Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism School
The aims of the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism School are to provide up-to-date teaching in some selected areas of diabetes, obesity and metabolism and to promote discussions and interactions between young physicians and senior paediatric endocrinologists and to develop future leaders in Paediatric Endocrinology.
The 2019 ESPE DIABETES, OBESITY AND METABOLISM (DOM) SCHOOL will be held from 22 to 24 September 2019, in Burg Feistritz, Austria, immediately following the ESPE 2019 Annual Meeting in Vienna.
Applications are now closed.
What to expect
The course will start in the morning of Sunday, 22 September 2019 and will end on Tuesday, 24 September 2019 around lunch time. It will include interactive lectures by experienced ESPE members, with the aim of covering all main topics in diabetes, obesity and metabolism. These lectures will be supplemented by small group sessions to discuss teachers’ cases; and case presentations by the students. The course also includes an introduction into clinical research with presentation by students of research proposals and projects in small groups, and presentation of selected work to the plenum.
Please view the programme for more details.
Any queries should be sent to the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (DOM) School Steering Committee Coordinator, Professor Michel Polak.
Participants who apply for membership for the year immediately following their attendance at a school are entitled to one year's free ESPE membership. Please note that this does not apply to existing ESPE members.