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Professional Practice Committee
Programme Committee
Training Committee
International Medical Advisory Committee
ECTS Grants Committee
The Grants Committee will have a minimum of 3 and a
maximum of 5 members. Grant reviewers will be selected
by the Committee, depending on grant application topics.
The Committee membership should reflect a diversity
of interests and geographical location.
The Committee has the following responsibilities delegated
to it by the ECTS Board:
- Advise ECTS Board on issues and policies regarding
current or potential grants and awards
- Consider grant and award nominees and select appropriate
grant reviewers, taking into account any contractual
conditions (eg: Amgen award)
- Collate and examine reviewers’ marks and
comments and make recommendations to the ECTS Board,
who has the responsibility for the final selection
Any conflicts of interest must be declared. Committee
members must not mark or comment on any grant/award
application if they have a conflict.
ECTS Professional
Practice Committee
Minimum of 10 professionals, with no maximum
number, representing a wide geographical diversity.
Chair - President of ECTS, or nominated by President
Term of office - to remain in office until terminated
by either party
Accountable to ECTS Board.
Responsibilities:
- to comment on topical issues of clinical importance
- to respond to specific clinical queries where ECTS
has been asked to give a view
- to identify the needs of ECTS members who are in
clinical practice.
- to assist with satisfying the educational requirements
of ECTS members by working closely with the ECTS Training
and Programme Committees to identify areas that require
debate at the annual meeting and suitable topics for
training courses
ECTS Programme
Committee
Minimum of 15 and maximum of 20 members.
Chair - normally President of ECTS, but can be delegated.
Selected by ECTS Board, to reflect a diversity of interests
and geographical locations.
Term of office for the duration of the programme planning
period.
Accountable to ECTS Board.
Responsibilities:
- Recommend speakers and topics for the ECTS annual
meeting
- Assist in compiling preliminary programme
- Advise on general format and timetable for the
meeting
- Advise on any potential conflicts of interest
- Advise on potential abstract reviewers
- Review abstracts in own subject area
- Attend abstracts selection meeting if required
ECTS Training
Committee
Minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 members
Chair - appointed by the Board
Members nominated by ECTS membership and approved by
the Board
1-year Term of Office, eligible for re-appointment
Accountable to ECTS Board
Responsibilities:
- Consider the educational needs of ECTS members
- Recommend and approve new training programmes
International Medical Advisory Committee
This ad hoc Committee was set up by the ECTS Board of Directors in response to the current changing market forces and international economies which will affect future ECTS strategies.
The main purpose of this advisory committee of key opinion leaders is to advise the President and the Board on Medical Affairs and in particular:
- Advise on strategic programming for future annual conferences, both in terms of scientific content and venues
- Advise on relations with the pharmaceutical industry and current and future relevant issues and clinical trials
- Help to maintain and develop our impact on clinically relevant issues and on clinical practice and practitioners
The current members of this committee are:
Silvano Adami, Roland Baron, (Chair), Dennis Black, Steven Boonen, Cyrus Cooper, Steven Cummings, Adolfo Diez-Perez, Richard Eastell, Erik Eriksen, Bente Langdahl, Robert Lindsay, Tosho Matsumoto, Michael McClung, Socrates Papapoulos, Stuart Ralston, Ian Reid, Rene Rizzoli, Christian Roux, Ethel Siris, Nelson Watts
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