Preliminary Programme

Symposium topics:

 

Friday, 24th April 2015
10:00 REGISTRATION
14:30 WELCOME ADDRESS
15.00 – 17.00 Laboratory Medicine in EU Countries
Chair: Elizabeta Topic, Gabor Kovacs, Jaroslav Racek
 
  1. Elizabeta Topic: CPD in Laboratory Medicine in EFLM Societies: Results of Survey
  2. Gustáv Kováč: Pre and Postgradual Education of Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
  3. Gabor L. Kovacs: Education in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine in Hungary
  4. Dalius Vitkus: Education in Laboratory Medicine in Lithuania 
  5. Bogdan Solnica: Postgraduate Training in Laboratory Medicine in Poland and the EC-4 European Syllabus 2012
  Discussion
18:30 Get together Buffet Dinner (Novotel hotel)
20:30 Concert at Saint Catherine Church

Saturday, 25th April 2015
9:30 – 11:00 Profession of "European Specialist in Laboratory Medicine" (EurSpLM)
Chair: Gilbert Wieringa, Mauro Panteghini, Tomáš Zima
 
  1. Gilbert Wieringa: Achieving Recognition of Specialists in Laboratory Medicine
  2. Theo Koutroubas: Common Training Frameworks: Legal Provisions and Practical Questions
  3. Wytze Oosterhuis: European Specialist in Laboratory Medicine: Where are we now?
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:30
  1. Bernard Maillet: The New Views following the Amendments to the Directive on Recognitions of Mutual Qualifications with the Introduction of the so-called Common Training Platforms
  2. Mauro Panteghini: Verification of In Vitro medical Diagnostics (IVD) Metrological Traceability: Role and Responsibilities of Laboratory Medicine Specialists in the EU Context
  Discussion
12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 New Trends in Education, Role of Physician in Laboratory Medicine
Chair: Maurizio Ferrari, Petr Kocna
 
  1. Maurizio Ferrari: How to Improve Molecular Diagnostic Literacy in Developing Countries
  2. Siraj Misbah: The Role of the Physician in Laboratory Medicine
  3. Daniel Rajdl: E-Learning in Clinical Biochemistry
  4. Petr Kocna: E-Learning and Distance Education for Laboratory Medicine on Charles University in Prague
  5. Herbert Stekel: Questions and Answers in Laboratory Medicine
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
Chair: Gilbert Wieringa, Jean Philippe Brochet
16:30 – 17:30 Common Training Frameworks: Taking the Next Steps
An interactive focus group led by EFLM Profession Committee and EC4 Foundation Board
  Discussion
19:30 BUFFET DINNER at ZOOM restaurant, Congress Centre Prague

Sunday, 26th April 2015
9:30 – 11:15 Continuous Professional Development in Laboratory Medicine – Education and Research
Chair: Bernard Gouget, Gul Güner Akdogan
 
  1. Gul Güner Akdogan: ORPHEUS and PhD Training in Europe – New Prospects
  2. Bernard Gouget: Education and Accreditation of the Future Specialist in Lab Medicine
  3. Tomáš Šálek: Enhance it – Improvement of Continuous Professional Development of Specialists in Laboratory Medicine in EU
  4. Joris Delange: Scientific Education and Publishing in the Field of Clinical Chemistry
  5. Patrick Twomey: Cox´s and Pippins or Apples and Oranges?
  COFFEE BREAK
11:30 Closing Remarks