President EAP

Prof. Berthold Koletzko

Dr. med. Dr. med. habil. (MD PhD), Dr. h.c. mult., Prof. h.c.

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

Dear Colleague,

The European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) is the united voice of European Paediatrics and Child Health, representing 53 national paediatric societies across Europe and 14 European paediatric subspecialty societies, with close collaboration to a further 14 affiliated societies dedicated to Child Health. We act on behalf of and in the interest of our member societies which we also wish to support.

European Training Standards

Through the European Board of Paediatrics (EBP), the European Academy of Paediatrics takes responsibility for developing updated and new European Training Requirements (ETR) in Paediatrics and Paediatric Subspecialities, and for facilitating their adoption by the Union of European Medical Specialists (UEMS). These ETRs are binding standards in the European Union member states and guide the national training standards in many other European Countries.

Annual European Board of Paediatrics Examination and Core Knowledge in Paediatrics Course

Our annual EAP EBP Exam in Core Paediatrics test knowledge and identifies gaps that can subsequently be closed, facilitates job applications, and can it contribute to Board certification in some countries. It is complemented by the annual online Core Knowledge in Paediatrics Course.

Strategic Advisory Groups on Priority Topics

Our strategic advisory groups (SAGs) develop joint position papers on pertinent issues that reflect the joint position of European paediatrics, and that serve as the basis for our advocacy activities. Any individual member of our national and subspecialty member societies may be appointed as a contributing member of our SAGs. The SAGs usually work via online meetings, and at times 1-2 face meetings per year. 

Our current SAGs address the following topics:

Further topics should be added in the near future, any suggestions are welcome.

Examples of our advocacy activities

Prof. Berthold Koletzko

President, European Academy of Paediatrics