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Project reference:
MALTA
PAMS - Curricular education for professionals allied to medicine working in epilepsy
Epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder worldwide and 15 million people in Europe will have epilepsy at
some time in their lives, with profound physical, psychological, social and economic consequences. This learning
partnership aims to mobilise resources and improve competence among the partners for training, education of the adults
working in the medical field with an interest in epilepsy (PAMs) such as pharmacologists, EEG technicians,
neuropsychologists, sociologists, nurses, social workers, social educators, and physiotherapists, as well as the persons
with epilepsy themselves. There are very fast scientific developments in the various interdisciplinary medical
interventions required in this condition and several PAMs would never have had the opportunity to learn, in an organised
manner, the concepts skills required for these new tools. This project would help to establish co-operation in Europe in
this area of adult training. This project would thus provide European professionals allied to medicine (PAMs) with tools
and methods to improve knowledge and expertise to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment in epileptology and thus
help to improve the quality of care to patients with epilepsy. The partners all belong to the European Epilepsy Academy
(EUREPA), the agency of the International League against Epilepsy, responsible for European Education, in
collaboration with the International Bureau of Epilepsy (IBE). Some preliminary work has already been undertaken in
the assessment of the needs of more structured epileptological education for PAMs and establishing a curriculum and an
educational network of co-operating centres.
Duration: 2 years Funding year: 3 rd
Area(s) covered
Project Objectives
Target Group(s)
Information technology
Health
COMPOSITION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Coordinating institution
Name of the organisation: Malta Epilepsy Association
Name of the contact person: Janet Mifsud
Address: Attard
E-mail: Janet.mifsud@um.edu.mt
Tel: +356 23402845
Fax: +356 21320281
Partners (
European Epilepsy Academy – EUREPA; Bielefeld D-33617
Budapest Bethel Epilepsy Center Foundation; Budapest
Epilepsiezentrum Bethel; Maraweg 21, 33617 Bielefeld, Germany
Strategy for stimulating/promoting adult learners’ demand for
learning
Experimentation with new pedagogical approach(es)
Guidance / counselling or other support services
Management of adult education organisation/ institution
Methods for providing credit for knowledge or competence acquired
outside formal education.
Disabled persons
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