LEARNING OBJECTIVES

EUMASS Congress Learning Objectives

The 25^th EUMASS Congress provides a venue for presenting research and practice and policy developments for insurance medicine innovation as well as for spreading evidence-based knowledge of clinical relevance.

Professionals in insurance medicine and associated professionals attending the 25th EUMASS Congress will be able to:

• Interpret and summarize innovative methods and scientific advances in insurance medicine, social security, work-related disease and adjacent specialties;
• Identify the latest data and emerging trends from studies in scientific and good practices research;
• Discuss their knowledge of evidence-based approaches in insurance medicine;
• Explain emerging diagnostic and risk-assessment strategies in the management of insurance medical claims;
• Use practical knowledge, skills and adopt an ethical attitude through educational activities and reflection;
• Contribute to health promotion, prevention, and rehabilitation through knowledge of legal, socio-economic and technological aspects;
• Communicate, collaborate and network with representatives of a large international audience: medical professionals, national insurance societies, researchers and other third parties.

Procedures Used to Identify Learning Needs

In the process of identifying the learning needs, the following procedures have been used:

• The EUMASS Council has identified gaps of knowledge through benchmarking procedures.
• The EUMASS Council has analysed feedback from the participants of earlier congresses.
• The EUMASS Scientific Committee has identified the areas of active scientific development in insurance medicine.
• The EUMASS Scientific Committee has, through their group of experts, analysed the need of knowledge from a scientific viewpoint.
• An expert group of EUMASS has surveyed educational gaps by mapping the field of insurance medicine in Europe.
• The EUMASS Organizing Committee has met with representatives from Belgium.
• The EUMASS Organizing Committee has used national workshops with other authorities including the Public Health Care and Counties.
• The EUMASS Organizing Committee has analysed the Belgium Learning Outcomes for the medical education in order to become a certified specialist physician.
• The EUMASS Council organised focus groups to identify educational gaps.
• The EUMASS Scientific Committee has put all this information together into a list of topics to address and of experts who would address these topics at the congress.