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EastMINT Project

This initiative by ESMINT is steered by the Eastern Countries Committee, chaired by Ivan Vukasinovic, and is aimed at raising Interventional Standards and Practice in the level of Ischemic Stroke Care (ISC) in Eastern Europe.

Aims

  • To raise the level of care in interventional stroke centers in Eastern Europe.
  • To assist in setting up, organizing and/or improving stroke centers with local and/or national support.
  • To provide a complete theoretical & practical training for Neurointerventionalists.
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Programme

The programme will run for one year and will focus on 3 areas:

  1. EDUCATION:
    Support will be offered to participants to attend the EXMINT coure, the Skills Training course and to attend the ESMINT Congress. Participants will also be encouraged to take part in the ESMINT e-Fellowship programme.
  2. E-PROCTORSHIP:
    Remote proctoring by the means of telemedicine under supervision and support of mentors in the neurointerventional field.
  3. OBSERVERSHIP:
    Grants will be offered to a neurointerventionalist physician for a one-month observership at one of the designated centers.

Pilot programme

Starting in early 2025, a pilot study will be carried out with four centers: Republic of Northern Macedonia (Skopje), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) and Serbia (Novi Sad), Montenegro (Podgorica).

Following the review of data and feedback collected in the pilot programme and cost analysis, we will evaluate the possibility of repeating the programme on a larger scale.

The evaluation will be carried out by a committee consisting of the Chair of the EastMINT Committee, the Head of the Education Cluster, and the Board of ESMINT, alongside delegates from ESO and MENC.