Allied health professionals include dietitians, nurses, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists. Involvement with national and international societies, attendance at relevant educational meeting along with participation in summer schools enables AHP’s to be up to date with the latest evidence and knowledge.
The School is aimed at dietitians, nurses and other AHP (speech and language, psychology, OT) working in clinical pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.
The ESPGHAN AHP Committee Summer School is designed to:
After the Summer School, participants should
The course language is English.
This school is supported by the ESPGHAN Education Partner Programme.
This school is planned for onsite participation only. We will be carefully monitoring the situation in Portugal and Europe as well as national COVID-19 regulations. ESPGHAN reserves the right to postpone/cancel the course or change its current format if deemed necessary to protect the health of our delegates, faculty and staff.
For more information please contact the ESPGHAN Office.
Application Deadline; Application closed on July 15 2022.
Registration fee: EUR 100.00
A standard fee of EUR 100 will apply to attend the course.
Application process: Applicants will be required to upload the following documents:
Selected applicants will be invited to submit a clinical cases they would like to present and discuss during the course.
Kindly use the online application form on this page. Applications submitted by email cannot be accepted. If you experience any issues with the tool, please contact us at office@espghan. Please do not make travel arrangements before receipt of a formal confirmation of acceptance from the ESPGHAN Office. The number of participants is limited and a selection will be made by the school organisers after the deadline. Priority will be given to ESPGHAN Members.
15:00 - 16:00 Registrations with Tea/Coffee
16:00 - 16:30 Brief introductions by delegates Welcome and introduction
16:30 - 17:00 Lecture: Faltering growth
17:00 - 18:00 Work Group: Pediatric nutrition screening tools and Malnutrition identification and characterization
Social activity and dinner
Morning session 1
08:30 – 10:30 Workshop I (Each student to participate in 3 workshops during the course)
Group 1. Parenteral nutrition
Group 2. Enteral nutrition
Group 3. Body composition – Advanced Nutrition Centre
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break
Morning session 2
10:50 - 12:20 Work Groups: Scientific evidence in nutrition: Critical appraisal
12:20 - 12:50 Lecture: Nutritional management in Cystic Fibrosis
12:50 - 13:50 Lunch
Afternoon session 1
13:50 - 14:20 Lecture: Nutrition in early life - the big deal
14:20 - 14:50 Lecture: Nutrition issues in preterm infants: new challenges for old problems
14:50 - 15:10 Lecture: Nutritional management of short gut syndrome – clinical case
15:10 - 15:40 Lecture: Nutrient Sources in Parenteral Nutrition clinical cases
15:40 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee
Afternoon session 2
16:00 - 17:30 Session 2 Clinical cases – presented by delegates
Feedback from Clinical Cases
Social activity and dinner
Morning session 1
08:30 - 10:30 Workshop I (Each student to participate in 3 workshops during the course)
Group 1. Parenteral nutrition
Group 2. Enteral nutrition
Group 3. Body composition – Advanced Nutrition centre
10:30 - 10:50 Tea/Coffee
Morning session 1
10:50 - 11:20 Lecture: Celiac disease and other related gluten diseases
11:20 - 11:50 Lecture: Nutritional intervention in Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
11:50 - 12:20 Lecture: Biomarkers of liver disease: Interpretation and clinical relevance
12:20 - 13:20 Lunch
Afternoon session 1
13:20 - 14:10 Lecture: IBD - Etiology and medical management
14:10 - 14:40 Lecture: Nutritional management in IBD
14:40 - 15:10 Lecture: Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases in Children
15:10 - 15:40 Lecture: Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal exclusion diets
15:40 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee
Afternoon session 2
16:00 - 18:00 Session 2 Clinical cases – presented by delegates
Feedback from Clinical Cases
08:30 - 10:30 Workshop I (Each student to participate in 3 workshops during the course)
Group 1. Parenteral nutrition
Group 2. Enteral nutrition
Group 3. Body composition – Advanced Nutrition centre
10:30 - 10:50 Tea/Coffee
Morning session 2
10:50 - 11:20 Lecture: Children with neurological impairment
11:20 - 11:50: Lecture: Blended diets
11:50 - 12:10 Lecture: Pediatric obesity: new challenges on nutritional intervention
Closing remarks
ESPGHAN will arrange and cover the following for registered delegates:
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If you have any questions, please contact the ESPGHAN Office for details.
Phone: +41 (0)22 9000 401
Email: office@espghan.org