Task Forces

Co-Chairs

Members

Ruben Hoffmann

• Inform BSC entities and its members on the current status and regional implementation of AI across Belgium
• Identify the technical and regulatory challenges in Belgian health care landscape  for AI-implementations
• Set-up training opportunities for cardiologists to integrate validated AI-applications safely into their clinical practice
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The Task Force members will:

• Define the role of the Task Force within the BSC and its key priorities
• Develop and execute strategies and initiatives to tackle AI challenges
• Develop an educational curriculum on AI in cardiology
• Engage in regular meetings
• Represent BSC in the ESC AI task force

Chair

To be defined

Members

Rik Willems

The transversal role of the task force is to:

• Identify knowledge gaps and initiate (multicenter) research focused on gender-related differences in epidemiology and treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases
• Identify and eliminate systemic biases and institutional barriers that limit women’s full participation in cardiovascular medicine
• Ensure that sex and gender considerations are integrated into clinical practice, research, and advocacy
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The Task Force members will:

• Define the role of the Task Force within the BSC and its key priorities
• Develop and support education on sex- and gender-sensitive cardiology for healthcare professionals in training and continuing education
• Increase awareness about gender bias in diagnosis, treatment, and research, and implementing concrete actions through awareness campaigns
• Develop and execute strategies and initiatives to tackle gender inequality in the cardiology profession
• Engage in regular meetings
• Represent BSC in the ESC Gender task force