EPBS GGB Meeting: Rome 2006

EPBS Council elects Marie Culliton as President

The EPBS has re-elected Marie Culliton as its new President. Marie has represented Ireland as a delegate to the EPBS and IFBLS for Ireland since 2001 and served as President of the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science during 2001-2003.
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Rome presentations

Directive 2005 /36/EC: On the Recognition of Professional Qualifications
Marie Culliton, EPBS President

Bologna Process

The role of biomedical scientists in Italy
Lazzerini Stefano, New Hospital San Giovanni di Dio, Florence

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Martin Nicholson Award

The inaugural Martin Nicholson Award was won by Armando Caseiro from Portugal for his poster on The polymorphism -1C>T in the annexin V Kozak sequence and the risk of myocardial infarction. The Martin Nicholson Award was launched by the EPBS as a tribute to Martin Nicholson’s service and dedication to the EPBS as one of the original founders and its first President from 1999 to 2004.

Rome poster
Cholesterol in health control: biochemical comparison of egg yolk concentration in different eggs

Portugal poster
The polymorphism -1C>T in the annexin V Kozak sequence and the risk of myocardial infarction

Austria poster
Haematology – from theory to practice. Haematological training for BMS at Austrian Polytechnics (Academies) and its practical applicability

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Rome photo gallery

Images from the meetings. Click for more

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The EPBS would like to thank Margherita Morandini, Stefano Lazzerini, Luciano Mancini and Rita Brunetti of the Società Italiana di Medicina di Laboratorio for organising and hosting the 2006 meetings.

Rome 2006 documents and papers

Letter from EPBS President Marie Culliton
Business agenda
Registration form
Hotel reservation form - to be sent directly to the hotel
Students poster prize - Martin Nicholson Award (Vancouver protocol enclosed)
EU Directive pdf
Bologna process

EPBS Questionnaire
This is the work of the EPBS working group on education and will have a huge impact on our future progress concerning harmonisation in education and training of BMS in Europe. The working group are requesting that the questionnaire is completed and returned by the middle of October 2006. Click for questionnaire

EPBS General Governing Body Discussion Forum
The following documents are available in the password protected GGB discussion forum:

• Received nominations for 2006 elections
• Internal regulations: proposed changes
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Meeting themes
The meetings will focus on the EU directive on professional qualification and the Bologna process, education standards, EU directives on free movement and and internal regulations. Further information can be downloaded from the links below:

- link to the EU Directive on professional qualification (Directive 2005/36/EC) (website)
- link to the EU Directive document (pdf)
- link to the Bologna Process

Further information

Please contact Gabriele Sander, EPBS Secretariat,

Kuno-Brandauerstr. 1
5020 SALZBURG

Tel: +43 664 380 4819
Fax: +43 662 4482 2621
Email: gabriele.sander@aon.at