Educational activities
ESCMID strongly supports individuals active in the field of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases with their postgraduate and continuing medical education (CME). You can benefit from diverse formats:
Upon the direction of the ESCMID Executive Committee, a call is now open for proposals of Postgraduate Educational Courses and Technical Workshops, to be run in 2020.
In particular, ESCMID is seeking courses from the following regions:
• Asia
• Africa
• Central and South America
• Eastern Europe
Proposals can be submitted using the online submission platform here. The deadline for these proposals is 10 July 2019, after which they will be reviewed by the ESCMID Education Subcommittee.
You can read more in the call document here.
Postgraduate Courses and Workshops
Two- to four-day events that focus on specific clinical or laboratory issues. Organizers can be ESCMID Study Groups, related professional societies or individual ESCMID members under the auspices and with the financial support of ESCMID. These events are open for everyone interested in the fields of clinical microbiology or infectious diseases.
An interactive one-week course dedicated to postgraduate and continuous medical education in the field of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. A high faculty-student ratio as well as student case presentations and pro-con sessions are some the Summer School features that make it so popular.
It targets young MDs at the end of their specialty training, pharmacists and biologists, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows working in the infection field.
View the flyer here
Education Activities at the ECCMID
The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases is the yearly congress of the Society.
Educational Workshops provide you with state-of-the-art knowledge in interactive sessions and with print material to take home.
Meet-the-Expert Sessions bring you in close contact with experts to the chosen topic. You will participate in guiding the sessions dedicated to discussion.
ESCMID eLibrary
The ESCMID eLibrary contains scientific and educational presentations from ESCMID events. You will find:
- Materials from ECCMIDs, ESCMID conferences and courses
- Audio, video, slides & transcripts from selected presentations
All material in the ESCMID eLibrary is available for free to ESCMID members.
