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European Dermatology Forum

 

The practice of dermatology has, over the past 30 years, been distinguished by its transition from provision of essentially empirical treatments to a practice in which rational therapies, based on enhanced knowledge of the pathogenesis of disease, are administered. Coincidentally, the boundaries between organ specific specialities such as our own have become blurred. Thus there is now great overlap with numerous other medical disciplines.

 

Our aim

 

Recognising the need to address these issues, seven academic dermatologists, all heads of university departments, formed the European Dermatology Forum (EDF) in 1997 as a non-profit professional organisation dedicated to improving the healthcare needs of dermatology patients in Europe. At its inception the EDF published a document setting out its mission and this continues to remain at the core of its activities.

 

Mission Statement

 

To implement actions aimed at preventing skin disease and improving the quality of healthcare for dermatologic & venereologic patients in Europe, notably by strengthening the position and reducing the health economic impact of dermato-venereology and its several subspecialties such as allergology and dermato-oncology to the benefit of our patients and our profession.

 

The European Dermatology Forum (EDF)

A non-profit professional organization dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare for Dermatology patients in Europe...

EDF Guidelines

Under the guidance of the EDF Guideline Committee the EDF has,
to date, published more than 35 guidelines on the management of skin disease.

Cyberderm

 

Cyberderm is an interactive, systematic and case-oriented multilingual online e-learning platform...

Euroderm Excellence

 

For many years the EDF is organizing a highly appreciated training program for European Residents in dermatology & venereology. The intensiv course is delivered to a selected ›100 final-year Dermatology residents, by several Professors of Dermatology and specialists in their field from all across Europe. The aim is to contribute to a high-level of pan-European education in dermatology & venereology and its subspecialties and to help to harmonize the level of knowledge according to the European training charter for medical specialities.

Erasmus+ HEDULEARNIT

 

Harmonized European Dermato-Venereology Undergraduate blended LEARNing Implementation and Training

The aim of the project concerns the harmonization of the undergraduate training in the medical discipline dermato-venereology in Europe.
About 20-25% of all physician consultations refer to problems of the skin. Thus Dermato- Venereology reflects a very important core component in the undergraduate training of medical students. However, after graduation less than 3% of doctors in Europe are going to specialize in the field of Dermato-Venereology.

White Book

 

The European Dermatology Forum (EDF) launches the 6th edition of its White Book: "The Challenge of Skin Diseases in Europe" (Edition 2020).