OVERVIEW

38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) is organized by the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), Kenes Group. This Online CME Course will be held from Oct 26 - 29, 2020.

What is the overview of the 38th ESPID Annual Meeting 2020?

Course Description:
The organization of the meeting is a collective effort of ESPID and members from the Netherlands. ESPID creates the basis for investigators involved in infectious diseases in children and infection prevention in childhood. As for the organizing committee, it strongly feels that to further progress in the respective field it is pivotal to connect to adjacent disciplines. Therefore, the chief intent is to unite together the most prominent researchers in and relevant to the field of pediatric infectious diseases and immunology.

This ESPID 2020 virtual meeting will present an excellent opportunity to transfer knowledge and to create new ideas with PID friends and colleagues from around the world while protecting the safety and well-being of all participants.

What are the objectives of the 38th ESPID Annual Meeting 2020?

Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this Online Course, learners should be able to:
• Discuss individual demands in compliance with their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) plan.
• Review the most advanced updates about respiratory viruses: treatment and prevention.
• Show the most advanced developments and challenges about vaccines.
• Review the prevailing research projects within ESPID and enhance opportunities for future collaboration between groups of young researchers.
• Determine novelties in diagnostic microbiology in pediatrics.
• Distinguish the newest research approaches in the study of tropical infectious diseases.
• Recognize educational resources, networks, and other for the exchange of knowledge and learning about pediatric infections.
• Present the research about infections in children with cancer.
• Examine the current developments in pediatric infectious disease knowledge including microbiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management and therapeutics, and primary prevention.
• Explain diagnostics and treatments of Kawasaki Disease.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.