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Registration now open: Clinical practice in Old Age Psychiatry
In January 2021 the Institute of Mental Health will host an online event run jointly by the European Association of
Geriatric Psychiatry (EAGP) and the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Friday 22nd January 2021, 10.00 – 14.40 (UK time)
Wordwide: Online
via MS Teams
Cost: £60.00 -
EAGP and Royal College of Psychiatrist members, £75.00 - all non-members
For ticket sales please visit http://www.gigantic.com/clinical-practice-in-old-age-psychiatry-tickets-9757
Tickets are limited and registration will close at 5pm on Friday 15th January or when sold
out!
Online Webinar - Fouty years of neuro-imaging (5th November 2020)
The European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (EAGP) has the pleasure of inviting its members to a series of webinars on different aspects of old age psychiatry. The one-hour webinars will
be held using Zoom™ and are free of charge.The first webinar will take place on Thursday, November 5th, 12.00-13.00 Central European Time.
To join Zoom Meeting on Nov 5th,
12.00-13.00 Central European Time, use the link
https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/63810802854
The "Certification-D" project is organising a transnational online conference on 1st October 2020 (10-12am). The conference language is English. Participation is free of charge. Registration
necessary (until 29th Sept 2020 4 pm CEST): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/certification-d-users-producers-demands-use-tickets-120499056923
14th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)
The EAGP is pleased to point out the 14th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology which will take place online from October 29 - November 1, 2020. Please notice the new date. Free
regristation is available for all!
For more information visit http://cony.comtecmed.com/
20th World Congress of Psychiatry
(WCP)
Same place, new dates: The 20th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2020) is postponed to 10-13th
March 2021 and will take place in Bangkok, Thailand. This is a unique multidisciplinary forum for colleagues from around the world to meet and discuss a variety of topics, generating stimulating
debates and fruitful collaborations. Join leading experts and other allied healthcare professionals for this outstanding opportunity to take part in educational sessions and networking
opportunities.
For more information visit www.wcp-congress.com
Board Meeting and General Meeting in April 2019 in Warsaw, Poland
At 8th April 2019 the EAGP board members met in Warsaw to discuss the actions of the
coming year. 2019 the EAGP plans two courses: A 2-days refresher course for professionals in October and a 3-days summer school for junior geriatric psychiatrists. Find more information about the trainings under the following link.
Board Meeting July 2018 in London, UK
At the 6th July 2018 the EAGP board members
met in London to discuss the actions of the next 5 years. It was agreed that in the future the refresher course and the summer school will still be important and interesting training
opportunities for young professionals and professionals who would like to learn more about the recent developments in the field of gerontopsychiatry.
Further it was agreed
that the connection between the EAGP and the national associations needs to be strengthened. The board of the EAGP looks forward to the next years and to the actions that are
planned.
General Meeting and Board Meeting 2018 in Nice, France
5th March 2018
In Nice the EAGP used the opportunity to hold talks with the EPA and how the two organisations could work together. Different ways of collaboration were discussed.
During the General Meeting the great success of the summer school in Lausanne 2018 was presented. As the participants of the last years rated the summer school so positively, the next course will
be planned and is expected to take place in 2019.
Third Summer School in Lausanne, Switzerland
06th-09th September 2017
The EAGP is pleased to announce the third “Summer School in Geriatric
Psychiatry”.
This course will provide a forum for bringing together budding European
geriatric psychiatrists with academic or institutional potential and favour networking for future co-operation across Europe.
The attendees will improve their knowledge in old age psychiatry and develop
new ideas and share experiences about mental health programs and organizations.
The course will feature workshops, group discussions, and state of the art
lectures by European experts in the field of geriatric psychiatry. The participants will be encouraged to make their own contributions and present their papers/research.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Lausanne!
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XXIII National SEPG Congress in Bilbao in cooperation with the EAGP, 23rd-25th February
The Spanish Psychogeriatrics Society is organising its 23rd National Congress, with the added satisfaction of sharing this year’s event with the European Association
of Geriatric Psychiatry with special English speaking sessions on Friday and Saturday.
The EAGP is looking forward to meeting you in Bilbao!
EAGP Board Meeting and General Meeting connected to the 26th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Copenhagen
In the General Meeting the successful training programs (Summer School and 3-Days Intensive Refresher Course) were presented. The EAGP
is very proud to announce that the third summer school will be organised in 2017 in Lausanne. More information will be follow soon.
Further the EAGP welcomed more national associations joining the EAGP. Now national associations from Sweden, the U.K., Switzerland, the
Netherlands, Belgium, North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) and Spain are part of the EAGP.
Next year, the EAGP and the Spanish association organize a congress for psychogeriarty in
Bilbao (Spain) Further information follow soon, please save the date!
Intensive EAGP Refresher Course in Old Age Psychiatry was a full success
With 42 participants and 11 expert speakers, the first edition of the EAGP Refresher Course
in Old Age Psychiatry (Leuven, Belgium, 26-28 May 2016) was a clear success.
With participants and speakers from the Netherlands (22), Belgium (19), UK (5), Ireland
(3), Norway (2), France (1), Portugal (1), Sweden (1) and New Zealand (!)(1), the general comments were as follows:
“Excellent initiative”, “Excellent conference”, “Content very relevant and likely to”,
assist in clinical practice”, “Very friendly and helpful organizers”, ”You did a brilliant job. Thanks!”, “Please repeat this!”, “Make this course a tradition. Venue Leuven excellent; could be
included in ‘European Round’ of other venues."
So consequential the feedback and the response of the idea and the organization of the EAGP
refresher course was a full success.
Intensive EAGP Refresher course in Old Age Psychiatry – Fully booked
The "Three Days Refresher Course" 2016 in Leuven is fully booked.
We are looking forward to meeting all the participants in May.
October 2015: EAGP General Meeting and Board Meeting
The Board was very pleased to welcome the EAGP members in Berlin and to discuss different subjects with them during the General Meeting. Furthermore the Flemish and the Dutch Association for
Psychiatry were welcomed as new members of the EAGP. You will find more information about the meeting and other interesting topics in our autumn newsletter that will be published soon.
!!! SAVE THE DATE: Thursday 26th – Saturday 28th May 2016 !!!
‘Certified Intensive EAGP Refreshment course in Old Age Psychiatry’
The Faculty Club, Leuven, Belgium,
Further information will follow soon
15th October 2015: General Meeting in Berlin
In October we invite our members to the EAGP Genral Meeting in Berlin. At the same time the IPA organizes their international congress in Berlin, for more information click here
March 2015: EAGP Board Meeting
After the election of the new board in December 2014 the Board met in March 2015 in London to discuss the future actions of the EAGP. Actions that will be promoted in the future are:
1) Educational Programs for pre- and post graduate education
2) Involving more nations in the EAGP for a better exchange
3) Planning and Participation in Congresses e.g. Symposium at the IPA Congress 2015 in
Berlin
4) Publicity for the EAGP
5) Developing and strengthen the network across Europe