id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-329273-upzxscux Adeoti, Adekunle Olatayo The European Respiratory Society course on acute respiratory pandemics: how to plan for and manage them 2018-02-13 .txt text/plain 1295 66 40 The first European Respiratory Society (ERS) course on acute respiratory pandemics was organised to train and improve participants' knowledge on how to plan for and manage pandemics [7] . • Creating awareness, training medical personnel and planning an appropriate response at all healthcare levels is essential for pandemic preparedness. PREPARE is a European research framework designed to harmonise large-scale clinical research studies on infectious diseases in order to provide real-time evidence for clinical management and timely healthcare interventions during a pandemic (www.prepare-europe.eu). At the end of the workshop, situational reports were given by each stakeholder, underscoring the need for integrated care, effective communication skills, early research and information management in the event of an outbreak. Important take-home messages were the need to improve communication between stakeholders and establish effective collaboration in outbreak control, as well as early efforts to integrate research activities in the event of a pandemic. ERS training course: acute respiratory pandemics: how to plan and manage ./cache/cord-329273-upzxscux.txt ./txt/cord-329273-upzxscux.txt