Meeting Report
Report from European Board of Dermato-Venereology 2015 – 2016
Eva Johansson Backman , Swedish representative in EBDV Department of Dermatovenereology , Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Sweden . E-mail : eva . dermis @ gmail . com
Background
UEMS and EBDV ( website : http :// www . uems-ebdv . org / web /)
The UEMS promotes and guards the interests of medical specialties at an EU level . The organization currently has representation from 37 national medical organizations . Together they form the UEMS council . There are several sub-sections in the UEMS , including a large number of specialist sections . The European Board of Dermatology and Venereology ( EBDV ) is one of these and consists of 1 – 2 delegates from each Member state .
In the UEMS there are also working groups for issues common to all specialties , such as continuous medical education ( CME ), E-health , postgraduate training and quality of care .
The EBDV conducts internal work and participates and collects information on issues at a central level of the UEMS and its sub-sections . A short report regarding on-going external work is given to the national EBDV delegates during EBDV spring and fall meeting .
The EBDV has a new president as of the spring meeting 2016 , Professor Peter Arenberger , from the Czech Republic .
Meetings
Since last summer , the EBDV has had a fall meeting during the EADV conference in Copenhagen , in October 2015 , and a spring meeting in Split , in April 2016 . In addition , a working group meeting , with a focus on the 2016 European Specialist exam in dermato-venereology in 2016 and on the update of common European Training Requirements for the Specialty of Dermatology and Venereology took place in February 2016 , in Poznan .
EBDV – Internal on-going work
Training requirements
Work is underway to update the Training Requirements for the Specialty of Dermatology and Venereology . That work is being led by Professor Harald Gollnick , who is also involved in the development of a new global curriculum , through the International League of Dermatological Societies ( ILDS ), in which the EBDV is now a member .
European Board Examination
This year ’ s specialist exam took place in Frankfurt on August 5 – 6 and was the first to be administered in digital format . It contains both a written and an oral part . There are still only a few dermatologists , 30 – 40 , who take the exam and about half of them come from countries outside the EU , mainly the Middle East . The working group for the exam held a separate meeting in Poznan in February 2016 , when this year ’ s exam was reviewed . The undersigned was invited to attend this meeting and it is my understanding that there is much work remaining to improve and modernize the content of the exam questions , as well as ensure that the questions are clearly linked to a curriculum that is widely accepted among the national specialist organizations throughout Europe . The website for the exam is http :// www . uems-ebdv . org / web / index . php / uems-board-examination .
European Guidelines
The European Dermatology Forum ( EDF ) develops new common European Guidelines for Dermatovenereology . The EBDV has a subcommission who review and comment on these guidelines . This year new or updated guidelines for Chlamydia , Mycoplasma , Non-gonococcal urethritis , Acne , Cutaneous lupus erythematosus , Merkel cell carcinoma , Psoriasis and High-dose immunoglobulins in dermatology have been written and approved . All guidelines can be found on the EDF ’ s website ( http :// www . euroderm . org / edf /).
Wound healing
There is a newly formed thematic federation , a subdivision of the UEMS , for wound healing . This group includes representatives from specialties who are involved in the care of this patient group , such as dermatologists , plastic surgeons , vascular surgeons , specialists in infectious diseases and in diabetes . The federation has developed a proposal on a cur-
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