Report from the Secretary   

* Communication policies of the EC-IFCN ExCo* Web site and changes in it * EC-IFCN sponsored courses & meetings* Visibility of Clinical Neurophysiology   

…and from the Treasurer

    * Funds used to implement the above;     * Current state of finances 

European ChapterInternational Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

E.C. –I.F.C.N.

European ChapterInternational Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

E.C. –I.F.C.N.

* Communication policy of the EC-IFCN ExCo2005 – 2006 video-conferences2007 – 2008 audio-conferences ExCo + ECCN Organizers 16 audio-conferences (4-5 participants ) since January 2007 1020 e-mail messages between July 2007 and May 2008

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general issues

Grants

Spt-Oct

A Web site hosted by Lyon Universityhttp://ifnl.univ-lyon1.fr/ec-ifcn/

Main page. Menu in left column

Agenda, Congresses & useful links

Links to scientific & clinical societiesand Web sites

A PPT file (19 slides) on

Jobs & Training

EC-IFCN sponsored courses & meetings

European ChapterInternational Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

E.C. –I.F.C.N.

The Chapter has supported 11 regional courses between October 2005 and May 2008. The standard procedure to set up the supported courses is as follows:

A call for propositions is sent by e-mail to all national delegates and posted in the Chapter's Web site ( http://ifnl.univ-lyon1.fr/ec-ifcn/

Applicants must propose a full program covering 1-2 days of teaching / training

Since 2006, applications for combined course – scientific meetings are considered

Eligible propositions are discussed by the 4 ExCo members (video-meeting or audio-conference). A maximum of two Regional Courses are selected per tender

The Chapter supports course-meting expenses up to a maximum of 3,500 €per Course / meeting. This money is essentially devoted to reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses of the Faculty, coffee breaks and teaching documents handed to the students

The organizers acknowledge the EC-IFCN support in all public documents

European Chapter

International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

E.C. –I.F.C.N.

European Chapter

International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

E.C. –I.F.C.N.

Courses / Meeetings sponsored by EC-IFCN (Oct 2005 – May 2008)

Haifa (Israel) – Evoked PotentialsMadrid (Spain) – Motor ControlCopenhagen (Denmark) – Sleep MedicineSiena (Italy) – Safety in rTMSVilnius (Lithuania) - SleepParis (France) – Cortical StimulationLisbon (Portugal) –Clinical NeurophysiologyPrague (Check Republic) – EMG Lyon (France) –Laser EPsGranada (Spain) –EMG Belgrade (Serbia & Montenegro) –EMG

Contacts

European Chapter

International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

E.C. –I.F.C.N.

•A list of « contacts » (European Delegates) is posted in the Web site.

BUT…

* Some of the addresses in the Website are surely obsolete, and others are lacking. Please check the existing list in our Website at : http://ifnl.univ-lyon1.fr/ec-ifcn/

* It is important that each new National Delegate send his/her name and postal / e-mail address to : larrea@univ-lyon1.fr

European Chapter

International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

E.C. –I.F.C.N.

Visibility of (European) Clinical Neurophysiology

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