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June 2024

We Are Many!

June 2024

New Year, New YEAP Group!

May 2024

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Tackling Current Issues in Paediatric Healthcare Across Europe

June 2024

In true #connectingEurope spirit, YEAP chair Nora Karara visited the conference of the Young Hungarian Pediatric Society in June 2024, meeting Hungarian YEAP delegates Júlia Érdi and Zsófia Csizek (president). They brought together young paediatricians in training to discuss critical areas needing attention to improve health systems for children and adolescents and the doctors who care for them in Europe.

It was particularly interesting to see that the aspects mentioned by Hungarian pediatricians mirrored those identified in internal YEAP discussions. This consistency highlights that these perceived issues are universally recognized across Europe by pediatric trainees, reinforcing the importance of a united and strong voice such as the European Academy of Paediatrics to address them. By focusing on these key areas, we can work towards a more empathic, efficient and effective healthcare system for children and adolescents that prioritizes sustainable prevention, supports healthcare workers, and ensures high-quality care for all our patients.

The 9 key areas identified were:

  1. Prevention:
    • Prevention emerged as the most frequently mentioned issue. Participants stressed the importance of increased focus on preventive measures to tackle health problems early. This includes addressing obesity and promoting healthy eating habits, both of which were noted as crucial elements of preventive healthcare.
  2. Education and Training:
    • Professional Education: There was a significant emphasis on enhancing education for healthcare providers. This includes better training programs, practical education, skill improvement, and fostering essential qualities such as empathy and equality.
    • Parent or Patient Education: Educating parents and patients was equally critical, with several mentions highlighting the need for school programs and raising health awareness from a young age.
  3. Vaccination:
    • The importance of vaccination programs and combating vaccine hesitancy was noted four times, underscoring the need for effective communication and public trust in vaccines.
  4. Funding:
    • Increased funding was a recurrent theme, with “money” mentioned five times. This is essential for supporting various aspects of healthcare, from training to resources and overall infrastructure.
  5. Communication and Information Sharing:
    • Improving communication within healthcare teams and effective information sharing were highlighted four times as crucial for better patient outcomes and team coordination.
  6. Harmonization and Guidelines:
    • The creation of unified, easily accessible guidelines was mentioned twice, indicating the need for standardized protocols across different regions and institutions.
  7. Systemic Issues:
    • Availability of resources, lack of personnel, centralization, and the need for more nurses were recurrent themes, reflecting systemic shortages that need addressing.
  8. Burnout and Mental Health:
    • Addressing the burnout of healthcare workers and the mental health of both providers and patients were recognized as critical concerns.
  9. Innovative Programs and Initiatives:
    • There were calls for innovative programs, such as exchange initiatives and involving whole families in the care process, to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.

We Are Many!

As the representatives of junior pAediatric doctors in Europe, we are thrilled to welcome as many as 20 new members this year!

June 2024

YEAP Members in Brussels, Belgium – Winter Meeting 2023

As the representatives of junior pAediatric doctors in Europe, we are thrilled to welcome as many as 20 new members this year! Our new members come from Azerbaijan, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden and Turkey. We can’t wait to start this new chapter together.

When new members join, it means we sadly also have to bid farewell: We thank Manuel Barslaag from the Netherlands; Jose Matias (Portugal) from in the adolescent medicine group, Austrian Rep Daniela Kohlfürst and Thea Dimech from Malta for their contribution and hard work.

Our freshly appointed EAP Young Fellows Paul Torpiano (Malta), true champion for Migrant Health; and the amazing Francesca Feregni (UK), active in many projects of the European Board of Pediatrics, will stay on past YEAP luckily.

It’s an exciting time as we look forward to empowering pediatric trainees together and join forces to improve healthcare for all children and adolescents.

New Year, New YEAP Core Group!

Meet Nora Karara, Chair of Young EAP from Germany; Masa Brumec, Secretary from Slovenia and Sian Copley, Vice Chair from UK.

May 2024

Nora Karara, Chair of Young EAP (left), Masa Brumec, YEAP Secretary (middle) and Sian Copley, Vice Chair (right)

Together with YEAP members from over 22 countries, they look forward to bridging gaps, overcoming challenges and ensuring top-notch healthcare for European children and adolescents.

As an all-female core group, they are also committed to championing women doctor’s success!

Join us as we innovate, train and thrive!

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Core-MD Project

Coordinating Research and Evidence for Medical Devices (CORE-MD)

New ways to test high-risk medical devices.

 

Manufacturers of medical devices need to test their products before being allowed to market them. Specifically, they require clinical data showing their medical device is safe and efficient. In this context, the EU-funded CORE-MD project will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators. The project will propose how new trial designs can contribute and suggest ways to aggregate real-world data from medical device registries.


It will also conduct multidisciplinary workshops to propose a hierarchy of levels of evidence from clinical investigations, as well as educational and training objectives for all stakeholders, to build expertise in regulatory science in Europe. CORE–MD will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators, to achieve an appropriate balance between innovation, safety, and effectiveness. A unique collaboration between medical associations, regulatory agencies, notified bodies, academic institutions, patients’ groups, and health technology assessment agencies, will systematically review methodologies for the clinical investigation of high-risk medical devices, recommend how new trial designs can contribute, and advise on methods for aggregating real-world data from medical device registries with experience from clinical practice The consortium is led by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and involves all 33 specialist medical associations that are members of the Biomedical Alliance in Europe.

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