The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) e-Learning website, espe-elearning.org, is a free, globally accessible online tool to enhance learning in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes worldwide.
  • May Ng

    Ormskirk, United Kingdom

E-Learning Committee
    • May Ng (Ormskirk, United Kingdom) – Chair
    • Abdulsalam Abu-Libdeh (East Jerusalem, Palestine) – Member
    • Do Tien Son (Hanoi, Vietnam) – Member
    • Elif Eviz (Şanlıurfa, Turkey) – Member
    • Evangelia Kalaitzoglou (Lexington, United States) – Member
    • Jan Idkowiak (Birmingham, United Kingdom) – Member
    • Madarina Julia (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) – Member
    • Yasmine Abdelmeguid (Alexandria, Egypt) – Member
    • Yvonne van der Zwan (Zwolle, Netherlands) – Member
    • Zacharoula (Joy) Karabouta (London, United Kingdom) – Member
    • Conny van Wijngaard – de Vugt (Brunssum, Netherlands) – Support, ESPE-ISPAD e-Learning management
    • Sander Spaans (Rotterdam, Netherlands) – Support, ESPE-ISPAD e-Learning IT consultant

What does it offer

ESPE e-learning offers core and advanced level learning modules on normal development, pathophysiological mechanisms and current views on diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

The main category Courses in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes is offered in English. The category Healthcare in Recourse Limited Setting has been developed for those in the first, secondary and tertiary levels of health care in developing countries, also in Chinese, French, Spanish and Swahili.

Furthermore, ESPE Maghreb School category is offered in English and French and ESPE Caucasus & Central Asia School is offered in English and Russian. Video masterclasses on Growth & Puberty are offered in English, French and Russian and video masterclasses on Diabetes Mellitus in Children are offered in English and Russian.

Continuing medical education (CME)

Since August 2022, 30 credit hours of ESPE/ISPAD Continuing Medical Education (CME) e-learning courses, all created by world-leading experts in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, received accreditation from the European Accreditation Council for CME (EACCME®). These CME courses are typically based on consensus guidelines and are organised in three categories: one category with ten courses CME Paediatric Endocrinology, one category with ten courses CME Diabetes ISPAD Guidelines, and one category with ten CME courses targeting health care officers in limited resource setting. The latter one is available in five different languages (English, French, Spanish, Swahili and Chinese).

For tutors and trainers

The ESPE e-learning website has been utilized in different settings and application, including education of paediatric endocrinology fellows, education of healthcare providers in resource-limited settings and in a series of e-learning and e-consultation webinars in collaboration with sister societies in different parts of the world. For more information, please watch the ESPE Connect Webinar (Oct 2023) Transforming Education through a Global e-Learning Model For Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Sponsor

We gratefully acknowledge our current sponsor:

Kyowa Kirin Ltd, Japan

Acknowledgements

We thank contributing authors from many countries who have given many hours of their valuable time to provide this outstanding educational material. Special thanks to Prof. em. Stenvert L.S. Drop, initiator and former chief editor of this website.

We also gratefully acknowledge the many years of support by:

  • Sandoz International, Germany – support by unrestricted educational grants.
  • Eli Lilly & Co., USA – support for specific parts.
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals, USA – support for specific parts.
  • European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) – support by start-up funding under grant agreement No. 2014444.
  • QuestionPro – support by providing a free non-profit license for survey data collection.