by Irena Rektorova, EAN Education Committee Chair and Barbara Tettenborn, eanCampus Editor-in-Chief
Ahead of the International Day of Education on 24 January, we decided to take a closer look at the EAN’s many activities in the field of education, highlighting the numerous learning opportunities we offer at every stage of a neurologist’s career, from student onwards.
We provide the path – you make the move!
Our world has become packed with new information available via the internet, mass media, social networks, smartphone apps, etc. It is extremely difficult to identify reliable sources and differentiate important, clinically and scientifically relevant pieces of information from advertisements, less relevant material or even false news.
Moreover, with great new developments and advances in all possible neurological sub-specialities it is extremely demanding to follow the whole field of neurology; particularly, the diagnosis of specific common, less common, or even rare diseases, their prevention, pathophysiological mechanisms, and treatment.
Irena Rektorova, Education Committee Chair
In this respect, the EAN is the real Home of Neurology. The EAN Education Committee, with its Sub-Committees and support of the Head Office team, provides very structured basic and advanced teaching in general neurology as well as in numerous neurological sub-specialities to all neurologists, with a special focus on young neurologists in training and doctoral (PhD) students.
The EAN Education Committee is proud to contribute a large amount of educational content all year round:
- Selecting the educational part of the yearly EAN congress (notably, more than half of the congress sessions are educational, including teaching courses, hands-on courses, interactive and case-based sessions, and other formats of teaching and practical training).
- Organising and fully supporting two three-day intensive schools for Residents and Research Fellows Section (RRFS) members each year, and clinical and research fellowships for 6 weeks to 12 months
- Providing student teaser fellowships to pre-graduate medical students. More material has also been prepared to harmonise pre-graduate teaching in neurology across Europe and to attract talented students to neurology and start them on a successful roadmap of training opportunities and thus enhance their clinical and academic careers.
- Offering additional career development in the form of mentorship and leadership programmes.
- Providing online learning in the form of the award-winning eanCampus, an extremely successful and well-attended online e-Learning platform.
- Collaborating with our national neurological societies, by organising and supporting EAN regional teaching events of various formats, and even co-organising the yearly teaching course in Africa.
- Preparing and holding the European Board of Neurology Exam (EBN) in close collaboration with UEMS-SN (European Union of Medical Specialists – Section of Neurology). Notably, more than 850 neurologists have already passed the examination and become Fellows of the EBN.
Learn from home with the Home of Neurology
Lifelong learning is important for all of us; it is a necessity, and it should be a pleasure. To have the opportunity to access modern online learning facilities like the eanCampus enables us to acquire state-of-the-art knowledge at all levels, from everywhere where internet access is available. In this respect, it is therefore incredibly inclusive.
I feel privileged to be in charge of the development and curriculum of the eanCampus, together with a great team of associate editors and the e-Learning team at the EAN Headoffice, with the special support of the Education Committee and the EAN Board.
Barbara Tettenborn, eanCampus Editor-in-Chief
Lifelong learning is important for all of us; it is a necessity, and it should be a pleasure. To have the opportunity to access modern online learning facilities like the eanCampus enables us to acquire state-of-the-art knowledge at all levels, from everywhere where internet access is available. In this respect, it is therefore incredibly inclusive.
I feel privileged to be in charge of the development and curriculum of the eanCampus, together with a great team of associate editors and the e-Learning team at the EAN Headoffice, with the special support of the Education Committee and the EAN Board.
At the eanCampus you can find many ways to accommodate your learning preferences:
- All content in 3 levels: basic, advanced, and expert
- Live webinars and Masterclasses
- Over 2000 webcasts from past EAN congresses and other events (rated and reviewed on an annual basis)
- The weekly podcast eanCast: weekly neurology
- Interactive Cases in multiple specialties
- Multiple Choice Questions that reflect the format of the EBN exam
- Interactive Modules that guide you step-by-step through a specific topic
My goal is to learn something new every day of my life to make it a good day, and to hand over knowledge to the next generation of neurologists all over the world in the best possible way.
Please visit the eanCampus – we always offer new free content every month, and our podcasts are free to all interested listeners!
As a special for the International Day of Education, from January 15 until the end of the month, the following e-Learning content will be made freely available for everyone with a myEAN account:
Movement Disorders: Genetic Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders (Interactive Module)
Multiple Sclerosis: Salt and pepper brainstem and cerebellum (Interactive Case)
Muscle and NMJ Disorders: Clinical and antibody patterns of inflammatory myopathies (Webcast)
Epilepsy: Symptomatic epilepsy (Interactive Module)
Dementia: When MRI can drive your suspects: a case of genetic ALS-FTD (Interactive Case)
Stroke: An alarming deafness (Interactive Case)
Headache: How to diagnose headache disorders (Podcast)
Career Development: Challenges for Women in Neurology (Webcast)
Brain Health: How to increase the brain health span (Podcast)
