(ENT) are to represent Neurologist Trainees on a European
level, promote clinical exchange, develope access to education
and research, provide an informative service and forster
European culture.
The purposes of the ENT are in particular
1) Representation:The aim is to represent all European
Neurologist Trainees on an Europeanlevel by:
a) collaborating with the national Neurologic societies b) collaborating with the national Junior Neurology associations c) enhancing the development of national Junior associations d) direct representation of individuals and legal persons, who aremembers of the ENT in accordance with the statutes and are not representedby (a)-(c) e) maintain a continous discussion with the responsable scientific,educational and administrative bodies.
exchange for neurologist trainees within Europe.
a) funding: create a fund which will allow the provision of grants forclinical work for young neurologists b) recognition of rotations: find ways how the recognition of clinicalrotations within Europe can be facilitated. This needs to be done on anEuropean and national level. c) security: health insurance, legal insurance. Adapt existing policiesfrom University (e.g. Erasmus) and scientific exchange programms (e.g.DAAD) to find favorable conditions with insurance companies (e.g. groupcontracts). d) Language courses: provide informations about European languageschools, that are specialised in training professionals in the health sector.
3) Access to Education:
a) summarize and express the needs of Neurologist Trainees in discussion withthe responsable national and international organisations. b) get involved into the recently started efforts to make specialist trainingin Europe more transparent and contribute to quality control. In Brussels medical specialist are represented by the U.E.M.S. (). Suggestions for aNeurology Training Programme exist.
c) on a national level such a discussion as already started in France the French association has been invited.
4) Access to Research:A difficulty young Neurologists with a clinical background face is to get ontheir feet in research.
a) promote and encourage bottom-up research. b) facilitate discussion and contacts within the scientific comunity on aninformal and personal way. c) establish early contacts for possible future cooperation
5) Info service:
a) collect and archive informations about the different neurologicaltraining programms in Europe.b ) make such informations available via internet, mail and publications. c) provide informations about Hospitals that can offer clinical rotations within an exchange programme.
6) Culture:The aim is to forster an European culture among European Neurologists by
a) encouraging participation at European congresses (e.g. ENS, EFNS) b) financial support for young Neurologist who intent to "volunteer" intasks concerning the benefit of the European society (e.g. medical,logistic or translator activity in regions of natural catastrophy - e.g.Turkey) c) organization of workshops for young Neurologists d) everything that is of benefit for the European society