Dear National CVD Prevention Coordinator,

On behalf of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), we would like to draw your attention to the educational training course on “Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Rehabilitation & Sports Cardiology - From Set-up to New Frontiers” from 20 to 23 November 2017 in Bern, Switzerland, which might be interesting for you and your colleagues.

We would be very grateful if you could upload the attached flyer of the course on your website and/or to do a mailing to all your members in order to promote the course.

Please indicate in the mailing, that the early registration fee ends on October 9th, 2017 and that special discount of 10% for EAPC Silver members and 5% for EAPC Ivory members is available.

For registration, please use the secure Online Registration.

View more information the course on the EAPC webpage.

Course objectives

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death and disability in most European countries. Secondary prevention has become a cornerstone of treatment, but a majority of patients do not achieve guideline standards, predisposing them to progression of disease, recurrent events, and heart failure. Modern preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation programmes, appropriately adapted to medical and cultural settings, have the potential to effectuate a healthier lifestyle, better risk factor control and adherence with cardioprotective medication. However, in most European countries,

less than 50% of cardiac patients attend these programmes. There is a clear need to improve the situation by increasing the number of programmes, facilitating the access to these programmes, and tailoring these programmes to the requirements of the patients. Moreover, the fixed-term and often centre-based programmes have to be modified based on patients preferences and provide concepts for long-term management. The World Health Organisation underscores in their action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases the importance of improving quality and coverage of secondary prevention and rehabilitation following heart attacks and stroke.

Target audience

This course is addressed to the multidisciplinary team of specialists working in the field of secondary prevention, cardiac rehabilitation, and sports cardiology, encompassing cardiologists, sports physicians, physiotherapists, sports scientists and nurses.

The event “Preventive Cardiology, Sports Cardiology & Exercise based Rehabilitation: From Set-up to New Frontiers” is accredited by the European Union of Medical Specialists - The European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME) for 24 hours of External CME credits.

We thank you in advance for your support.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Congress of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) is now a very well established scientific meeting, and has participants not only from Europe, but from all continents of the world. It is the largest congress in dermato-oncology and there are no competing congresses in this field.

The 18th EADO Congresswill be hosted in the amazing city of Seville, Spain and will be a hybrid event comprising both an in-person conference and a virtual conference. We believe it will be one of the first congresses where face-to-face meetings will once again be possible.

Each EADO congress brings with it a special area of emphasis and Seville has a clinical focus on both the early diagnosis of skin cancer and dermatosurgery as part of the integral approach to skin cancer patients. Consequently, the promising therapeutic landscape that the increasingly conservative surgery and the latest breakthroughs in immunotherapy and targeted therapy bring to skin cancer patients will be comprehensively discussed in Seville, with also special attention to dermoscopy and other diagnostic technologies.

Compared to previous congresses, there is a balanced offering of topics on melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer.

The best experts worldwide have been invited as speakers and will offer you the opportunity to gain a comprehensive insight into all areas of dermato-oncology.

Some cities blast you away, others slowly win you over. Seville, the host city, disarms and seduces you. Its historic center, lorded over by a colossal Gothic cathedral, is an intoxicating mix of resplendent Mudéjar palaces, baroque churches and winding medieval lanes. Flamenco clubs keep the intimacy and intensity of this centuries-old tradition alive whilst aristocratic mansions recall the city’s past as a showcase Moorish capital. But while history reverberates all around, Seville is as much about the here and now as the past. It is about enjoying warm afternoons and evenings eating tapas in a buzzing plaza.

Join us at the 18th EADO Congress! We are convinced we will all enjoy this opportunity to gain the highest scientific knowledge in the field, surrounded by the most colorful Spring ever, Spring in Seville.

Warmest regards,

Prof. Dr. David Moreno-Ramírez                                   Prof. Dr. Claus Garbe
Seville, Spain                                                                 Tuebingen, Germany
Congress President                                                       Congress President