IPA Regional Initiatives
First Eastern European Summer Course
ASOCIAŢIA ROMÂNĂ DE GERONTOPSIHIATRIE
IPA Eastern European Initiative &
Romanian Association of Geriatric Psychiatry
announce the
First Eastern European Summer Course
INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRIC ASSOCIATION
“INTRODUCTION IN OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY”
29 August - 4 September 2004
Oradea, Romania
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It gives to us great pleasure to invite you to participate in the First Old Age Psychiatry Summer Course, scheduled to take place in Oradea, Romania, 29 August – 4 September 2004. This course is organised by the International Psychogeriatric Association’s (IPA) Eastern European Initiative and the Romanian Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (ARG), for young psychiatrists from Eastern European countries.
In Romania, Old Age Psychiatry has been recognized as a subspecialty since 2001. The number of professionals working in the field is still too low to meet the needs of care of elderly with mental disorders. Our goal is to provide the basic skills of old age psychiatry at a high scientific level to more and more young psychiatrists in our part of the world. This will help them to be able to face to the problems raised by mental health in the elderly.
The first course in geriatric psychiatry with international participation was organised in 2000, during the 28th Congress of the European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. Now IPA and ARG are presenting an intensive 7-day course that will introduce essentials of geriatric psychiatry. We hope this course will enhance young general psychiatrists’ professional effectiveness. Caring of the mentally ill elderly requires an understanding of biological changes in late life and specificity of elderly mental disorders, recognition of medical co-morbidity in the elderly, the high prevalence of depression, and cognitive and non-cognitive symptoms of dementia. We believe that elderly mental illnesess are under-recognized and under-treated. Thus we hope that because of this course these disorders might be recognizable, understandable and better treated. The course will take place at Oradea and Felix Spa.
Felix Spa, a thermal watering resort is located in Bihor County near Oradea, in the northwestern part of Romania. The thermal water at Bath Felix is more than 24,000 years old. The main cure factor of Felix Spa is the slightly radioactivity of thermal mineral water. The beauty of the thermal lake is ‘Nymphaea lotus thermalis’ a relic of the luxuriant flora of the Tertiary Age.
We welcome you to Oradea and Felix in August 2004!
Dr. Nicoleta Tataru
President of ARG
Member of IPA Board of Directors
Dr. Catalina Tudose
Vice-president of ARG
President of Romanian AD Society
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The International Psychogeriatric Association’s Eastern European Initiative and the Romanian Association of Geriatric Psychiatry are organizing this course. It will take place over 7 days, 7 hours daily, and will include an introduction to Geriatric Psychiatry, clinical features of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and also clinical features of other late life disorders.
Location
All sessions will take place at the Dacia Continental Hotel*** in Oradea.
Please make your reservations at your earliest convenience.
Language
The official language of the course is English. The lecturers will be professors and doctors who are members of IPA and ARG.
Insurance
It is recommended that all participants carry the proper individual medical travel and health insurance.
Certificate of attendance
Those who complete the course will receive a certificate of attendance which will recognise your abilities in geriatric psychiatry and will give evidence of your educational participation which might be helpful for accreditation in your country as a geriatric psychiatrist. This course is enlisted in the Romanian CME accreditation program of National Post-Graduate Institute for Doctors and Pharmachologists, and the Romanian Medical College.
Passport and visa
A valid passport is required for entry into Romania. Visas may be required for participants from some countries.
Accommodation is available at the Hotel Dacia Continental*** Oradea, Romania
The prices are per night and include breakfast and lunch along with free access to the outside swimming pool.
SINGLE room per night:
Hotel*** EURO 40 Hotel** EURO DOUBLE room per night per person:
Hotel*** EURO 30 Hotel** EURO
Travel information
Oradea is accessible by rail, road and air. It is possible to reach Oradea by plane to Budapest, Timisoara or Bucharest. We shall organise the transfer from and to these airports for you by bus or train. (Oradea is 600km from Bucharest, the flight-time is 1h.15m. Your visa should be obtained in the airport or in your country); by train, around 12h from Bucharest to Oradea, 3h from Timisoara and 5h from Budapest to Oradea. Bad Felix is 10km from Oradea.
To find out more about the course or to register, please contact Dr. Nicoleta Tataru or IPA Secretariat
