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Clinic for Neurology, Clinical Center of Serbia
Str. Dr Subotic 6, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
1st Epilepsy school
SABAC, 2003.
Priority of the Yugoslav ILAE Chapter is to promote educational programs and to improve comprehensive epilepsy care in a country
First Epilepsy School was organized by the Yugoslav Union of Leagues Against Epilepsy. It has taken place in Šabac, on November 28, 2003.
The 1st school was primarily targeted at applicants interested in developmental epilepsy who wish to refine their skills in the pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of epilepsy in children. Physicians who are pursuing their training or have specialized in pediatric neurology, pediatrics, neurology or clinical neurophysiology, were welcome to apply.
• First Epilepsy School rallied invited students from Serbia, Montenegro and Republic of Macedonia. Applicants were selected on the basis of their professional activity. The course was limited to a maximum of 30 applicants to allow an optimal level of interaction with the trainees.
• Whole-day educational programe (from 10.00 till 20.00 hrs) was provided.
• Pharmaceurical companies Hemofarm concern “ ZORKA-Pharma» and Sanofi-Synthelabo supported the organization of the 1st School.
• Owing to the obligingness of School sponsors, transportation by bus of all participants from Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis to Šabac was provided in early morning hours.
• No special promotion of any antiepileptic drug is encouraged during the Epilepsy School, regardless of sponsorship and financial support provided by Pharmaceutical Companies.
• Applicants who succifully realized the School program, will receive SERTIFICAT. Formal attendance to the presentations was not eligible.
• According to the Credit point system for educational courses with activities with medium size participation (25-50) and comprising the whole-day work in small groups, this 1st Epilepsy School organized by the Yugoslav ILAE Chapter is entitled for 14 CPs Credit Points.
• On behalf of the Yugoslav Union of Leagues Against Epilepsy, the 1st Epilepsy School was organized by Assoc.Prof. Nebojša Jović, Certified EUREPA trainer
Educative Programme, Topics, Lists of invited speakers and applicants and Social programme are also available.
Doc.dr N. Jović President of the League Association for the Fight against Epilepsy of Yugoslavia
TOPICS AND LECTURERS
Most common mistakes in diagnosis and therapy of epilepsies in children and adolescents
Prof.dr Žarko Martinović
Therapy of West syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Prof.dr Milena Đurić
Treat after the first seizure in childhood?
Are idiopathic generalized epilepsies of childhood benign?
Assoc.Prof.dr Nebojša Jović
Side effects of the antiepileptic drugs
Assoc.Prof.dr Marija Knežević-Pogančev
Treatment of the epileptic status in childhood
Prof.dr Nikola Dimitrijević
New definition and new therapy: better prognostic of the epileptic status
Assoc.Prof.dr Dragoslav Sokić
List of topics was selected upon suggestions maded by students in the Application forms.
Speakers were asked to timely prepare and submit either integral texts or hand-outs of theirs power-point presentations. This material was printed in a form of good quality manual entitled «Developmental Epileptology” and distributed to all applicants before the school.
According to the rules for accreditation of courses, maded by the European Epilepsy Academy, the presentation of each speaker was evaluated. The evaluation sheets were distributed at the entrance and collected after the communications.
SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS
Last names are cited in alphabetical order.
Dr Milan BORKOVIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Vesna BRANKOVIĆ-SREĆKOVIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Mirjana ČVOROVIĆ-DIVOVIĆ, Čačak
Dr Branislav ĐURĐEVIĆ, Novi Sad
Dr Ksenija GEBAUER-BUKUROV, Novi Sad
Dr Ljiljana GLOBAREVIĆ, Podgorica
Dr Dagmar GUBERINIĆ, Pančevo
Dr Predrag IGNjATOVIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Slobodanka ILIĆ-TASIĆ, Niš
Dr Jasna JANČIĆ-STEFANOVIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Olga JOTOVSKA, Skopje
Dr Bosanka JOCIĆ-JAKUBI, Niš
Dr Ružica KRAVLjANAC, Belgrade
Dr Olivera LEKOVSKA, Skopje
Dr Marija LUKAVAC-TEŠIN, Belgrade
Dr Željko LUKIĆ, Jagodina
Dr Radovan KOSTIĆ, Vranje
Dr Vesna KRSTIĆ-NENADIĆ, Užice
Dr Vesna MITIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Dimitrije NIKOLIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Sanja OSTOJIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Milen PAVLOVIĆ, Kruševac
Dr Slađana SAKAČ, Novi Sad
Dr Jelica STANIŠIĆ, Podgorica
Dr Galina STEVANOVIĆ, Belgrade
Dr Marija STEVIĆ-MAJOR, Subotica
Dr Natalija TODOROVIĆ, Kragujevac
Dr Dragana VUČINIĆ, Belgrade
All 28 students finished the 1st Epilepsy School.
Each School applicant was asked to prepare one case report from his own clinical epileptological practice.
Two options were suggested: Case report could be:
а) clear and simple, regarding clinical semiology, diagnostic, treatment and methodology to
illustrate routine experience with epileptic children or
b) specific and with some difficulties in diagnostic, classification and therapeutic strategy and
showing some unusual clinical features
Case report was prepared а) as a manuscript with no obligatory platform presentation or b) in a
form of slide or video presentation. Reported cases are furher discussed.
Case reports are organized as a small -group work. Speakers were moderators.
All case reports were separately assessed by 3 school trainees. Each moderator was asked to assess the quality of case reported, comprising : 1. Anamnesis and Classification, 2. Diagnostics, 3. Therapeutic decision, 4. Terminiology and 5. Conclusions.
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Welcome reception. Director of Hemopharm concern “ZORKA-Pharma” Mrs. M.Radosevic kindly welcomed all School participants.
Lunch in the Restaurant of “ZORKA-Pharma” Company in Šabac.
Visit to the Serbian medieval monastery Kaona, near the city of Sabac.
Local TV station and regional daily newspaper «Glas Podrinja» were included in a promotion of 1st Epilepsy School in Sabac. These media provided much information concerning the School organization, Yugoslav League Against Epilepsy and strategy of Pharmaceutical Company “ZORKA-Pharma” to support such educational program.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Yugoslav Union of Leagues Against Epilepsy acknowledges to the Hemopharm concern “ZORKA-Pharma” and Sanofi-Synthelabo – representative office in Serbia for significant support and help.
Special thanks are expressed to mr.ph D.Dogovic, Mrs. A. Jirecek, mr.ph D.Tomic, dr S.Urosevic and dr V. Sudarevic (in alphabetical order) for very nice and highly professional cooperation with School Organizers.
ANNOUNCEMENT
2nd Epilepsy School of the Yugoslav Union of Leagues Against Epilepsy will be organized in March, 26 2004. It will take place in Podgorica.
Priority of the Yugoslav ILAE Chapter is to promote educational programs and to improve comprehensive epilepsy care in a country
First Epilepsy School was organized by the Yugoslav Union of Leagues Against Epilepsy. It has taken place in Šabac, on November 28, 2003.
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