The EFOMP Erasmus+ traineeship scheme

Abstract

The Erasmus+ scheme has been a game changer for education and training in Europe. The great majority of healthcare professions have schemes for their students and the prospect of having an experience at a foreign academic and/or healthcare organisation is considered one of the highlights of university undergraduate student life. Students simply love it and such an opportunity makes any programme and profession more attractive to students, hence increasing student numbers in the respective profession. Yet the Medical Physics profession has not done this in a systematic manner and on a European scale. This does not reflect well on the profession and the EFOMP Education and Training Committee decided to take up the challenge. There are several Erasmus+ schemes that one can adopt. For reasons explained later, we chose the Erasmus+ traineeship scheme. More information on the Erasmus+ training scheme can be found here https://erasmus plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities/individuals/students/ traineeship-student. This year we have schemes from Malta, Germany, Greece and Ireland. For the following year, organizations from the Netherlands and France have already shown interest.