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Standards that matter

The United Voice of Paediatrics and Child Health

The European Academy of Paediatrics exists to promote the health of children and young people in Europe. It aims to improve standards in training, service and research and to represent the professional interests of paediatricians in the EU. It closely collaborates with the European Union of Medical Specialists and therefor has influence in the political arena to advocate for children and young people as well as for the profession.

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VACCINATION

strategic advisory group

The EAP Vaccination Strategic Advisory Group (VSAG) consists of representatives from all European regions, who are involved in their national immunisation programmes, with the intention to build an effective and interactive network.

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CHOOSING WISELY

Strategic Advisory Group

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Engaging Community

Experience the EAP Community Up Close

It’s not just about the knowledge shared; it’s the genuine connections you will make that set our events apart. Join us and see why being part of the Global EAP family is so inspiring.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

EAP’S EVENTS
ALL ACROSS
EUROPE

EAP offers you many events at different times and in different European geographies. You can follow the events on our page.

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Don't miss out, register soon!

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EAP BOARD EXAM

19 NOVEMBER 2024

The European Board of Paediatrics – EAP online examination (EBP-EAP) has been developed in collaboration with CESMA and UEMS to assess knowledge in essential paediatric training.

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Strategic Advisory Group

EAP (European Academy of Paediatrics, Paediatric section of UEMS) Strategic Advisory Group of ethics has been established as a regular working group in 1997 and since that time different members from EAP participated.

It is open to everybody and the main purpose is to join those members, who are interested in ethical issues in paediatrics.

During this period more than 30 papers have been published on different topics (readily available at the EAP webpage) and some statements on critical issues were launched to the health ministries of EU countries. Workshops have been organized to attract members and to share their different opinions on “hot issues & topics” within paediatric ethics.


Finally, the gathering in Ethics Strategic Advisory Group stimulates multicentre working principle and networking and such positive atmosphere already resulted in three multicentre research projects financed within EU programmes.

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The highlight of the Choosing Wisely session at the Spring Meeting in Porto was the exciting presentation of the Choosing Wisely top 10 Recommendations to physicians. Susanne Suggs joined as a guest speaker, highlighting the innovative methods adopted by the EAP-Choosing Wisely team to disseminate recommendations, such as creating hashtags and QR codes for social media amplification and postcard-sized materials for distribution in medical practices. She spoke about how to leverage technology and consistent framing strategies contribute to promoting smarter medicine across different regions. The challenges and Strategies in Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and the complexities of vaccine hesitancy were all touched on, emphasising the importance of tailored communication strategies to parents and acknowledging the influence of trust, cultural beliefs, and vaccine fatigue.

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Corinne Wyder

Chair

Primary care pediatrician Burgdorf, Swiss delegate European Academy of Paediatrics, active member of SMOPP (Swiss mongolianpediatricproject)

ABOUT

CHOOSING WISELY

The Choosing Wisely Strategic Adivsory Group is an initiative ignited by the broader campaign led by the ABIM Foundation. The overarching aim is been to ignite conversations between clinicians and patients regarding the necessity of tests, treatments, and procedures. Originating in 2012 with nine national specialty societies representing 375,000 clinicians, the campaign initially presented 45 examples of commonly utilized tests or treatments lacking strong supporting evidence. Over the years, this initiative has evolved, with more than 80 specialty societies contributing additional examples until 2023. Societies, like EAP, have been encouraged to publish individual lists.

The Choosing Wisely group actively participates at EAP Spring and Winter Meetings.

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Tailor-Made Digital Marketing

Customized Social Media Strategy

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EAP Statement on
Choosing Wisely

“Choosing Wisely” is an international movement to promote conversations between clinicians and patients by helping patients choose care that is:

  • supported by evidence
  • not duplicative of other tests or procedures already received
  • free from harm
  • truly necessary

EAP has launched a working group for Choosing Wisely. On this website you will find resources, including a statement from EAP, recommendations from seven countries with paediatric initiatives and useful links.

If you want further information or to become a member of the working group, please contact us at secretariat@eapaediatrics.eu 

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Need the "CW Top 10 Recommendations" Postcards in a different Language?

French

Folder Containing PDF's

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Portuguese

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Slovenian

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Spanish

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The Choosing Wisely  EAP Strategic Advisory Group is very happy to share the below documents, brochures and information from “Paediatrics Switzerland & Smarter Medicine (Choosing Wisely)”.

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New European Lists

Norway

Available in English soon

Switzerland

Italy

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EVENT: 26-27 Oct 2024

Core Knowledge in Paediatrics Online Course 2024

Discover the EAP’s acclaimed Core Knowledge in Paediatrics, a 2-day online course that takes place over a weekend (Friday and Saturday) in the second half of October annually. This event, now in its fourth edition…

EVENT: 17-20 Oct 2024

The 10th Congress of the EAP Societies

Theme: “Harmony between cutting edge research and clinical care” Dear Colleagues, It is an honour and pleasure to invite you all to the 10th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies…

NEWS: 8 July 2024

Attacks on the national specialised children’s hospital in Kyiv.

The European Academy of Paediatrics and the European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatrics utterly condemn the rocket attacks on the National Specialised Children’s Hospital in Kyiv…

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Prof. Berthold Koletzko

President, EAP

“Paediatrics and Child Health need a united, credible and strong voice in Europe”

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Young EAP

Professional development, networking, and collaboration

Executive Committee

Guiding our organisation towards its strategic goals

We need your voice

Meet EAP Strategic Advisory Groups

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List of Recommendations in Paediatrics

  • Don’t perform screening panels (IgE tests) for food allergies without previous consideration of the pertinent medical history.
    CW Canada (Canada)
  • Don’t perform screening panels for food allergies without previous consideration of medical history.
    AAP (USA)
  • Do not routinely use test with IgE panels for food allergy.
    Noewegian paediatric society (Norway)
  • Buccal midazolam or lorazepam should be in the treatment of prolonged seizures in young people and children, as these are the most effective treatments, in preference to rectal and intravenous diazepam.
    RCPCH (UK)
  • Don’t routinely order a head CT to assess for shunt failure in children with hydrocephalus.
    American Academy of Nursing (USA)
  • Do not use topic nasal therapy by micronized nasal douche using drugs not specifically authorized for this type of treatment.
    Federazione Italiana medici pediatri (Italy)
  • Avoid routine testing for antiepileptic drug (AED) levels in people with epilepsy.
    American Epileply Society (USA)
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AGENDAS of ETHICS

 
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MINUTES of ETHICS

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DOCUMENTS of ETHICS

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Guidelines for Informed Assent/Consent in Research Involving Paediatric Populations as Research Participants
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The Role and Responsibility of the Paediatrician and Other Paediatric Healthcare Providers in Caring for Migrant Children
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Paediatric Microdosing
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Guidelines for First-in-Children Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products
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Statement on Child Trafficking and Slavery
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OTHER DOCUMENTS

EAP Resolution on Health, Integrity, and Doping in Sports for Children and Young Adults

ENPR-EMA consent assent Toolkit

Methodology of Ethical Intervention

2007 – Under-Recognition and Under-Treatment of Pain in Children

New List of publications of the Ethics Working Group of CESP (until 2015)

Making Decisions to Limit Treatment May 2015

Millennium Development Goals progress report

Children and Clinical Research: Ethical Issues

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USEFUL RESOURCES
AND LINKS

Canada Choosing Wisely posters

Canada digital toolkit:

Canada Choosing Wisely Washing Machine

Canada “Happy” song

Norway Milk Glass

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  1. Ahn HS, Welch HG. South Korea’s Thyroid-Cancer “Epidemic”–Turning the Tide. N Engl J Med. 2015;373:2389-90. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc1507622
  2. Born KB, Levinson W. Choosing Wisely campaigns globally: A shared approach to tackling the problem of overuse in healthcare. J Gen Fam Med. 2019;20:9-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.225
  3. Bressan S, Romanato S, Mion T, Zanconato S, Da Dalt L. Implementation of adapted PECARN decision rule for children with minor head injury in the pediatric emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2012;19:801-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01384.x
  4. Brodersen J, Kramer BS, Macdonald H, Schwartz LM, Woloshin S. Focusing on overdiagnosis as a driver of too much medicine. BMJ. 2018;362:k3494. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k3494
  5. Cassel CK, Guest JA. Choosing wisely: helping physicians and patients make smart decisions about their care. JAMA. 2012;307:1801-2. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.476
  6. Davies I, Burman-Roy S, Murphy MS, Guideline Development G. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children: NICE guidance. BMJ. 2015;350:g7703. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7703
  7. Gadomski AM, Scribani MB. Bronchodilators for bronchiolitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014:CD001266. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd001266.pub4
  8. Grossman Z, Hadjipanayis A, Stiris T, Del Torso S, Mercier JC, Valiulis A, Shamir R. Vitamin D in European children-statement from the European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP). Eur J Pediatr. 2017;176:829-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-017-2903-2
  9. Ho T, Dukhovny D, Zupancic JA, Goldmann DA, Horbar JD, Pursley DM. Choosing Wisely in Newborn Medicine: Five Opportunities to Increase Value. Pediatrics. 2015;136:e482-9. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2015-0737
  10. Jolley DL, Upham B, Fullerton L, Annett RD. Reduction in Head Computed Tomography Ordering in Pediatric Emergency Patients: Effect of National Publication and Local Availability of Urgent Neurology Appointments. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019;35:199-203. https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000001757
  11. Kuppermann N, Holmes JF, Dayan PS, Hoyle JD, Jr., Atabaki SM, Holubkov R, Nadel FM, Monroe D, Stanley RM, Borgialli DA, Badawy MK, Schunk JE, Quayle KS, Mahajan P, Lichenstein R, Lillis KA, Tunik MG, Jacobs ES, Callahan JM, Gorelick MH, Glass TF, Lee LK, Bachman MC, Cooper A, Powell EC, Gerardi MJ, Melville KA, Muizelaar JP, Wisner DH, Zuspan SJ, Dean JM, Wootton-Gorges SL, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research N. Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2009;374:1160-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61558-0
  12. Lightdale JR, Gremse DA, Section on Gastroenterology H, Nutrition. Gastroesophageal reflux: management guidance for the pediatrician. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e1684-95. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-0421
  13. Manrai AK, Patel CJ, Ioannidis JPA. In the Era of Precision Medicine and Big Data, Who Is Normal? JAMA. 2018;319:1981-2. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.2009
  14. Moynihan R, Heath I, Henry D. Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering. BMJ. 2002;324:886-91.
  15. Moynihan R, Smith R. Too much medicine? BMJ. 2002;324:859-60. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7342.886
  16. Rosen R, Vandenplas Y, Singendonk M, Cabana M, DiLorenzo C, Gottrand F, Gupta S, Langendam M, Staiano A, Thapar N, Tipnis N, Tabbers M. Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Clinical Practice Guidelines: Joint Recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018;66:516-54. https://doi.org/10.1097/mpg.0000000000001889
  17. Sattar N, Welsh P, Panarelli M, Forouhi NG. Increasing requests for vitamin D measurement: costly, confusing, and without credibility. Lancet. 2012;379:95-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61816-3
  18. Schilling FH, Spix C, Berthold F, Erttmann R, Fehse N, Hero B, Klein G, Sander J, Schwarz K, Treuner J, Zorn U, Michaelis J. Neuroblastoma screening at one year of age. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1047-53. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa012277
  19. Coon ER, Quinonez RA, Moyer VA, Schroeder AR. Overdiagnosis: how our compulsion for diagnosis may be harming children. Pediatrics. 2014;134:1013-23. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-1778
  20. Coon ER, Young PC, Quinonez RA, Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Schroeder AR. Update on Pediatric Overuse. Pediatrics. 2017;139. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-2797
  21. Coon ER, Young PC, Quinonez RA, Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Schroeder AR. 2017 Update on Pediatric Medical Overuse: A Review. JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172:482-6. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-2797
  22. Quinonez RA, Coon ER, Schroeder AR, Moyer VA. When technology creates uncertainty: pulse oximetry and overdiagnosis of hypoxaemia in bronchiolitis. BMJ. 2017;358:j3850. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j3850
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Core-MD Project

Coordinating Research and Evidence for Medical Devices (CORE-MD)

New ways to test high-risk medical devices.

 

Manufacturers of medical devices need to test their products before being allowed to market them. Specifically, they require clinical data showing their medical device is safe and efficient. In this context, the EU-funded CORE-MD project will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators. The project will propose how new trial designs can contribute and suggest ways to aggregate real-world data from medical device registries.


It will also conduct multidisciplinary workshops to propose a hierarchy of levels of evidence from clinical investigations, as well as educational and training objectives for all stakeholders, to build expertise in regulatory science in Europe. CORE–MD will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators, to achieve an appropriate balance between innovation, safety, and effectiveness. A unique collaboration between medical associations, regulatory agencies, notified bodies, academic institutions, patients’ groups, and health technology assessment agencies, will systematically review methodologies for the clinical investigation of high-risk medical devices, recommend how new trial designs can contribute, and advise on methods for aggregating real-world data from medical device registries with experience from clinical practice The consortium is led by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and involves all 33 specialist medical associations that are members of the Biomedical Alliance in Europe.

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