Monthly Archives: March 2016

The Nurses Curriculum: the proof of the pudding is in the eating

• 31/03/2016
• by:  Aislin Ryan 
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by Martin Bedford, chair of EAHAD’s Nurses Committee

A highlight of the Nurses committee’s work last year was the publication of the European haemophilia nurses curriculum in Haemophilia (2016 Jan;22(1):103-9. doi: 10.1111/hae.12785. Epub 2015 Aug 17) and we were very pleased with how it was received at this year’s EAHAD congress. Ultimately, though, its success, or otherwise, will be in how effective it is in facilitating haemophilia nurse education.

To this end, our committee, with the support of EAHAD’s Executive Committee, are working on a number of initiatives:

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Announcing the EAHAD 2016 Abstract Prize Winners

• 30/03/2016
• by:  Aislin Ryan 
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The EAHAD congress is a venue for both new and established researchers to share their work by submitting an abstract.

This year for the first time, 10 researchers were selected from the abstract submitters to present their work in an oral session held on the last morning of the meeting. From these presentations, the best abstract prizes were awarded to:

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Q & A with EAHAD’s Physiotherapists Committee

• 29/03/2016
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After being established by four physiotherapists this summer, the EAHAD Physiotherapists Committee became a complete group in Malmö, welcoming three new members representing the North, South and Central/Eastern regions of Europe. The full committee now includes: Paul McLaughlin, Ruth Elise Dybvik, Sébastien Lobet, Marie Katzerová, David Stephensen, Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, and last but not least, the chair, Piet de Kleijn.

So that you can get to know them better, we put them to the test and had them answer a few questions.

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