The Medical School of the University of Crete is organizing the Winter School Child and Sport Safety: Basic Cardiac and General Health Evaluation. Embrace this chance to elevate your insight and proficiency in a key domain of healthcare that plays a substantial and impactful role.
The course will be offered online.
General Description
Preparticipation screening refers to the medical evaluation of athletes for detecting (screening) medical conditions associated with increased health risk during sport participation and appropriate referral of suspected cases for detailed confirmatory diagnosis. Preparticipation screening is based on medical history and physical evaluation performed by primary health care physicians. In contrast to well established recommendations for preparticipation screening for adult athletes, focusing mainly on cardiac screening, the preparticipation evaluation of children is challenging: not only the etiology and manifestation of pediatric heart disease differs from adults but further health issues which can affect their safe sport participation including neurology, pulmonology, endocrinology, orthopedic, ophthalmology, genetic etc. health issues have to be detected. Furthermore, safe sport participation has to take into account the physical growth and psychosocial development stage children, supporting the joyful participation in a variety of recreational sports over competitive high intensity sports.The winter school aims to present the principles of basic cardiac (including cardiac auscultation and pediatric electrocardiogram interpretation) as well as general health assessment during preparticipation screening for children participating in school and organized sports.
Who is aimed at:
- Medical students –advanced level (having successfully attended preclinical pediatrics, cardiology, pulmonology, as a minimum).
- Postgraduate level, including master degree, PhD students of medicine or sports fields.
- Primary health care physicians, active in basic preparticipation screening including children (pediatricians, general physicians, cardiologists)
Duration: 6 days | online
Fees: 100€
Scientific coordinator: Mr. Ioannis Germanakis, Professor of Pediatrics-Pediatric Cardiology | School of Medicine, University of Crete
ΙΤ Support: Mr. Konstantinos Mavroforakis, E mail: kmavrof@uoc.gr
Administrative assistant: Ms. Eleni Chalkiti, E mail: e.chalkiti@uoc.gr | Welcome Office, University of Crete
Application procedure is now open!
Applications | Mail to: yannis.germanakis@gmail.com, with motivation letter and CV attached.
Further information
Application Deadline: 25th October 2024
For more information, please download the detailed program or the poster.
For inquiries regarding the scientific program, please contact directly the scientific coordinator, Mr. Ioannis Germanakis
For inquiries regarding administrative, financial issues, please contact directly the secretary, Ms. Eleni Chalkiti
