Education & Training Committee Pisa

Education & Training Committee
Pisa
Toscana, Pisa

To identify the needs for education and training across Europe, and to facilitate regular education and training initiatives bearing on all aspects of childhood-onset disabilities. Members

University of Pisa

Member

Elisabet Rodby Bousquet , PT , PhD

SWEDEN

Member

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

POLAND

Member

Oslo University Hospital

NORWAY

Member

Christopher Newman , MD , PhD

SWITZERLAND

Member

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

UNITED KINGDOM

Member

Elita Rehabilitation Center Lviv

UKRAINE

Member

SPAIN

Member

Erika Cloodt , PT , MSc

SWEDEN

Member

Emma Livingstone , SLT , PhD

UP - The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement

UNITED KINGDOM

Member

University Medical Center Utrecht

THE NETHERLANDS

Procedures

The EACD General Management Committee selects the members of the Education & Training Committee. EACD Education & Training Committee members are elected for a period of 3 years (renewable once). The Committee is anticipated to meet at least once every two months and to report a meeting summary back to the General Management Committee.

Role of Education & Training Committee Members

The Education & Training Committee members are expected to work closely with each other. Education & Training Committee members have to be members of EACD and must attend the EACD Annual Meetings during their term.

The responsibilities and duties of the EACD Education & Training Committee members are:

To identify training and educational needs for EACD members To support and facilitate initiatives to improve the process of knowledge translation from research into clinical practice. Develop and promote measures to make educational material and clinical guidelines easily accessible and locally available.

Create and distribute educational products that are relevant to the membership, subject to GMC approval and in close collaboration with the EACD Scientific Committee, including but not limited to webinars, e-courses, workshops, and training schools.

Accountability

EACD Education & Training Committee members are accountable to the EACD General Management Committee for the stated duties and responsibilities.

The European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) i s an international not-for-profit association founded in 1989, and is an association for anyone with a clinical and/or scientific interest in childhood-onset disabilities in Europe and beyond. EACD's mission is to promote research and education for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities throughout Europe and beyond.

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