Education and Training Committee

The ESPE Education and Training Committee's objective is to consolidate and to promote education and training within ESPE. Target groups are paediatricians training to become paediatric endocrinologists and paediatric endocrinologists requiring continuing education.

Summer School and Winter School

The Summer School and Winter School have been in existence for many years and are highly successful and highly appreciated by the membership.

ESPE Science School

ESPE Science School (ESS) is a new and exciting ESPE initiative offering aspiring young investigators in paediatric endocrinology the unique opportunity for research skills development. Aimed at final year PhD students, postdoc fellows or research active young paediatric endocrine investigators (who are within 5 years of their PhD or fellowship), the ESS faculty consists of some of the world's top scientists from among the NICHe Conference speakers and senior ESPE members.

Medical training, standards and qualifications

Medical training, standards and qualifications in EU member states and other participating countries should be harmonized in accordance with an ESPE (European) standard, using a syllabus for training schools, via accreditation for training centres and criteria for trainers . In accordance with guidelines of the Confederation of European Specialists in Paediatrics (CESP) which is the paediatric section of the Union of European Medical Specialists (UEMS), a syllabus has been constructed and an initiation has been made to recognize training centres.

Education in Developing Countries

Following a budgetary surplus of the ESPE 2004 Annual Meeting in Basel, the ESPE Council decided in January 2005 to form a charitable account for projects to support paediatric endocrinology in developing countries, initially focusing on Africa.

Maghreb Project

The aim of the ESPE Maghreb project is to promote the training and education of paediatric endocrinologists in the francophone North Africa countries.

Advanced Seminars in Developmental Endocrinology

The purpose of the annual Advanced Seminar in Developmental Endocrinology is to combine basic science and clinical paediatric endocrinology. Thus, the main intention is to attract young physicians, as well as researchers to science in the field of paediatric endocrinology, especially developmental endocrinology.

The 2013 seminar will take place from 30th - 31st May 2013 in Bern, Switzerland, with the theme of Developmental aspects of the adrenal gland.
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ESPE e-learning web portal

The ESPE e-learning web portal gives you entrance to an interactive learning environment for up to date paediatric endocrinology. Through this webportal medical students, residents, fellows, specialists, consultants and teachers around the world, can meet each other to gain, share, contribute and develop knowledge in an accessible and flexible way.