individual member and a member of AAN) © ean | page 20
Membership Benefits of Full/FEAN/Retired/Corresponding Individual membership • Individual Membership in EAN Scientific Panels (great possibility to get involved in the congress planning, guideline production, …) • Active and passive voting rights for the Assembly of Delegates of EAN (i. e. possibility to apply for Individual Delegate; possibility to elect the Individual Delegates) – this is relevant only for FEAN/full/retired individual members • Right to purchase the European Journal of Neurology at a reduced rate (€ 75 for 12 issues) • Free online access to: – the European Journal of Neurology (EJo. N) – the online learning platform e. Brain – the Guidelines – EAN educational grants (if applicable) © ean | page 21
www. ean. org • All online resources in one portal • New content • Guideline Reference Centre • Centre of Rare Neurological Diseases • Neurology updates • Members‘ area • Constant congress updates • Stay in touch with EAN and other members (My. EANspaces) © ean | page 22
European Journal of Neurology The official journal of EAN - Over 3, 800 original articles, guidelines, reviews and CME Papers - Topics on all areas of clinical and basic research in neurology, including pre-clinical research of immediate translational value for new potential treatments - Available online free-of-charge for EAN members Edited by Prof. Anthony Schapira Impact factor of 3. 988 © ean | page 23
EAN Pages Join the European Neurological Community and subscribe to our newsblog www. eanpages. org! © ean | page 24
Connect with EAN via Facebook, Twitter, Linked. In & Instagram! European Academy of Neurology @EANeurology #EAN 2018 European Academy of Neurology © ean | page 25