Preliminary program

Material on the situation of audiology in the participating countries can be downloaded on this page.

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

9.00 B. Kollmeier: Welcome & Introduction to the conference
  T. Lenarz: Welcome address on behalf of the German Society of Audiology
J. Kießling: Outcomes of the Rauischholzhausen meeting in 1999
J. Verschuure: European approach to higher education in audiology: the EFAS-perspective
10.00

Brief reports of the delegates on

  • situation of audiology in the respective country
  • existing university programs related to audiology

Note:

  • Each delegate is requested to submit materials to be put on the conference webspace beforehand (i.e., before Dec. 15th)
  • Presentations should be 1-2 minutes per delegate (not more than 2 slides!)
  • The submitted material and presentations can be downloaded from the page with a list of participants by clicking on download image in the corresponding row.
10.30 Coffee break
11.00

Continuation of report of the delegates,
Formation of working groups, such as, for example:

Set I of working groups:

  • Curriculum and common features of existing programs in Technical Audiology
  • Curriculum and common features of existing programs in Medical Audiology
  • Curriculum and common features of existing programs in Pedagogical Audiology

Set II of working groups

  • Core curriculum across different programs
  • Exchange points and options across different programs & funding options for exchange programs (e.g., to be applied for at the EU-level)
  • Political and legal issues (what is the "general audiologist" and "audiology expert" allowed/not allowed to do)
12.00 Lunch break
13.30 Meeting of the working groups (Set I) in separate rooms
15.00 Coffee/Tea break
15.30 Report from the working groups in the plenary
16.00 Meeting of the working groups (Set II) in separate rooms
17.30 Report from the working groups in the plenary
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Plenary: Continuation of the report, General discussion
20.00 Social program



Friday, January 18th, 2008

8.30

Plenary discussion:

  • How do the different programs represent the "Spirit of Rauischholzhausen"?
  • Are we converging towards the "General Audiologist" and "Audiology Specialist"?
  • Professional fields in Audiology in interaction with university curricula
    Formation of working groups, such as, for example:
  • Setting up a website for audiology higher education in Europe
  • Definition of minimum standards for higher education programs in audiology
  • Writing up grant proposals
  • Organizing practical training courses/exchange programs across countrie
10.00 Coffee/Tea break
10.30 Meeting of the working groups in parallel sessions
12.00 Lunch
12.45

Plenary meeting

  • Report from the working groups
  • Wrap-up of the conference
  • Concluding remarks, Farewell
14.00 End of conference