ECFS Education Committee
The ECFS Education Committee is part of the ECFS Education Project (www.ecfs.eu/education).
The Committee comprises of the ECFS Education Director, Deputy Director of Education, Education Coordinator and Members of ECFS Working Groups, Special Interest Groups, and Projects.
The aim of the ECFS Education Committee is to work closely with ECFS members to (1) to support the development of a clear, standardised curriculum to enhance teaching, learning and assessment in the field of CF, (2) to assess unmet educational needs (of CF Healthcare Professionals or applicable disciplines), and support the development of new educational material (3), to formulate, approve and monitor policy and strategy for curriculum, learning and assessment, and (4) to evaluate existing educational resources to be referenced.
About ECFS
The European Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Society is an international community of scientific and clinical professionals committed to improving survival and quality of life for people with CF by promoting high quality research, education and care.
The ECFS has developed a number of educational activities so far: the ECFS annual conference, the Basic Science conference, the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, the Education Platform and the development of guidelines and CF courses.
eLearning programme on cystic fibrosis (CF)
The ECFS has developed an e-learning education programme on cystic fibrosis (CF).
The programme is intended for all caregivers in CF from allied-health professionals to medical doctors, at all stages of care and knowledge on CF, either beginning to care about patients with CF or seeking knowledge and guidance on a specific topic. The programme consists of three parts, each part designed to build on the knowledge acquired in the previous parts:
1. Cystic fibrosis for beginners
2. More about CF
3. Becoming a CF clinical expert: How to manage…
Care givers beginning in CF will find in the first and second parts of the programme the broad knowledge they need to begin working in the CF field. Experienced clinicians who encounter a very specific situation may learn in the third part the main guidelines for care and treatment of this situation.
The first part of the ECFS eLearning programme on CF is intended for members of the multidisciplinary team beginning in CF, and available on this website. After completion of the first part, the learner:
– will have acquired the main knowledge necessary to begin taking care of patients with CF: cause and physiopathology of CF, epidemiology, main clinical features, principles of treatment
– will be able to assist a CF specialist and to fully benefit from a training in a CF centre