ESPEN Congress Florence

 

What are the LLL Courses?

The ESPEN Leonardo da Vinci Life Long Learning Project is an ESPEN - EU global effort to improve daily practice in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism and develop quality care in nutrition by means of an innovative educational initiative.

What are the main objectives?
To improve knowledge, competence and skills of health professionals and students in clinical Nutrition and Metabolism while providing CME credits and European certification for medical doctors.
Paying courses to be reserved upon registration and (cf. registration form) for medical doctors only.

 

NOTE

The LLL courses on Friday and Saturday will be held at the Fortezza da Basso, Quartiere Monumentale.

In order to participate to the LLL courses that are scheduled on Friday and Saturday, registration to the corresponding course is MANDATORY.

The LLL courses scheduled on Sunday and Monday are linked to the Educational Programme, and are open to all the Congress participants. However, to attend the second part and take the tests held directly after the session (from 10:30 to 12:30 & from 16:30 to 18:30) in Room Volta (Quartiere Monumentale), registration to the corresponding LLL-session is MANDATORY.

The corresponding vouchers will be provided together with the name badge.

Maximum 50 participants for the LLL Courses & Tests (registration on “first come, first served” basis).

 

Overview

Overview of the 16 modules proposed. You can attend a maximum of 8 modules as some of the modules are running simultaneously.
Friday Morning Nutritional support in intensive care patients
Nutritional assessment and techniques
Nutritional support in cancer patients
Friday Afternoon Approach to oral and enteral nutrition
Nutritional support in the perioperative period
Nutritional support in elderly patients
Saturday Morning Nutritional support in liver and pancreatic diseases
Home parenteral nutrition in adult patients
Nutrition in the metabolic syndrome

Saturday Afternoon

 Nutrition in paediatric patients
Approach to parenteral nutrition
Nutritional support in neurological diseases
Sunday Morning
Sunday Afternoon		 Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in renal diseases
Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in intestinal diseases I
Monday Morning
Monday Afternoon
Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in respiratory diseases
Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in diabetes and dyslipidemia


On Friday and Saturday, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED to the LLL Course you wish to attend.
On Sunday and Monday, after each Educational session-LLL, the second part (tests) will take place in Room Volta (Quartiere Monumentale) at the Fortezza da Basso. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED to the corresponding Educational session-LLL to attend this second part.

Detailed LLL Courses Programme - Quartiere Monumentale

Friday 12 September 2008: LLL COURSES ROOMS
09:00 - 13:00 Nutritional support in intensive care patients
Moderator: J.C. Preiser (Belgium).
Speakers: J.C. Preiser (Belgium), P. Singer (Israel)		 Volta
  Nutritional assessment and techniques
Moderator: R. Meier (Switzerland).
Speakers: R. Meier (Switzerland), L. Sobotka (Czech Republic)		 Scherma
  Nutritional support in the cancer patients
Moderator: K. Fearon (United Kingdom).
Speakers: K. Fearon (United Kingdom), A. Laviano (Italy)		 Monumentale
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14.00 - 18.00 Approach to oral and enteral nutrition
Moderator: M. Pirlich (Germany). Speakers: M. Pirlich (Germany),
J. Ockenga, (Germany), K. Norman (Germany), L. Valentini (Germany)		 Volta
  Nutritional support in the perioperative period
Moderator: C.H.C. Dejong (Netherlands).
Speakers: C.H.C. Dejong (Netherlands), K. Fearon (United Kingdom)		 Scherma
  Nutritional support in elderly patients
Moderator: S. Schneider (France). Speakers: S. Schneider (France),
C. Sieber (Germany), J. Bauer (Germany), A. Raynaud-Simon (France)		 Monumentale
Saturday 13 September 2008: LLL COURSES ROOMS
09:00 - 13:00 Nutritional support in liver and pancreatic diseases
Moderator: J. Ockenga (Germany).
Speakers: J. Ockenga (Germany), R. Meier (Switzerland), J. Kondrup (Denmark)		 Volta
  Home parenteral nutrition in adult patients
Moderator: A. van Gossum (Belgium).
Speakers: A. van Gossum (Belgium), M. Staun (Denmark)		 Scherma
  Nutrition in the metabolic syndrome
Moderator: M. Léon-Sanz (Spain). Speakers: M. Léon-Sanz (Spain),
M. Ballesteros (Spain), C. Cuerda Compés (Spain)		 Monumentale
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 18:00 Nutrition in paediatric patients
Moderator: S. Kolacek (Croatia).
Speakers: S. Kolacek (Croatia), O. Goulet (France),
H. Szajewaska (Poland)		 Volta
  Approach to parenteral nutrition
Moderator: A. Laviano (Italy).
Speakers: A. Laviano (Italy), A. van Gossum (Belgium)		 Scherma
  Nutritional support in neurological diseases
Moderator: M. Planas (Spain). Speakers: M. Planas (Spain),
I. Breton (Spain), R. Burgos (Spain), S. Schneider (France)		 Monumentale


Detailed Educational – LLL Sessions Programme
The below sessions take place in Room Machiavelli (Main Pavilion).
Sunday 14 September 2008: EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS LLL COURSES
08:00 - 10:00 Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in renal diseases
Moderator: N. Cano (France)
  Nutritional support in acute renal failure
Nutritional support in chronic renal failure
Nutritional support in haemodialysis
Nutritional support in peritoneal dialysis		 E. Fiaccadori (Italy)
V. Teplan (Czech Republic)
N. Cano (France)
D. Teta (Switzerland)
10:30 - 12:30 The second part (tests) will take place in Room Volta
(Quartiere Monumentale) at the Fortezza da Basso (Congress Centre).
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in intestinal diseases I
Moderator: P. Soeters (Netherlands)
  The compromised gut
Nutrition after extensive gut resection / short bowel syndrome
Nutritional support in intestinal fistulas
Nutritional support in IBD 		P. Soeters (Netherlands)
A. Forbes (United Kingdom)
W. van Gemert (Netherlands)
R. Meier (Switzerland)
16:30 - 18:30 The second part tests) will take place in Room Volta
(Quartiere Monumentale) at the Fortezza da Basso (Congress Centre).
Monday 15 September 2008: EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS LLL COURSES
08:00 - 10:00 Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in respiratory diseases
Moderator: C. Pison (France)
  Prevalence and mechanism of undernutriton in COPD
Objectives, implementation and results of Nutritional Support in Patients with COPD
Nutritional support in chronic respiratory failure (home respiratory rehabilitation)
Nutrition in cystic fibrosis		 A. Schols (Netherlands)
M. Steiner (United Kingdom)

C. Pison (France)

G. Rozen (Israel)
10:30 - 12:30 The second part (tests) will take place in Room Volta
(Quartiere Monumentale) at the Fortezza da Basso (Congress Centre).
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Educational session-LLL: Nutritional support in diabetes and dyslipidemia
Moderator: L. Sobotka (Czech Republic)
  Consequences of diabetes on the nutritional status
Nutritional support in diabetes Typ I and II
Clinical consequences of dyslipidemia
Nutritional support in dyslipidemia 		I. Chermesh (Israel)
L. Sobotka (Czech Republic)
M. Léon-Sanz (Spain)
J.P. Thissen (Belgium)
16:30 - 18:30 The second part (tests) will take place in Room Volta
(Quartiere Monumentale) at the Fortezza da Basso (Congress Centre).


LLL Courses Registration Fees

  ESPEN Member ESPEN Non-Member  
  1 module: EUR 35 1 module: EUR 105  
  2 modules: EUR 65 2 modules: EUR 155  
  3 modules: EUR 95 3 modules: EUR 185  
  4 modules: EUR 95 4 modules: EUR 185  
  5 modules: EUR 125 5 modules: EUR 225  
  6 modules: EUR 125 6 modules: EUR 225  
  7 modules: EUR 155 7 modules: EUR 255  
  8 modules: EUR 155 8 modules: EUR 255  

 

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