PRE-COURSE: FALCK FOUNDATION - PRE HOSPITAL RESEARCH

Sunday 8 September: 08:00 - 12:30

Course Directors

  • Rune Andersen, Denmark

Faculty 

  • Olivier Hoogmartens, Belgium
  • V. Anantharaman, Singapore
  • Maaret Castrén, Sweden
  • Joost Bierens, The Netherlands

Participants

100 participants maximum.
The course shall be cancelled if less than 8 participants are registered.

Course description

The pre-conference seminar on prehospital research aims at gathering around the table practitioners seeking to improve pre-hospital emergency health care through Scientific Research.

This seminar will allow clinicians to discuss current literature, its purpose being the critical evaluation of scientific articles that impact upon the practice of pre-hospital emergency care. The aim is to critically appraise selected articles and studies and discuss the relevance and usefulness of the research findings to clinical practice, including answering the question: "Based on the results of scientific studies, should we change our practice?"

Learning objectives

  • How to keep in touch with new publications and Clinical Practice Guidelines;
  • Learn to critique and appraise pre-hospital research;
  • Learn to create a sound prehospital research proposal;
  • Encourage research utilization in prehospital care

Schedule

   Pre‐conference seminar on pre‐hospital Research
08:30 Welcome and short introduction on the Falck
Foundation and the prehospital research seminar
Rune Andersen, Denmark
08:40 Hands on approach to pre‐hospital research. Study Design and Methodology Olivier Hoogmartens, Belgium
09:30 Ethics in Prehospital Research V. Anantharaman, Singapore
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Why is Prehospital Research so Difficult? Maaret Castrén, Sweden
11:15 Rookie Mistakes and Pitfalls in prehospital Research Joost Bierens, The Netherlands
11:45 Prehospital Research Proposal V. Anantharaman, Singapore
12:15 Questions to Faculty Panel All

Directors

Dr Robert Leach
Dr Robert Leach
President
Dr Jim Connolly
Dr Jim Connolly
Immediate Past President
Dr Niccolo Parri
Dr Niccolo Parri
VICE- President
Prof. Dr Diana Cimpoesu
Prof. Dr Diana Cimpoesu
HONORARY Treasurer

 

Dr Tatjana Rajkovic
Dr Tatjana Rajkovic
Honorary Secretary

The Board of Directors may co-opt

Dr Jan Stroobants
Dr Jan Stroobants
Chairperson of the Professional committee
Dr Zsolt Bognar
Dr Zsolt Bognar
Chairperson of the Paediatric Branch
Dr Effie Polyzogopoulou
Dr Effie Polyzogopoulou
Chairperson of Ultrasound Committee
Dr Anna Spiteri
Dr Anna Spiteri
Co-Chair of EMERGE
 
Dr Ashraf Butt
Dr Ashraf Butt
Co-Chair of EMERGE
 
Dr Ruth Brown
Dr Ruth Brown
Chairperson of Education Committee
Prof Marc Sabbe
Prof Marc Sabbe
Chairperson of fellowship committee
Dr James van Oppen
Dr James van Oppen
Chairperson of the Geriatric section
Prof Ari Palomäki
Prof Ari Palomäki
Chairperson of the Research Committee
Prof Mehmet Karamercan
Prof Mehmet Karamercan
Chairperson of the Research Network
Dr Eric Revue
Dr Eric Revue
chairperson of the Pre-Hospital section
Prof Itai Shavit
Prof Itai Shavit
Chairperson of the Paediatric branch
Dr Steve Photiou
Dr Steve Photiou
Chairperson of the Disaster Medicine Section
Dr Kurt Anseeuw
Dr Kurt Anseeuw
Chairperson of the toxicology section
Prof Yonathan Freund
Prof Yonathan Freund
EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Dr Youri Yordanov
Dr Youri Yordanov
CHAIRPERSON OF THE EUSEM CONGRESS ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr Canberk Meseli
Chairperson of the YEMD Section