Our Priorities
EAN Priorities 2020-2024
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Science
What?
- Knowledge generation and exchange
- Collaboration with basic neuroscientists and among clinical neuro-disciplines (neuroradiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry,..)
- Identification of overarching topics of general scientific interest
How?
- Promote clinical neuroscientist curricula
- Empower scientific panels
- Offer scientific fellowships
- Develop evidence-based guidelines
- Create science schools and think tanks
- Provide the European Journal of Neurology
- Improve the quality of the annual congress
Education
What?
- Guarantee optimal skills and competencies at all levels
- Achieve a balance between general neurology and subspecialties
- Foster interdisciplinarity among neuro-disciplines
How?
- Create a pre-graduate curriculum for medical students
- Update the European core curriculum for neurologists*
- Facilitate continuous professional development
- Create a comprehensive E-learning platform
- Certify European training centres
- Foster teaching careers in neurology
- Discuss a common trunk training in neuro-disciplines
* together with other organisations such as the Section of Neurology/European Board of Neurology of the Union of European Medical Specialists (UEMS-SN/EBN)
Membership
What?
- Attract new members
- Engage with all of our members
- Interact with National Neurological Societies
- Raise awareness of membership benefits
- Create an inter professional community that is working towards the vision and mission of EAN
How?
- Reinforce interaction with National Neurological Societies
- Empower the Resident and Research Fellowship Section
- Create a task force for International affairs
- Establish a leadership programme
- Create a mentorship programme
- Establish equal opportunities /diversity programme
- Promote inter-professional collaboration
Advocacy
What?
- Raise awareness of neurological diseases (including gender differences)
- Increase knowledge about health and care disparities
- Improve standards of care
- Improve patient outcomes
- Advocate for neurological patients and for neurologists
How?
- Provide analysis reports on the burden of neurological diseases and the value of treatments in Europe
- Survey the availability of neurological care and workforce
- Build a strong alliance with partner societies, patients, and other stakeholders in neurological care
- Improve the work and quality of life of the neurology work forces
- Lobbying for research resources at EU level