The European Alliance for Personalised Medicine, in collaboration with the other medical societies under the leadership of the Past President of EHA, Christine Chomienne, is organising a Summer School for young healthcare professionals called ‘TEACH’ which stands for Training and Education for Advanced Clinicians and HCPs and the goal is to bring young HCPs up-to-date with developments in this exciting field. Aimed at young healthcare professionals aged 28-40, TEACH will cover topics such as monoclonal antibodies, inhibitory drugs and putting the patient at the centre of his or her own care – all within the context of personalised medicine. Recognising that the patient at the centre of personalised medicine, the summer school will focus on training in “how to communicate to patients about personalised medicine” and, even more specifically, on “how the treatment they will receive is meant to work”, “how was the target of this treatment discovered in research and confirmed in the patient’s own samples?” and “what side effects or type of response may be expected considering other diseases/aspects of the patient?”. The training will consist of plenary sessions followed by time spent in small groups focussing on how to communicate in respect of several defined topics over the course of four days. Tutors (the faculty) will be chosen from medical academic, clinical and research specialties, patient organisations and communication specialists. The gathering will be held on July 4-7 in Cascais, Portugal, and, over the course of the four-day school, a 20-strong faculty of experts will oversee plenaries, group discussions and interactive role play sessions involving the +/- 80 HCPs enrolled on the course.
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Yours sincerely, Christine Chomienne Chair Summer School Task Force European Hematology Association
