ESPE Education and Training Committee is crucial in development and maintaining ESPE’s Education and Training Strategy, in line with ESPE’s overall strategy, ensuring ESPE’s overall education and training systems and activities are relevant to members, complement one another, enable continuous learning, fit ESPE’s mission and vision and fulfil the needs of Paediatric Endocrinologists at all levels.

Committee composition

Chair
  • Rasha Hamza

    Cairo, Egypt

Members
  • Abdelhadi Habeb

    Madinah, Saudi Arabia

  • Alina German

    Afula, Israel

  • Anne Rochtus

    Leuven, Belgium

  • Asmahane Ladjouze

    Algiers, Algeria

  • Carla Bizzarri

    Rome, Italy

  • Cosimo Giannini

    Chieti, Italy

  • Jan Lebl

    Prague, Czech Republic

  • Justin Davies

    Southampton, United Kingdom

  • Katja Dumic Kubat

    Zagreb, Croatia

  • Leena Patel

    Manchester, United Kingdom

Support
  • Amanda Helm Corporate relations manager

    Bristol, United Kingdom

Steering committees

E-Learning Committee

The ESPE-ISPAD e-learning global website is an interactive e-learning environment for up-to-date topics in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes mellitus which currently consists of over 80 chapters and over 120 problem-solving clinical cases.

ESPE Connect Webinars Organising Committee

The ESPE Connect Webinar series is an initiative which aims to cover all main topics in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes during the course of the editorial calendar.

Clinical Fellowship Committee

The Clinical Fellowship aims to promote the development of patient care, clinical management, and clinical research in paediatric endocrinology through a training programme in a European Clinical centre.

Summer School Committee

ESPE Summer School aims to provide senior trainees with up-to-date teaching in selected areas of paediatric endocrinology, enabling and promoting discussions and interactions between younger and more senior paediatric endocrinologists with the idea to develop future leaders in paediatric endocrinology.

Winter School Committee

ESPE Winter School aims to support pediatricians who have entirely or partially completed their basic paediatric training and who are now either established in, or intending to develop a deep and continuing interest in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes.

Maghreb Committee

The Maghreb School aims to promote the training and education of paediatric endocrinologists in French–speaking North African countries.

Caucasus and Central Asia School Committee

ESPE Caucasus and Central Asia School aims to support paediatricians from Central Asia and Caucasus countries who have entirely or partially completed their basic paediatric training and who are now either established in, or intending to develop a deep and continuing interest in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes.

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism School Committee

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.

Endocrine Academy Committee

The EASPED-ESPE Endocrine Academy is aimed at fellows, trainees and junior consultants in Paediatric Endocrinology practicing in Arab countries.

Training Centres for Africa Committee

ESPE together with the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) supports the Paediatric Endocrine Training Centers for Africa (PETCA) and Paediatric Endocrine Training Centers for West Africa (PETCWA) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The programmes aim to provide specialty training in endocrinology and diabetes to paediatricians who have completed their general paediatric training.

European Training Syllabus Committee

The aim of the European Training Syllabus in Paediatric Endocrinology is to provide harmonisation of education and training in paediatric endocrinology using the highest standards among European countries, in collaboration with other paediatric subspecialties participating in European Academy of Paediatrics.

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