Logo of the staff training week EMedTrain The School of Medicine of the University of Minho.

The staff training week EMedTrain will be held from 23 to 26 May at the School of Medicine of the University of Minho. 

The School of Medicine of the University of Minho (UMinho) coordinates EMedTrain, in the framework of the Erasmus+ staff training programme, from 23 to 26 May 2022. The aims of this training week are promoting intercultural communicational skills; strengthening ties with current partners and extending them to new ones; and, broadening participants’ horizons through different perspectives and different working methods.

In EMedTrain participants will have the opportunity to make a presentation of their case and join group discussions. Besides, the programme includes seminars and workshops, as well as cultural visits to the surrounding monuments.

The event will have eight different tracks with specific programmes in the following areas:

  • International Affairs Office.
  • Communication Office/ Alumni Medicine.
  • Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS).
  • Animal Facilities Unit (UBiot).
  • Center for Health Innovation – B.acis.
  • Clinical Academic Center of Braga – 2CA-Braga.
  • Medical Education Unit.
  • Clinical Skills Lab.

The cost of the registration fee is 150 euros and comprises a useful kit; the lunches and coffee breaks; the cultural visits; the tours to the UMinho facilities and infrastructures; and the networking dinner.

Applications for registration can be submitted online using this electronic form until 31 March 2022. Registrants should note that the event will only take place if health services recommendations and the pandemic scenario allows it.