EFC SATELLITE MEETING AND TRAINING THE TRAINERS
BRUSSELS, 1 DECEMBER 2018
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Dear Colleagues,
The 6th EFC Satellite Meeting will be held at the Pullman Hotel Brussels Centre Midi on December 1st 2018. The Satellite Meeting will be preceded by the EFC Training the Trainers course held in the morning. These meetings are the powerhouse for driving the EFC’s agenda which aims to improve the quality of colposcopy throughout Europe.
Indeed in the morning, there will be a Training the Trainers hands-on session which is being co-ordinated by Professor Xavier Carcopino. In the afternoon the principle focus will be on clinical guidelines. Guidelines are the foundation for quality assurance; some societies have had guidelines for years and those without are developing them or adapting others for local use. It is evident that many standards are based on out-dated or inadequate evidence so the objective of this session is to establish which topics can be usefully improved, either by systematic analysis or new data. In addition, incorporation of HPV testing into primary screening, triage and follow-up plus the advent of a vaccinated population demands revision of existing guidelines
To date, the EFC has had a good track record in developing European treatment and performance standards (e.g. Petry et al Eur J Obstet Gynecol Rep Bio 2018, 224, 137-141). In addition, the results of a systematic analysis concerning the prognostic value of involvement of excision margins compared with post-treatment HPV testing have recently been published (Arbyn et al, Lancet Oncology 2017, 18, 1553-1770). These results illustrate the potential of the EFC to influence practise and we want the Satellite meeting to build on that success. Therefore, the focus of this meeting is to develop a constructive plan of action. To do this we need the active involvement of all our member societies. Also, this is the last Satellite meeting before the Triennial Congress in Rome where many important decisions will be made so it provides a useful chance to discuss them. Make a date in your diary!
We look forward to meeting you in Brussels,
Best Regards,
EFC President
Charles Redman
PROGRAMME
9:30 – 10:00 Optimizing training: What should be the ideal training nowadays?
Maggie Cruickshank – Professor MB ChB MD FRCOG, Division of Medical and Dental Education and Medical Sciences, School of Medicine University of Aberdeen, UK
10:00 – 10:30 Who can be a trainer and what the role is?
Ameli Tropé – MD, PhD, Head of the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme, Norway
10:30 – 11:00 Providing feedback and making an action plan
Maggie Cruickshank – Professor MB ChB MD FRCOG, Division of Medical and Dental Education and Medical Sciences, School of Medicine University of Aberdeen, UK
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00 Use of new image capturing and sharing systems in colposcopy training
Ameli Tropé – MD, PhD, Head of the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme, Norway
12:00 – 12:15 Building a training model for treatment of CIN
Xavier Carcopino – Chair Education Committee of EFC, Obstetrician Gynecologist, Head of department of colposcopy and cervico-vaginal pathologies North University Hospital of Marseille, France
12:15 – 13:00 Demonstration and use of training models for the treatment of CIN
Xavier Carcopino – Chair Education Committee of EFC, Obstetrician Gynecologist, Head of department of colposcopy and cervico-vaginal pathologies North University Hospital of Marseille, France
14:00 – 14:15 Introduction
Pekka Nieminen – President-elect of the European Federation for Colposcopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
14:15 – 15:00 Colposcopic guidelines: a critique
Pekka Nieminen – President-elect of the European Federation for Colposcopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
John Tidy – Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, UK
Xavier Carcopino – Chair Education Committee of EFC, Obstetrician Gynecologist, Head of department of colposcopy and cervico-vaginal pathologies North University Hospital of Marseille, France
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00 What areas warrant evaluation?
Marc Arbyn – Coordinator of the Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Belgian Cancer Centre at the Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
16:00 – 16:45 Discussion
Moderated by Pekka Nieminen – President-elect of the European Federation for Colposcopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
16:45 – 17:15 QI update and next steps
Karl Ulrich Petry – Cancer Center Wolfsburg, Germany
17:15 – 17:30 Nominations for the Executive and EFC 2025
Simon Leeson – Secretary of the European Federation for Colposcopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, UK
17:30 – Close of meeting
Registration is open!
Deadline for registration: 28 November
Registration fees
EFC Member: 150 €
Non-member: 250 €
Practical Information
Venue: Hotel Pullman Brussels Centre Midi
Address: Place Victor Horta 1, 1060 Brussels, Belgium (located inside the Brussels Midi Station)
How to get to the venue:
Easy access by public transportation
From Brussels Airport (Zaventem): 20-25 minutes by direct train
From Charleroi Airport: an hour by direct shuttle
Accomodation
We negotiated a discounted rate for participants at the Pullman Brussels Centre Midi Hotel, where the Meeting will take place.
To benefit from the rates, book your accommodation by clicking on the button below.
If you’d like to attend the EUROGIN Congress in Lisbon as well, don’t worry! There are several flights per day from Brussels to Lisbon via Brussels Airlines, Tap Air and Ryanair, that will allow you to be in the Portuguese Capital in under three hours.
The best option would be to take the flight on Saturday December 1st at 19:15 via Tap Air Portugal that lands in Lisbon at 21:00. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you need further information.
For any further information please contact:
EFC Secretariat
Rue de la Presse, 4 B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel: 32 (0) 2 2272730
Mobile: +32 (0) 490 411136
E-mail: efcsecretariat@thetriumph.com
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