2021 Annual Postgraduate Course (11th cycle - 3rd year) of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN)

2021 Annual Postgraduate Course (11th cycle - 3rd year) of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) is organized by European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) and will be held from May 24 - 29, 2021.

Description:
The ESPN Annual Postgraduate Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery is the main vehicle of the Society to address and educate the next generation of professional in our subspecialty.
It runs in 3-year cycles, comprising the following modules:
• 1st module: hydrocephalus, cysts, posterior fossa tumors, head trauma
• 2nd module: dysraphism, spinal tumors, craniovertebral junction, vascular, sellar and suprasellar tumors, orbit and skull, midline tumors, craniosynostosis
• 3rd module: cerebral hemispheric tumors, infection, spasticity, pineal region, epilepsy
Each annual Course corresponds to one of the aforementioned modules (in rotational order). Successful attendance of all three modules (regardless of the running cycle) results in obtaining the ESPN Course 3-year cycle attendance certificate.

ESPN Courses host a maximum number of 90 attendees per year, in order to ensure high quality of training and proper interaction with the instructors. The Scientific Program, drafted by the ESPN Training & Education Committee, focuses on practical aspects of neurosurgical practice with children, including thorough discussion of case presentations in the plenary morning sessions, solve-a-case sessions in groups and hands-on training workshops.

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