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.
  • Cosimo Giannini

    Chieti, Italy

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism School Committee
    • Cosimo Giannini (Chieti, Italy) – Coordinator
    • Jacques Beltrand (Paris, France) – Member
    • Liat de Vries (Petah Tikva, Israel) – Member
    • Loredana Marcovecchio (Cambridge, United Kingdom) – Member
    • Martin Wabitsch (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) – Member

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What to expect

The course extends over three days and is composed of the following:

  • Interactive lectures given by by experienced ESPE members, with the aim of covering all main topics in paediatric endocrinology
  • These lectures will be supplemented by small group sessions discussing teachers’ cases; and case presentations by the students
  • 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

Any queries should be sent to the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (DOM) School Steering Committee Coordinator, Cosimo Giannini.

Criteria

The School is designed for young physisians with an interest in diabetes.

Costs

There is no registration fee for the DOM School.

Accommodation and meals will be provided free of charge, and travel grants will cover a train or reasonably priced plane ticket to the host city (tbc) railway station or airport. Travel fees will be remunerated by the ESPE treasurer.

Participants who apply for membership for the year immediately following their attendance at a school will be entitled to one year’s free ESPE membership. Please note that this does not apply to existing ESPE members.

Sponsor

The ESPE DOM School is funded by an independent grant from Novo Nordisk.