Saturday 10 October: 8:30 - 17:00
Introduction
The workshop on pre-hospital research is directed by Falck Foundation, and the aim is to improve the research application skills of the participant. The workshop focuses on pre-hospital research, and the distinctive features that makes this field of research especially difficult.
Background
Research in the prehospital domain of emergency medicine in scarce. It is well-known that such research is difficult to prepare, execute and publish in high impact journals. At the same time, such prehospital research is needed to further improve the quality and effectively of current pre-hospital treatments.
Aim
The pre-conference workshop on prehospital research aims at gathering practitioners seeking to improve their scientific research skills and in this way are able to contribute to improved pre-hospital emergency health care.
Content
After introductory presentations by experts with experiences in prehospital research, the participants of the workshop will be separated in distinct groups. Each group has 3 hours to prepare a new research proposal in prehospital research. Tutors will guide the participants and make critical comments. The research proposal will be presented and discussed in a plenary session. The goal of the interactive workshop is to learn the most important elements that contribute to good quality and successful prehospital research. The goal is not that the research proposals will be executed, although further initiatives to do so will be applauded.
Further reading
Many of the topics covered in the workshop is described in detail in the Booklet, published by Falck Foundation. The booklet can be downloaded on this link: http://falckfoundation.com/doc/Booklet-prehospitalresearch-an-introduction.pdf
Schedule
| 08:30 | Welcome and short introduction on the Falck Foundation and the prehospital research seminar | Rune Andersen (Denmark) |
| 08:45 | Prehospital Research Proposal | Jan Christiaen (Belgium) |
| 09:15 | Prehospital Study Designs and Methodology |
Olivier Hoogmartens (Belgium) |
| 09:45 | Ethics in pre-hospital research | Anantharaman Venkataraman (Singapore) |
| 10:15 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 | Why is prehospital research so difficult? | Maaret Castrén (Finland) |
| 11:00 | Rookie Mistakes and Pitfalls in prehospital Research | Joost Bierens (The Netherlands) |
| 11:30 | Instructions | Olivier Hoogmartens (Belgium) |
| 11:45 | Pre-hospital research proposal session - Part 1 | All |
| 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:45 | Pre-hospital research proposal session - Part 2 | Participants |
| 15:30 | Presentation of proposals | Participants |
| 16:00 | Wrap up and evaluations | All |
National Societies
Albania
Albanian Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata Shqiptare e Urgjencës Mjekësore - SH.U.M.
Date of origin: 1 January 2013
Austria 
Belgium
Year of origin: 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association of Emergency Medicine Physicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Udruženje Urgentologa u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine
Date of origin: 15 March 2019
Bulgaria 
Croatia
Croatian Society of Emergency Medicine
HZL Hrvatsko Društvo za Hitnu Medicinu
Date of origin: 12 June 1990
Czech Republic
Year of origin: 1994
Denmark
Danish Society for Emergency Medicine
Dansk Selskab for Akutmedicin
Date of origin: 28 September 2006
Estonia
Estonian Society of Emergency Physicians
Eesti Erakorralise Meditsiini Arstide Selts
Date of origin: 30 March 2004
Finland 
France
French Society for Emergency Medicine
Société Française de Médecine d'Urgence
Date of origin: 3 March 1985
Georgia
Georgian College of Emergency Physicians
საქართველოს გადაუდებელი მედიცინის ექიმთა კოლეჯი
Germany
German Association for Emergency Medicine
Deutsche Gesellschaft Interdisziplinäre Notfall- und Akutmedizin (DGINA) e.V.
Greece
Hellenic Society of Emergency Medicine
Ελληνική Εταιρεία Επείγουσας Ιατρικής
Date of origin: 4 December 2002
Hungary
Hungarian Society for Emergency Medicine
Magyar Sürgösségi Orvostani Társaság
Date of origin: 8 April 2000
Iceland 
Ireland
Irish Association for Emergency Medicine
Cumann Leigheas Éigeandála na hÉireann (IAEM)
Date of origin: 29 April 1989
Italy
Italian Society for Emergency Medicine
Società Italiana di Medicina di Emergenza Urgenza (SIMEU)
Year of origin: 2000
Kosovo
Kosovo Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata për Mjekësi Emergjente e Kosovës (SHMEK)
Year of origin: 2008
Latvia 
Lithuania
Lithuanian Society for Emergency Medicine
Lietuvos Skubiosios Medicinos Draugija
Date of origin: 3 October 2003
Malta
Association of Emergency Physicians of Malta
Ghaqda Maltija tat-Tobba ghall-Emergenzi
Date of origin: 1 December 2006
Moldova
Society of Emergency Medicine and Disasters Medicine from Republic of Moldova
Asociația Obștească Societatea Științifico-Practică de Medicină de Urgență și Catastrofe din Republica Moldova
Netherlands
Dutch Society of Emergency Physicians
Nederlandse Vereniging van Spoedeisende Hulp Artsen
Year of origin: 1999
North Macedonia
Македонско здружение за ургентна медицина МЗУМ 2025 Скопје
North Macedonian Society of Emergency Medicine-NMSEM
Date of origin: 10 March 2025
Norway 
Poland
Polish Society for Emergency Medicine
Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Ratunkowej
Year of origin: 1999
Portugal
Portuguese Society of Urgent and Emergency Medicine
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina de Urgência e Emergência
Romania 
Serbia
Serbian Society of Emergency Physicians
Društvo lekara urgentne medicine Srbije
Date of origin: 13 November 2014
Slovakia
Slovak Society of Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Slovenská spoločnost' urgentnej medicíny katastrof
Date of origin: 4 October 1997
Slovenia
Slovenian Emergency Medical Association
Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino
Date of origin: 29 June 2016
Spain
Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine
Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias
Date of origin: 8 March 1988
Sweden 
Switzerland
Date of origin: 23 November 1990
Turkey 
Ukraine 
United Kingdom