Developing an appropriately supported CME-accredited programme in Europe

Developing an online programme in computational biology

Much has been written about the need for continuing education and training to enable life scientists and computer scientists to manage and exploit the different types of biological data now becoming available. Here we describe the development of an online programme that combines short training courses, so that those who require an educational programme can progress to complete a formal qualific...

Continuous medical education (CME): do we need CME for paediatric environmental medicine in Europe?

The knowledge about the influence of environmental hazards on children's health is increasing enormously. European Ministers of Health and Environment, like many other stakeholders, identified the environmental hazards in Europe for the health of children as so serious, that they called for a "Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE)" approved in June 2004. The knowledg...

CME ACTIVITY: Antimicrobial Drug Use and Resistance in Europe

The comprehensive cancer monitoring programme in Europe.

BACKGROUND There continue to be major public health challenges arising from the increasing cancer burden in Europe. Drawing upon expertise from other European centres and networks, the Comprehensive Cancer Monitoring Programme in Europe project (CaMon) provides a central information resource of the cancer profile in European populations. METHODS The cancer indicators fundamental to disease mo...

Standard procedures for adults in accredited sleep medicine centres in Europe.

The present paper describes standardized procedures within clinical sleep medicine. As such, it is a continuation of the previously published European guidelines for the accreditation of sleep medicine centres and European guidelines for the certification of professionals in sleep medicine, aimed at creating standards of practice in European sleep medicine. It is also part of a broader action p...