Education & Training Committee

The EACD Education & Training Committee is installed to identify the needs for education and training across the European region, and to facilitate regular education and training initiatives bearing on all aspects of childhood-onset disabilities for the membership.

General Responsibilities

The EACD Education & Training Committee is responsible:

• To identify training and educational needs for the EACD membership and community.
• To create and organise regular educational formats and events to address the identified education and training needs that are relevant to the membership, including but not limited: EACD Awards Celebration Event, Online events & Webinars, E-Courses.
• To initiate and (co-)organise regular education and training opportunities stimulating excellence in research and good research practices at regular intervals, including but not limited to: EACD Summer School / Winter School, (online) “How-to" sessions or workshops.

Members

University of Pisa

Member

University Medical Center Utrecht

THE NETHERLANDS

Member

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

POLAND

Member

Oslo University Hospital

NORWAY

Member

Christopher Newman, MD, PhD

SWITZERLAND

Member (co-opted)

SPAIN

Member

Elita Rehabilitation Center Lviv

UKRAINE

Member

SPAIN

Member

Erika Cloodt, PT, MSc

SWEDEN

Member

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

UNITED KINGDOM

Member (co-opted)

Carolina Fiorini

EACD Early Career Researchers' Forum Representative

BRAZIL

Accountability

EACD Education & Training Committee members are accountable to the EACD General Management Committee for the stated duties and responsibilities.

The European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) i s an international not-for-profit association founded in 1989, and is an association for anyone with a clinical and/or scientific interest in childhood-onset disabilities in Europe and beyond. EACD's mission is to promote research and education for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities throughout Europe and beyond .