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From FMUL to Everywhere!
Pre-application to mobility programs to be held next year (2012/2013) met, not surprisingly, with great adherence by medical students at FMUL.
It is not a surprise because, every year, there has been a significant amount of students in mobility programs, either from FMUL to other countries and coming from our partner faculties abroad to FMUL as well, to be part of their curricular training as future doctors.
The Erasmus program is undoubtedly the most successful European program in promoting mobility among university students. In a bilateral relationship between partner institutions, this program has been responsible for the mobility of a large number of students who act as agents of change and promote different paradigms, mentalities and methodologies. What they, as actors of knowledge transmission, acquire is unquestionable.
Universities most sought by our students are still those from France and Italy, including the universities of Paris and Rome. Reasons for this preference have to do with the recognition of quality teaching, widely reputed. Another reason has to do with the beauty and historical, cosmopolitan character of these cities.
However, a new trend has come among the applications presented at the Center for International Cooperation (CNC) for the next school year. A significant proportion of candidates were interest in the UK and Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro.
Many of these students set out to go to London hospitals in order to conduct clinical stages, in their 6th year. The FMUL Erasmus coordinator made an effort to establish contacts in order to facilitate the implementation of such mobilities, and the truth is some students have already been accepted and will certainly take internships in these renowned hospitals in London.
The growing interest in mobility to Brazil is perhaps a consequence, 1st, of an also growing number of Brazilian students arriving in FMUL, 2nd, of the acknowledgment of the advanced and quality medical practice in Brazil, and, 3rd, of Brazil being, today, a country with economic growth, which may provide the best professionals good living standards, in contrast to the Portuguese current economic situation.
For students who have completed their application process and were already accepted by their Brazilian University host, an obstacle to their mobility has recently come up. Federal universities across the country have been on strike for several months now, and that threatens to compromise these mobilities. The CNC and the UL Rectory have been making efforts to ensure these students have the opportunity to fulfill the proposed plans of study or internship offered, although this may not be the case, least the strike come to a term soon.
We present a summary of mobilities to take place, highlighting the main host countries:
Mobility for studies:
1st - Italy
2nd - France
3rd - Germany
Mobility for training courses / internship:
1st - Brazil
2nd - United Kingdom
3rd - France
The mobility of students within Europe and among countries with Portuguese as an official language is Increasingly a factor of change and improvement in the training of our academic community. These advantages will necessarily have a very positive impact in a developing, modern society. The idea that we can move across borders and “assimilate” the knowledge of other societies in situ, is a powerful tool for development, that should be encouraged.
Tânia Simões
Equipa Editorial
news@fm.ul.pt
It is not a surprise because, every year, there has been a significant amount of students in mobility programs, either from FMUL to other countries and coming from our partner faculties abroad to FMUL as well, to be part of their curricular training as future doctors.
The Erasmus program is undoubtedly the most successful European program in promoting mobility among university students. In a bilateral relationship between partner institutions, this program has been responsible for the mobility of a large number of students who act as agents of change and promote different paradigms, mentalities and methodologies. What they, as actors of knowledge transmission, acquire is unquestionable.
Universities most sought by our students are still those from France and Italy, including the universities of Paris and Rome. Reasons for this preference have to do with the recognition of quality teaching, widely reputed. Another reason has to do with the beauty and historical, cosmopolitan character of these cities.
However, a new trend has come among the applications presented at the Center for International Cooperation (CNC) for the next school year. A significant proportion of candidates were interest in the UK and Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro.
Many of these students set out to go to London hospitals in order to conduct clinical stages, in their 6th year. The FMUL Erasmus coordinator made an effort to establish contacts in order to facilitate the implementation of such mobilities, and the truth is some students have already been accepted and will certainly take internships in these renowned hospitals in London.
The growing interest in mobility to Brazil is perhaps a consequence, 1st, of an also growing number of Brazilian students arriving in FMUL, 2nd, of the acknowledgment of the advanced and quality medical practice in Brazil, and, 3rd, of Brazil being, today, a country with economic growth, which may provide the best professionals good living standards, in contrast to the Portuguese current economic situation.
For students who have completed their application process and were already accepted by their Brazilian University host, an obstacle to their mobility has recently come up. Federal universities across the country have been on strike for several months now, and that threatens to compromise these mobilities. The CNC and the UL Rectory have been making efforts to ensure these students have the opportunity to fulfill the proposed plans of study or internship offered, although this may not be the case, least the strike come to a term soon.
We present a summary of mobilities to take place, highlighting the main host countries:
Mobility for studies:
1st - Italy
2nd - France
3rd - Germany
Mobility for training courses / internship:
1st - Brazil
2nd - United Kingdom
3rd - France
The mobility of students within Europe and among countries with Portuguese as an official language is Increasingly a factor of change and improvement in the training of our academic community. These advantages will necessarily have a very positive impact in a developing, modern society. The idea that we can move across borders and “assimilate” the knowledge of other societies in situ, is a powerful tool for development, that should be encouraged.
Tânia Simões
Equipa Editorial
news@fm.ul.pt