General Information

Costs

The summer school pays for tuition, accommodation, meals, coffee breaks and the social program.

Participants cover their travel fares, the dinners on Tuesday and Thursday night (outside the regular social program), and any personal expenses during the stay including telephone and Internet costs from the hotel.

Participant contribution

The participants are expected to contribute actively to their learning experience :

1. A booklet with the current EUSI recommendations and recent reviews on major cerebrovascular topics is sent to the participants 4 weeks before the Summer School. Participants are expected to read this booklet before the School.
2. « Hands on seminars » : see Program Schedule.
3. Scientific project : Each participant will gather informations in his/her and other stroke units of his/her country about a specific topic to be determined (treatment attitudes, patient characteristics, referral patterns, etc.). One goal of such a project might be to get an idea about the adherence to EUSI guidelines. It is planned to use this project as an example how to design a study, how to collect epidemiological data, and how to apply basic statistics. A short publication with the results may be submitted to Cerebrovascular Diseases after the conference.

Climate

In June, the weather usually is summer-like, but cold and rainy wheather is not exceptional. Therefore, bring a raincoat and umbrella as well as your swimsuit. Daytime temperatures vary between 10° and 26° Celsius.

Company

As the number of hotel rooms and the places for the social program are limited, company is not permitted.

Social program

Common activities in the region, including dinner, are planned for all participants for Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening.
Tuesday and Thursday evening, no dinner is provided by the Summer School, and participants are free to go out and discover Lausanne and the region.

Last Update on 25.04.2008