NEWSLETTER
Report from the EBCP Board
meeting
in Berlin 6th April 2008
Invited
guests
Lazo Eremija of Serbia, Zeljko Vidakovic of Serbia and
Lenart Zvonko of Slovenia
New
membership applications
Serbia and Slovenia have applied for membership to the
EBCP.
Both countries were accepted as Associate members
instead as Full Members as they do not currently have an accredited training
programme
Nomination, re-nomination and appointments
Dominique Hella was re-appointed as Delegate from
Belgium
Erminia Mascitelli was re-appointed as Delegate from
Italy
Maite Mata was appointed as Delegate from Spain
Judith Horisberger was re-appointed as Delegate from
Switzerland and as Secretary of the Academic committee
Else Nygreen was re-appointed as Delegate from Norway
and as member of the Certification Sub-committee
Adrian Bauer was appointed as Delegate from Germany
Kirk Graves was appointed member of the Certification
Sub-committee
Lazo Eremija was appointed
as Delegate from Serbia
Lenart Zvonko was appointed
as Delegate from Slovenia
Heinz Weitkemper was
re-appointed as member of the Accreditation Sub-committee
Carole Hamilton was
re-appointed as member of the Academic committee
Position vacant
The position as representative of EACTS is still open
for replacement
Site
visit
The perfusion school of Spain at Barcelona was site
visited in November 2007 and is accredited for the following 5 years
Future site visits
Pavia
Siena
No
longer accredited
Verona is no longer an accredited centre, as they have
not renewed their accreditation
Harmonisation
of the examination process
There is harmonisation of the examination process in
Aarhus, which means that the students do not need to sit both the EBCP exam and
the exam in Aarhus.
Harmonisation is considered after 2 site visits if the
exam process is compatible with the EBCP process.
The Berlin Academy and the Dutch school at Leiden are
applying for this process.
Examination
2008
The dates are the14th & 15th November 2008
The application form can be found on the EBCP web site
and the deadline for application is the 30th June 2008
Recertification
2008
This is the year where the majority of perfusionists
need to recertify.
Recertification forms can be obtained from the EBCP
web site and completed forms must be sent to the National Delegate
EU
Common Platform
Two members of the EBCP were present for a meeting in
Brussels with a lawyer from the EU commission concerning regulation of professions.
For the EBCP to be regulated by the EU, it would need 18 member states or 2/3
of all member states with national recognition.
However, the EU commission recognises that EBCP
certified perfusionists are experts in perfusion.
The database of regulated professions can be found
under
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/regprofs/dsp_regprofs.cfm?profId=1485
and a list of professional organisations under
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/links_en.htm#proforganisations
European
Economic and Social Committee
One member of the EBCP attended this meeting in
Brussels. The Chairman of this group stated that the EBCP is known to be well
organised and that it meets all the criteria to enter into their database. The
EBCP rules might become EU rules in the future.
Perfusion Education Conference 2008
The upcoming conference will be held on Saturday 13th
September 2008 in Lisbon. The title of the meeting is “Innovations in
Perfusion”.
This conference will be followed on Sunday 14th
September by the EACTS post-graduate course in Perfusion.
For any other question concerning the EBCP and the
Board meeting, please contact your local Delegate.
Judy Horisberger
May 2008
NEW GERMAN DELEGATE APPOINTED
At the recent meeting of the EBCP in Berlin (April 08) Adrian Bauer was
appointed as the new national delegate representing Germany. His nomination is
supported by the board of the German Perfusion Society (DGfK).
Adrian obtained the ECCP in 1999, he worked several years as a
perfusionist in the cardiac surgical department of the University Hospital
Leipzig and since 2003 he is chief perfusionist of the Cardiac Center Coswig.
Presently, he is finishing his Master degree in Cardiovascular Technology
(University Aarhus, Denmark). His main focus of interest are minimized ECC-
circuits. He is married and has a daughter.
All perfusionists working in Germany can contact Adrian for all
questions regarding the EBCP at:
Adrian Bauer
Herzzentrum Coswig
Lerchenfeld 1
06869 Coswig
Email: baueradrian@msn.com