EFNS Regional Teaching Course in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
July 8 - 10, 2010
Thursday, 8 July 2010
9.00am – 09.30am Opening, Welcome & Introduction
Richard Hughes (London, UK) - President, EFNS
President, WFN - tbc
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cocody - tbc
Alfred Njamnshi, (Yaoundé, Cameroon) - Chair, WFN-Africa Committee - tbc
Infectious Diseases
09.30am to 1.00pm Morning Session
Chair: Jean-Michel Vallat (Limoges, France)
Co-Chair: Local Faculty member - tbc
09.30 – 10.00 General overview and introduction
Prof. Boa (Ivory Coast)
10.00– 10.30 Emerging infectious diseases
Erich Schmutzhard (Innsbruck, Austria)
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 11.30 AIDS in Africa – where are we?
Beugre Kouassi (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
11.30 – 12.00 Trypanosomiasis
Peter Kennedy (Glasgow, UK)
12.00 - 13.00 Time for Questions
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 18.00 Afternoon Session
Clinical Cases: Rotating discussion groups led by the morning speakers and faculty, allowing all participants to take part in the discussions of clinical cases.
18.00 Wrap up and closure
19.00 Welcome reception
Friday, 9 July 2010
Dementias
09.00 – 09.30 Opening and Welcome
Amadou Gallo Diop (Dakar, Senegal)
Raj N. Kalaria (Newcastle, UK) - IBRO
09.30am to 1.00pm Morning Session
Chair: Jacques De Reuck (Ghent, Belgium)
Co-Chair: Local Faculty member tbc
09.30 – 10.15 Clinical and Mental Health in Africa – yesterday and tomorrrow
Theresa Agossou – WHO (Cotonou, Benin)
10.15– 10.30 Pseudo-dementias in Africa
Young African Neurologist – tbc
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00– 11.30 Dementias: General introduction and Alzheimer’s disease
Magda Tsolaki (Thessaloniki, Greece)
11.30 – 12.00 Non Alzheimer Dementia
Florence Pasquier (Lille, France)
12.00 – 1.00 Time for Questions
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 18.00 Afternoon Session
Clinical Cases: 3 Rotating discussion groups led by the morning speakers and faculty, allowing all participants to take part in the discussion of clinical cases.
18.00 Wrap up and closure
Saturday, 10 July 2010
09.00 – 09.15 Opening and Welcome
Beugre Kouassi (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
Theresa Agossou (Brazzaville, Congo)
09.15 – 09.45 Coffee Break
09.45am to 11.00am Morning Session
Acquiring Survival Skills for Scientific Publications and Presentations
Raj Kalaria (Newcastle, UK)
Amadou Gallo Diop (Dakar, Senegal)
11.00 - 12.30 Open discussion between students and faculty members
Michel Dumas (Limoges, France) - Introduction
12.30 – 13.00 The Way Forward – Regional Teaching Course 2011
Jean-Michel Vallat and Alfred Njamnshi - tbc
13.00 Closure