A Postgraduate
School of Epilepsy on the Sunny Side of the Alps
L' Ecole Pratique Jean Bancaud (EPJB) has become a traditional way
of transferring knowledge and experience of »the neurology of epilepsy« based
on the teachings of Jean Bancaud in the
The team led by Professor Patrick Chauvel
(Hopital Timone Marseille),
a former Bancaud assistant, accepted the invitation
from the Slovenian ILAE Chapter to present the same format of teaching outside
The 2006 School will indeed
repeat the usual framework of EPJB in English, with an accent on methodology
and on temporal epilepsies as the first topics selected. Similarly, a variety
of topics selected on either topographical or phenomenological principle, are
to follow in the coming years covering adult and pediatric
aspects.
Students'
workshop will allow some cases to be discussed in public, but
the setting of the Teaching Hostel and its garden invite to non-formal exchange
of ideas and case discussions. Gradually, more active participation of
professionals from the region is expected.
Students'
Symposium to foster and discuss research in epilepsy will
complete the offer.
The venue was chosen for the best blend of promotion
of learning, practical and financial reasons. Possibility of travel grants is
being discussed. The European Epilepsy
Academy will help with its auspices and contribute credit points for the Curriculum.
Looking forward to meeting you in Radovljica!
Sincerely Yours,
Prim. Igor M Ravnik M.D., and Prof. Patrick Chauvel,
M.D.
for the
Organizing Committee
in
the traditon of «Ecole Pratique Jean Bancaud»(EPJB)
When: August 31 to September 3, 2006.
Where: Radovljica, Teaching Hostel
10 min from the old-town, allowing intense,
undisturbed
interaction and learning.
Situated 30
min from Ljubljana-Brnik Airport, 15 min from Lesce-Bled Railway
station and
10 min from Radovljica Bus station.
Address:
SIC, Gradnikova 1, SI-4240 Radovljica, Slovenia.
Phone: ++386-4-537-0500, ++386-4-531-40-90,
Fax:
++386-4-531-40-91, Email: branko.iskra@sindikat-zsss.si
Who: 40 epileptologists with experience in EEG and
tertiary care of patients with epilepsy
Faculty: P. Chauvel, A. Biraben, J.
Isnard, F. Bartholomei, J.P. Vignal, M. Fohlen.
What: Transmission of practical
electroclinical diagnostic work and decision-making in
managing severe epilepsies, taught in small groups.
The 2006 School will be devoted to Temporal lobe epilepsies and organised in
the tradition of the EPJB Schools for the
first time outside France. Students’ Workshop (personal case presentations) and Students’Symposium
(poster presentation of personal research and work).
Program:
Day 1 (August 31)
21h00
Evening conference: History of epilepsy surgery from Penfield to Bancaud.
Day 2 (September 1)
8h00 Setting up of posters.
8h30-9h30 Conference: Localization tools for temporal
lobe epilepsy: clinical aspects and video-EEG recordings; pediatric
aspects.
10h00-12h00 Workshop in groups A, B,
C; case studies.
12h00 Poster Symposium
12h30 Lunch
14h00-15h30 Pause; preparation of
presentations.
16h00-18h30 General workshop; case
presentations by each group.
19h00-20h00 Imaging in temporal lobe
epilepsy (morphological and functional imaging).
20h00 Poster Symposium
20h30 Dinner
Day 3 (September 2)
8h30-9h30 Conference: Localization tools: principles
of invasive recording; pediatric aspects.
10h00-12h00 Workshop in groups A, B,
C; case studies of invasive recordings.
12h00 Poster Symposium
12h30 Lunch
14h00-15h30 Pause; preparation of
presentations.
16h00 18h30 General workshop; case
presentation by each group, therapeutic decisions.
19h00-20h00 Conference: Neuropsychological exploration
of temporal lobe epilepsy; pediatric aspects.
20h00 Poster Symposium
20h30 Dinner and social event.
Day 4 (September 3)
9h00-10h30 Conference: Temporal, temporal plus and
extra temporal seizures.
11h00 Students’ workshop.
13h00 Lunch