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PAEDIATRIC SECTION REPORT KOS September 2011. Hezi Waisman javier benito. APEC Course. APEC Pre-Conference Course in Kos Outstanding facility - 47 Participants Very positive evaluations by students/participants Course agenda was modified to meet local availabilities Future Plans
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PAEDIATRIC SECTION REPORTKOS September 2011 Hezi Waisman javier benito
APEC Course • APEC Pre-Conference Course in Kos • Outstanding facility - 47 Participants • Very positive evaluations by students/participants • Course agenda was modified to meet local availabilities • Future Plans • Advanced course: Emphasis on pre-course requirements • Format change: Lecture and skill stations intercalated • Decreased number of lectures • Advertisement at least 4 months ahead of time • Tentative additional courses: Dubai (Jan), Poland (March), Turkey/Antalya (Oct.), Romania?
Other Section Activitiesat VI MEMC • Paediatric Track • 1 lectures session • 1 scientific abstract session – both well attended • Paediatric Section Meeting • Business issues • Discussions on ways for expanding the group • More visibility in large meetings • Planning for future APEC Courses • Emphasis on more website updates and email publication, including facebook
Other Section Activitiesat VI MEMC-2 • European Academy of Paediatrics • Members involved: Javier Benito Fernandez, Liviana da Dalt, Jean Christophe Mercier, Ian Mechonochie • Content: • PEM Curriculum • Collaboration on research
Additional Optional Activities • Updates on EuSEM website • Reviewers for EJEM • Proposals of new activities
REPEM- International Collaboration • PERN activities • Publications (EJEM, PEC) • H1N1 Study, 96 centers (20 from Europe), All centers have submitted data, Abstract to be presented on October 2011 at AAP meeting • PERN presented at IFEM Board meeting – endorsed by IFEM • Official relationship between PERN – IFEM to be established. Hezi – Liaison person
REPEM activities • SEPEM study, 2 phases, 20 centers, grant money: PI - Patrick VdV (Belgium) • Future studies- 3 proposals, Santi Mintegi (Bilbao, Spain) – to be discussed • SPERG – collaboration with the Spanish research network in PEM • REPEM-future studies • Creation of Consortium? – proposal by Itai Shavit
3 RESEARCH PROPOSALSH Cruces . Bilbao 2 SPERG20 PEDs already involved 1 H Cruces7 PEDs already involved
PROPOSAL OF MULTICENTER STUDY AUGUST 2011 DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF LEUKOPENIA IN YOUNG FEBRILE INFANTS Main investigatorB Gomez. H Cruces. Bilbao
Urinary Tract infections in children under 90 days old.Risk Factors of possible complications Principal investigators: Roberto Velasco Zúñiga1, Helvia Benito Pastor1, Juan Enrique Trujillo Wurttele1 and Beatriz Serrano Carro2 1.- Rio Hortega Teaching Hospital Valladolid 2.- Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain Main investigatorR Velasco. H Rio Hortega. Valladolid
Young febrile infants.Step by step approach Main investigatorS Mintegi. H Cruces. Bilbao
PEM Section EuSEM Future plans I • APEC course: • Give an oficial format to the teaching materials • Edit a brochure with the more valuable information about the course • Adapt APEC schedule to the students characteristics • Reduce the number of instructors per course • Stablish a close relationship with EuSEM Education Committee
PEM Section EuSEM Future plans II • PEM Track in EuSEM meetings: • Close relationship with EuSEM Congress Scientific Committee • Decide all contents and participants in the scientific PEM program • Join all PEM activities in one day (first day after precongress courses) including abstracts presentations • Promote a more active participación in abstracts sessions
PEM Section EuSEM Future plans III • REPEM: • Close relationship with EuSEM Research Commitee • Evaluate research proposals and start at least one study in 2012. • Update REPEM documents • Look for information about international collaborative studies rules