News from Belgium

From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks
Subject: Webinar: Training for physicians on YPWCs, March 9, 2023 [in Dutch]


For those of you understanding Dutch: There is an online training by
Leuven University, Belgium, for physicians on YPWCs.

Title: The tired Adolescent
Station: Pentalfa
Leuven University
Date: March 9 2023
Time: 19:00 UTC
URL:
https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/pentalfa/sessies/de-vermoeide-adolescent/
Google translation:
https://gbiomed-kuleuven-be.transla..._sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Rerun: https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/pentalfa/herbekijken/
Email: pentalfa@kuleuven.be
Registration: https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/pentalfa/sub/?webinarRegister=true&sessie=304497

 

From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks


May 11, the University Leuven 'Continuing Education Programme' Pentalfa
in Belgium will organize a free online symposium (in Dutch) on
Post-Covid, including ME/CFS, for MDs.

Date: May 11, 2023
Time: 18:00 UTC
URL: http://www.pentalfa.be
WebTV:
https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/pentalfa/algemene-informatie/zoom-webinar/
Google translation from Dutch to English,

https://gbiomed-kuleuven-be.transla..._sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Info is available at,

https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/pentalfa/sessies/langdurige-klachten-na-covid-19/
Google-translation from Dutch to English,

https://gbiomed-kuleuven-be.transla..._sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Register at,

https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/pentalfa/sub/?webinarRegister=true&sessie=304608

The symposium will be archived online at,
https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/pentalfa/herbekijken/

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Multi-disciplinary approach. Two psychiatrists invited that make a comparison with CFS. Talking about tailor-making recovery pathways(with what?). This doesn't look good.

 

Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks has highlighted newspaper reports about complaints regarding Elke Van Hoof (Belgian CFS researcher). The reports date to May 2023 but the computer only found the reports only this morning.

https://www.hln.be/binnenland/burn-...hoof-klagen-toxisch-leiderschap-aan~a0ceddd5/
https://www.bruzz.be/samenleving/in...ke-van-hoof-vub-voor-toxisch-leiderschap-2023
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/0...n-out-behandeling-die-dan-toch-niet-zo-spect/
https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230512_97227259
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/0...sor-elke-van-hoof-reageert-op-aantijgingen-o/
https://www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/...kers-klagen-toxisch-leiderschap-aan~b0ceddd5/
https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20230504_97019891
https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/ook-...ndanks-gebrek-aan-academisch-bewijs~b32d0925/

 

Dr. Elke Van Hoof is a psychologist who previously worked with Kenny De Meirleir and published several papers on CFS. She then moved to other things such as burnout and hypersensitivity. In the articles, her team accused her of toxic leadership. She also made some questionable claims about Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment for burn-out.