Spring School
EAN Spring School, Steinschaler Dörfl, Austria
May 18-22, 2022
The application process for 2022 is closed.
Dedicated to clinical neurologists in training who did not yet complete their residency/ clinical speciality training
who wish to boost their knowledge and to get the chance to enable personal contacts among participants and faculty members.
Faculty members will present examples of the optimal organisation of neurological care, neurological services and postgraduate education throughout Europe, in the form of plenary sessions in the morning and afternoon workshops for smaller groups, to amplify the learned content from the morning.
Organisers: EAN Teaching Course sub-Committee
EAN Office: Magda Dohnalova, Karoline Gstöttner, Julia Mayer
Location
VENUE
Nature Hotel Steinschaler Doerfl
Taschlgrabenrotte 2
A-3213 Frankenfels
Austria
http://en.steinschaler.at/seminare.php
The Doerfl is about 2 hours south-west of Vienna. With the location 750m above sea level,
it is also mostly above the fog with a splendid view into the valley.
ARRIVAL: Wednesday May 18, afternoon until 16:00
SCHOOL: Thursday-Saturday: The lectures are scheduled for the three consecutive days. Participation in the entire event is mandatory.
DEPARTURE: Sunday morning
CAPACITY: up to 120 participants (40 per afternoon course to guarantee case-based workshop)
Accommodation, tuition, board and programme are covered by EAN.
Participants pay for their travel only.
All participants will receive a certificate after having finished the course.
- RRFS members from EAN member countries with more than 2 years of clinical training
- RRFS members from Corresponding Institutional Member Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauretania, Morocco, Nepal, Palestine, Tunisia, Syria) and HINARI Group A countries are welcome to apply
- Full members from EAN member countries within 5 years after completion of neurology training
- Application for a travel grant is possible for members of low and lower-middle income countries. A short statement of intent, why the person wants to participate including why the travel grant is needed.
- Previoues awardees cannot apply again
All applicants must be Full member or RRFS member from EAN member countries at time of application.
- RRFS members are listed in the RRFS membership section, Full Members are listed here
Programme
Welcome Day
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
20:00 Welcoming words by the organisers and guests followed by a reception and informal meet'n'greet
Sleep Disorder
Day 1: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Morning lectures:
09:00 – 10:00 How to recognize and handle circadian rhythm disturbances in neurological disorders
Panagiotis Bargiotas, Nicosia, Cyprus
10:15 – 11:15 REM sleep behavior disorder: clinical relevance of its isolated and secondary form
Ambra Stefani, Innsbruck, Austria
11:30 – 12:30 From narcolepsy to hypersomnia due to medical disorders or medications. How to recognize and treat central disorders of hypersomnolence
Lucie Barateau, Montepellier, France
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch break
Afternoon workshops:
13:15 – 14:15 Workshops
14:15 – 14:30 Break and change of session rooms
14:30 – 15:30 Workshops
15:30 – 15:45 Break and change of session rooms
15:45 – 16:45 Workshops
Assessment instruments for circadian rhythm disorders, Panagiotis Bargiotas
Screening, history taking and diagnostic procedures for RBD, Ambra Stefani
Diagnostic methods for central disorders of hypersomnolence, Lucie Barateau
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Evening programme
Neurocritical Care
(Coma and Brain Death)
Day 2: Friday, May 20, 2022
Morning lectures:
9:00 – 10:00 Coma and Disorders of consciousness
Benjamin Rohaut, Paris, France
10:15 – 11:15 Brain death determination in Europe (DBD and DCD)
Daniel Kondziella, Copenhagen, Denmark
11:30 – 12:30 Catastrophic brain injuries – Update on haemorrhagic stroke
Raimund Helbok, Innsbruck, Austria
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
Afternoon workshops:
13:30 – 14:30 Workshops
14:30 – 14:45 Break and change of session rooms
14:45 – 15:45 Workshops
15:45 – 16:00 Break and change of session rooms
16:00 – 17:00 Workshops
Tools to assess a comatose patient Part 1, Daniel Kondziella
Pitfalls the brain death determination, Benjamin Rohaut
How to monitor a comatose patient in the ICU – insights into invasive multimodal neuromonitoring Part 2, Raimund Helbok:
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Evening programme:
19:00h Scientific dinner
RRFS lecture: Tips how to start your career as junior neurologist in Europe
Case-Presentations by participants with Q&A from the Jury
Movement Disorders
Day 3: Saturday, May 21, 2022
Morning lectures:
9:00 – 10:00 Movement Disorders emergencies
Pille Taba, Tartu, Estonia
10:15 – 11:15 Functional Movement Disorders
Christos Ganos, Berlin, Germany
11:30 – 12:30 Advanced therapies for movement disorders
Irena Rektorova, Brno, Czech Republic
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
Afternoon workshops:
13:30 – 14:30 Workshops
14:30 – 14:45 Break and change of session rooms
14:45 – 15:45 Workshops
15:45 – 16:00 Break and change of session rooms
16:00 – 17:00 Workshops
Differentiation of parkinsonian syndromes in clinical practice, Pille Taba
How to approach hyperkinetic movement disorders, Christos Ganos
Neuroimaging of movement disorders - things not to miss, Irena Rektorova
17:00 Exit Exam
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Evening Programme:
Dinner + Good-bye Party
Day 3 of the Spring School is co-organised with the Movement Disorder Society
