ESTS International  Exchange Programme

Preface from  Tomasz Grodzki, President of ESTS 2003-4

It is well known that despite progress in telecommunication, personal contact still remains one of the most effective means of practical education in medicine. Many of us have visited other centers to observe clinical practice and developed friendships with other thoracic surgeons on the basis of such training visits. It is relatively easy to arrange such exchange if a trainee works in an academic department but young, talented people from smaller centers sometimes experience difficulties in this process.

Therefore ESTS has decided to help our young members to organize short term training visits in foreign centers. We have prepared a questionnaire to collect details of such exchanges as a first step to increase the number of visits. The data we collect will be available in an information bank on the web for our members.

Contents

Please provide the following information about your Institution:

Organization
Street Address
Address (cont.)
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
Country
Work Phone
FAX
E-mail
Web page

Please provide the following contact information for the Head of the Institution:

Name
Title
Organization
Street Address
Address (cont.)
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
Country
Work Phone
FAX
E-mail

Please provide the following contact information for the person the visitor should deal with directly:

Name
Title
Organization
Street Address
Address (cont.)
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
Country
Work Phone
FAX
E-mail

Do you prefer 1,2,3 or 4 weeks as duration of training?:

One
Two
Three
Four

What part of the year is preferred?:


Please list up to 5 procedures performed at your Department which you consider particularly interesting for visitors (please include common as well as rare procedures with special attantion to highlights - specific approach, technique, shortcuts etc):

Number per year  DESCRIPTION

Will you be able to provide accomodation for the visitor (preferred in the hospital or in the vicinity)? Please provide a few details including approximate cost of one weeks stay.


Will the hospital be able to provide:

Breakfast
Lunch

Will you require a letter of recommendation from the Head of the visitors department?

Yes
No

What other documentation will you require from the visitor to arrange the visit?


Prepared by Richard Berrisford and Tomasz Grodzki.
Copyright © 2004 [European Society of Thoracic Surgeons]. All rights reserved.
Revised: 27-08-04