EuSEM - Paediatric EM General Information
Introduction
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) ties the specialties of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. In Europe PEM has been regarded as a new medical profession. The establishment of a section on PEM will encourage physicians who are practicing Emergency Pediatrics to join EuSEM and to be involved in its clinical, educational and research activities. The EuSEM PEM section has been active since October of 2006.
Mission statement
To promote and facilitate the dissemination of knowledge and quality of care in PEM in Europe through meetings, courses, research, publications, policy statements, and by establishment of clinical guidelines and other activities.
Goals
1. To advocate for children and emergency care.
2. To promote international collaboration between physicians who practice PEM and between the various European Pediatric Emergency societies.
3. To enhance the relationship between adult and pediatric EM.
Objectives
1. To encourage physicians who practice PEM to participate in all EuSEM activities.
2. To be fully responsible for the academic program of the pediatric sessions in the annual EuSEM meetings/congresses.
3. To initiate educational activities in PEM through courses, projects, and various clinical activities.
EuSEM PEM section members
1. Founders of the original PEM Task Force that subsequently evolved into the PEM Section are physicians involved in the care of paediatric emergency patients most of their time, and are in the capacity of medical director, research director or director of medical education in paediatric emergency medicine.
2. PEM section members are fully responsible for all activities of the PEM section.
3. Since its establishment, the member list has grown and the section's doors are open to welcome new professionals who show interest in the section activities provided that they are members of EuSEM.
PEM section election and activities guidelines
1. Section members will meet once a year at the EuSEM annual conference.
2. Additional activity of the section will be done through email communication and teleconferences, as needed, at the request of the chair person.
3. The chair person will be fully in charge for all activities of the section for a period of two years.
4. A new section member can be elected by a majority of section members present at the section meeting held at the annual EuSEM meeting.
5. The process of electing the chair person will be dictated by EuSEM regulations for EuSEM sections.
6. An annual report of the PEM section activities will be circulated by the chair person to EuSEM president and to all task force members.
7. If a specific activity of the PEM section needs to be financed, an application form will be sent by the section chair person to the EuSEM treasurer.
REPEM - Research in European Paediatric Emergency Medicine
REPEM is a Research Network that includes physicians at the capacity of medical director, research director, consultant, or director of medical education, who work in a European paediatric emergency department. This research network was established in October 2006 at the Annual EuSEM meeting in Crete.
REPEM mission statement
Improving emergency care for children through a high standard multi-national and multi-centre research.
Objectives
1. To conduct a high level paediatric emergency research in Europe by combining the efforts of individual institutions, and to enhance the image of paediatric emergency medicine as a credible academic discipline with its own research agenda
2. To facilitate and promote research activities among the participating institutions and develop cohesiveness between centres involved in the practice of paediatric emergency medicine
3. To create a research infrastructure for paediatric emergency medicine on an international level in the participating countries.
Membership
Membership is on a voluntary basis. REPEM members have been contributing their time and knowledge to the benefit of this collaborative network.
PEM Section Founders and Members
Dr. Tom Beattie, Co- Chairman
Consultant, Accident and Emergency Care
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Edinburgh, UK
Co-Editor, Europen Journal of Emergency Medicne
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Dr. Yehezkel (Hezi) Waisman, Co-Chairman
Director, Unit of Emergency Medicine
Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel
Petach Tikva, Israel
Chairman, Ped. Emergency Medicine Section at Israeli Association for Emergency Med
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Dr. Itai Shavit, Secretary
Director, Unit of Emergency Medicine
Meyer Children's Hospital
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
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Dr. Javier Benito
Director, Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Hospital de Cruces
Bilbao, Spain
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Dr. Gerard Cheron,
Director, Paediatric Emergency Department
Necker Enfants Malades Hospital
Paris, France
President of the French Group for Paediatric Intensive Care and Ped. Emergency Medicine
President of the College of Professors in Paediatrics
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Dr. Santiago Mintegi,
Paediatric Emergency Department, Director of Medical Education
Hospital de Cruces
Bilbao, Spain
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Dr. Nadeem Qureshi,
Consultant, Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Dr. Liviana Da Dalt,
Director, Unit of Paediatric Emergency
Padova Hospital
Padova, Italy
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Dr. Hayri Levent Yilmaz,
Director, Unit of Paediatric Emergency
Adana Hospital
Adana, Turkey
Vice president of The Turkish Society of Paediatric Emergency Medicine & Int. Care
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Dr. Alain Gervaix,
Head of the Paediatric Emergengy Center
University Hospitals of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
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PEM Minutes
eusem section pem minutes 2007.09 ...........( download: DOC - PDF )
PEM Members
eusem section pem members ......................( download: DOC - PDF )