Summer school of paediatric respiratory medicine

Target audience

The Paediatric Summer School provides a comprehensive update of paediatric respiratory medicine for professionals at all levels. The programme is designed to challenge participants and provide a learning framework including interactive sessions and MCQ discussion sessions. Furthermore, participants will have the opportunity to prepare for the European examination in paediatric respiratory medicine.

Educational aims

Participants will gain detailed knowledge of:

Different fields of paediatric medicine
Best practice in how to prepare for the European examination in paediatric respiratory medicine
How to answer MCQ questions

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Rigid and flexible bronchoscopy: diagnostic and interventional Fabio Midulla (Italy)
Airway and vascular malformations Ernst Eber (Autria)
Protracted bacterial bronchitis Ernst Eber (Autria)
Pneumonia in children, pleural infection, necrotising pneumonia and lung abscess Marielle W.H. Pijnenburg (Netherlands)
Inflammatory markers Nicolas Regamey (Switzerland)
Static and dynamic lung volumes and their measurement Nicolas Regamey (Switzerland)
Multiple breath washout techniques Monika Gappa (Germany)
Reversibility testing and bronchial provocation Monika Gappa (Germany)
Assessment of sleep disordered breathing Refika Hamutcu Ersu (Canada)
Advantages and disadvantages of imaging techniques Meinrad Beer (Germany)
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and chronic lung disease of prematurity Alice Hadchouel-Duvergé (France)
Chronic respiratory failure and noninvasive ventilation Refika Hamutcu Ersu (Canada)
Interstitial lung diseases Alice Hadchouel-Duvergé (France)
Surfactant dysfunction and alveolar proteinosis Alice Hadchouel-Duvergé (France)
Acute viral bronchiolitis Fabio Midulla (Italy)
Acute asthma and treatment of asthma in pre-schoolers and school children Marielle W.H. Pijnenburg (Netherlands)
Basics in diagnosis and treatment Monika Gappa (Germany)
Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis Ignasio Monedero (Spain)
Primary ciliary dyskinesia and non-CF bronchiectasis Fabio Midulla (Italy)
Genetics, pathophysiology and diagnosis of CF Nicolas Regamey (Switzerland)
CF lung disease and lung transplantation Nicolas Regamey (Switzerland)
Extrapulmonary CF Nicolas Regamey (Switzerland)
Workshop: Lung function testing Monika Gappa (Germany), Nicolas Regamey (Switzerland)
Workshop: Endoscopy Ernst Eber (Autria); Fabio Midulla (Italy)
Workshop: Imaging Meinrad Beer (Germany)
Workshop: Polysomnography Refika Hamutcu Ersu (Canada)