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.

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.

Seminar in Developmental Endocrinology

The second advanced seminar in developmental endocrinology will take place in Paris on the 24th and 25th April 2008. This two-day seminar will address the mechanisms of thyroid development and the relevance of its disorders for the physician and ESPE is delighted to offer 30 free places.

Nobel Conference

ESPE is delighted to announce that the first Nobel Conference on Systems Biology and Child Health will be held in Stockholm on 16th to 18th May 2008.