European Federation of Psychiatry Trainees (EFPT) Exchange Programme :
Growing Experience in Portugal
Vítor Pimenta1, Mariana Pinto da Costa1, Catarina Klut2, Cátia Guerra3 João Cruz Santos4, Inês Fernandes4 , Fernando Ochoa Leite1, Cátia Moreira5, Clara Feteanu6, Marina Fistonic7
1Hospital
de Magalhães Lemos, Oporto, Portugal 2Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE, Amadora, Portugal, 3Centro Hospitalar São João, Oporto, Portugal,4Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarem , Portugal, 5Centro
Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 6University René Descartes-Paris, France,, 7 Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
Introduction
The EFPT Exchange Programme was created in 2011 as the first exchange programme for Psychiatry Trainees in Europe. Its main goal
has been to provide the possibility to undertake observational rotations in different countries, for a period of two to six weeks.
Objectives:
The authors intend to update, analyze and characterize the participation of Portugal in the EFPT Exchange Programme from its beginning
(Pilot) up till now (7th phase).
Method:
We analysed all the EFPT Exchange applications of trainees from Portugal, as well as those from the other European coleagues that
elected Portugal as their host country. The following variables were collected: sex, year of Psychiatry training, place of origin, specific
training programme and chosen city.
Results:
Portugal has started the EFPT Exchange Programme since its inception, having progressively expanded the number of placements
available for trainees in different cities across the country.
Median age: 28,5 ; Sex: F:10 ; M:9 Country Programme Nr UK Maudsley Training Programme; London Severn Training Programme, Bristol 7 Spain First PsychoBc episode Day Hospital, Madrid Homeless Programme, Madrid 4 CroaBa Sleep and circadian neurophysiology, Zagreb 1 Ireland CAP General Adult, Old Age, Dublin 2 Overall applica'ons evolu'on Hospital, City Programme Hospital de Magalhães Lemos, Oporto (HML) Electroconvulsivetherapy (ECT) Centro Hospitalar de São João, Oporto (CHSJ) Contact young people aQer first Psycho'c Episode Ea'ng disorders (ED) Family Therapy Psycho-­‐oncology Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosoma'cs General Adult Psychiatry Day Hospital Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora (HFF) Community Psychiatry Unit Consulta'on and Liaison Psychiatry Unit Acute Inpa'ent Psychiatry Unit + ECT Par'al Hospitaliza'on Unit (Day Hospital) Hospital Distrital de Santarém (HDS) Liaison Psychiatry Bipolar Disorder Consulta'on Child and Adolescence Psychiatry (CAP) Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa (CHPL) , Lisbon Adult Psychiatry ECT First Psycho'c Episode Unit Day Hospital Neuropsiquiatria e psiquiatria do idoso Forensic Psychiatry Rehab EFPT
EXCHANGE | PORTUGAL
Since the beginning, 19 applications for the Exchange have
been submitted in Portugal, having 14 trainees from Portugal
proceeded effectively and participated in the EFPT Exchange
Programme.
Portuguese Candidates (n=19): Applica'ons from Portugal 5th 1st 4th 2nd 3rd Year of training Of the 17 applications received, 14 were approved and we
are pleased to have indeed hosted 11 trainees from other
countries in Portugal for their Exchange Programmes.
Candidates to Portugal Programmes (n=17): Median age: 27,5 ; Sex: F:14 ; M:3 Applica'ons to Portugal City Programme Nr Oporto (HML) ECT 4 Oporto (CHSJ) ED Family Therapy Liaison Psychiatry 5 Lisbon (HFF) Community Psychiatry Unit 1 Santarem (HDF) CAP 1 Year of training Discussion/Conclusion:
The EFPT Exchange Programme provides to trainees the opportunity to contact with other mental health systems, getting contact with different intercultural aspects of
psychiatry, both through clinical and research activities. The EFPT Exchange Programme in Portugal is having an important role in the improvement of training and
psychiatric practice, supporting trainees and contributing to the expansion of the international network of professionals in this area. The increasing participation and
increased programme options confirm the relevance and the prestige of this project within the Psychiatry training in Portugal, for which we want to acknowledge the
associated Hospitals and Universities in Portugal that enable this.