Business meeting Group 4.2 Sleep and control of breathing

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Business meeting Group 4.2 Sleep and control of
breathing

• Monday September 4
• Münich 2006
• Prof. J. Verbraecken
• Prof. S. Andreas

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Positions Group 4.2 2005-2006

• Period Sept 2005-May 2006
• Group chair W. De Backer
• Group secretary J. Verbraecken
• December 2005 Elections for new chairman
• April 2006 Elections for new secretary
• Period May 2006-May 2009
• Group chair J. Verbraecken
• Group secretary S. Andreas

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• 72 participants
• From 19 countries
• Europe 60
• Outside Europe 12
• Saoudi Arabia
• Israel
• Philippines
• South Korea
• Sout Africa
• Well evaluated

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ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine Attendance
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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• Did the course match the description in the
  advertisement
• Completely 57.89
• Mostly 33.34
• Partially 7.02
• Not at all 1.75

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• How would you evaluate the quality of the course
  programme (scientifically)
• Excellent 57.89
• Good 40.36
• Medium 1.75
• Low -
• Poor -

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• Did the course meet your expectations
• Completely 47.37
• Mostly 42.10
• Partially 10.53
• Not at all -

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• Are you going to change your daily practice after
  this course
• Yes 28.07
• Most probably 45.61
• Probably not 19.30
• No 7.02

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• The choice of the subjects was
• Excellent 45.61
• Adequate 50.89
• Too broad 1.75
• Too narrow 1.75

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• How would you evaluate the quality of the course
  organisation BEFORE the course (information,
  registration, etc.)
• Excellent 19.30
• Good 59.65
• Medium 15.79
• Low 3.51
• Poor 1.75
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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• How would you evaluate the quality of the course
  venue ON SITE (venue, meeting facilities,
  restaurant)
• Excellent 12.28
• Good 68.42
• Medium 15.79
• Low 3.51
• Poor -

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• How would you evaluate the support from the staff
  - ON SITE (organisation, support during the
  sessions)
• Excellent 40.36
• Good 52.63
• Medium 5.26
• Low 1.75
• Poor -
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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• How would you evaluate the support from the
  medical organisers - ON SITE (workshops, timing,
  session order, etc.)
• Excellent 22.81
• Good 64.91
• Medium 10.53
• Low 1.75
• Poor -

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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• How would you evaluate the quality of the
  technical equipment (audio-visual)
• Excellent 28.07
• Good 66.67
• Medium 5.26
• Low -
• Poor -
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Group 4.2 ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine

• If the same course was organized next year, would
  you recommend it to your colleagues?
• Yes 80.70
• Probably 17.55
• Probably not 1.75
• No -

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ERS School Course on Sleep MedicineFuture
New ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine will be
organised. End 2007 ? 2008 ? Grenoble ?
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Group 4.2 Abstracts
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Group 4.2Münich 2006

• 2 Assembly symposium
• Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular
  disease
• Upper airway imaging
• 0 Hot Topic symposium
• 3 oral presentation sessions
• 1 poster discussion session
• 7 Thematic Posters Sessions

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Symposia and sessionsAttendance Copenhagen 2005

• Assembly symposium on Cardiovascular disease and
  obstructive sleep apnoea risks and remedy.
  N850 (17)
• Hot Topic symposium on central sleep apnea n210
  (9)
• Postgraduate course n185

• Oral presentations upper airway interventions
  n157 (3)
• Sleep apnea in children n80 (2)
• Metabolic control in OSA n60 (2)
• Poster discussions
• Cardiovascular conseq of OSA n80 (1)
• CPAP therapy n32 (1)

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Group 4.2Postgraduate course in Copenhagen
2005Evaluation

• Speakers made a clear and well organized
  presentation 3.95/5
• Presentations provided useful information 4.05/5
• Handouts appropriate and helpful 3.84/5
• Slides 3.89/5
• Speakers clarified content in response to
  questions 4.05/5
• Technical facilities 4.07/5
• Course mean 3.95/5

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Group 4.2Postgraduate course in Stockholm 2007

• Full day postgraduate course
• Diagnostic aspects of sleep apnea
• Therapeutic aspects of sleep apna

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Website page Group 4.2

• Development of portal page with sleep medicine
  links
• International Sleep Medicine Societies and
  Societies with interest in Sleep
• National Sleep Medicine Societies
• Journals with interest in sleep
• Search machines for sleep
• Organisations for sleep technicians
• Patients organisations
• General educational sites on sleep
• Websites of study groups
• Congresses and meetings on sleep

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Varia Group 4.2New initiatives

• ELF Factsheet into Breathe (June 2006) on sleep
  apnea
• Translation into German

• E-mail alert must be read papers

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Group 4.2Travel grants for Sleep Medicine

• Weinmann Geräte für Medizin GmbHCO KG
• 3 x 1000 Euros
• Winners
• Dr. Maria Pallayova
• The effect of continuous positive airway
  pressure on glucose excursions in diabetics with
  sleep-disordered breathing the results of
  continuous glucose monitoring
• Dr. Silke Ryan
• Predictors of elevated tumour necrosis factor
  alpha level in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
• Dr. Yoshihiro Kitahara
• Effect of CPAP on Brachial-Ankle pulse wave
  velocity in patients with OSAHS

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Winners of the Travel Grants for Sleep Medicine
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Winners of the Travel Grants for Sleep Medicine
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Group 4.2Deadlines for submissions

• Stockholm Sept 15-19, 2007
• 2nd Round Symposia proposals October 31, 2006
• Hot Topics December 31, 2006
• Abstracts February 22, 2007

• Congress 2008
• 1st Round Symposia proposals March 31, 2007
• 2nd Round Symposia proposals October 31, 2007
• Hot Topics December 31, 2007
• Abstracts ?

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Group 4.2Task force papers

• An official proposal will be made to start Task
  Force Group on different items (diagnostics and
  therapeutics in OSA, CPAP titration, )