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The 9th exam of the European Board of Neurology took place in Amsterdam on June 23rd last, one day before the start of the 3rd EAN congress.

During the EAN conference in Amsterdam in June 2017, the symposium on "Challenges for Women in Neurology" had 2 out of 3 invited speakers address aspects African Neurology (Dekker from Tanzania; Charway-Felli from Ghana). That is not a coincidence, as this region has seen significant developments in very recent years.

During the 3rd Congress of the EAN, an outstanding opportunity of meeting colleagues who took part in previous Spring School meetings was organized.

The 18th course of the Spring School attracted attention of 187 colleagues from 36 countries. Due to the capacity reasons we were forced to refuse one third of the applicants. Traditionally the highest interest was from Russia – 29, Uzbekistan - 21 and Romania - 19. As usually we had again delegates from mediterranian Africa. this year, we had 90 female participants and 31 male participants.

Don't miss the opportunity to apply for the EAN Research Fellowship until August 31, 2017.

We are delight to announce the launch of a new programme - the EAN-Day - for bringing international speakers to your national or regional meeting, and strengthening the links between EAN and our National Neurological Member Societies and Corresponding Societies. 

When coming back from international congresses, it happens to be asked by our patients if we have heard about new innovative and highly effective treatments or new research about specific neurological diseases…

Neurology training in Europe varies considerably between countries. Results from a recent survey have been published in the European Journal of Neurology, highlighting similarities and differences between European Union (EU) countries, other European Economic Area countries, and Switzerland.

After the 8th EBN Exam in Copenhagen 2016 there will be a 9th one at the site of the EAN-meeting, close to the famous canals of the inner city in Amsterdam. 72 candidates showed up in Copenhagen, 67 of them… Continue Reading

Only a few more weeks until application deadline for the 2017 EAN Spring School for Neurologists in Training.

The objective of the “Clinical Fellowship Programme” is to provide a well- defined clinical observational experience in a department with recognised expertise in a specific field.
With this programme, neurologists that are still in the process of training, or recently… Continue Reading

by Elena Lebedeva, Local Organizer in Yekaterinburg I am very grateful to European Academy of Neurology (EAN) for continuing   support of Regional Teaching courses (RTC) and great help and support of our EAN RTC in Yekaterinburg! I want to say… Continue Reading

The 8th RTC took place in Maputo, Mozambique from 10 to 12 November 2016 and was hosted by the Eduardo Mondlane University of Maputo. The RTC, organised by the EAN – European Academy of Neurology, was supported by a consortium of European and international scientific societies:

It was not the first time that the regional teaching course was hosted in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The collaboration between EAN and associate prof. Elena Lebedeva from The Urals State Medical University was so fruitful that over 300 junior neurologists and residents had the opportunity to join the course.