Visiting Medical Student Programme

We are excited to launch the Visiting Medical Student Programme, designed to address the shortage of trained radiology professionals and attract top medical students to the field. Medical students in their final two years of study are invited to participate in one or two trial weeks in radiology, either during the year or over the summer, to gain insight into the diversity and variability of the speciality and increase the likelihood of pursuing it as a career.

Hosting institutions

Hôpital Avicenne, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Seine Saint-Denis
Interventional Radiology Unit
Bobigny, France

Programme duration
– two weeks in March or June

Eligibility criteria
– education: initial experience with Interventional Radiology
– languages: English and French
– country of origin: EU countries

Contact person at the hosting institution:
Prof. Olivier Seror

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
Advanced Radiodiagnostics Centre
Rome, Italy

Programme duration
Two weeks from 1. October to 1. June

Eligibility criteria
– education: interest in Radiology
– languages: English
– country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Prof. Evis Sala

University Medical CentrE Rostock
Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Paediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology
Rostock, Germany

Programme duration
Up to four weeks; students are accepted throughout the year

Eligibility criteria
– education: interest in radiology
– languages: English language is mandatory, knowledge of German is advantageous
– country of origin: EU Countries

Contact person at the hosting institution
Mrs. Theresa Pelke

Thoraxklinik
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine
Heidelberg, Germany

Programme duration
From two weeks up to a year; students are accepted throughout the year

Eligibility criteria
Education: forth year of medical school and above
Languages: English and German
Country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Prof. Dr Claus Peter Heußel

Rizgary Hospital
Department of Radiology
Erbil, Iraq

Programme duration
One week; students are accepted throughout the year

Eligibility criteria
– education: interest in radiology
– languages: English
– country of origin: only for Iraqi students

Contact person at the hosting institution
Dr Shino Bahadine

General Hospital Ca’Foncello
Department of Radiology
Treviso, Italy

Programme duration
Two weeks; from January to May or from September to December

Eligibility criteria
– education: fifth year of medical school and above
– languages: English and Italian
– country of origin: EU Countries

Contact person at the hosting institution
Dr Giovanni Morana

Heart Centre Leipzig – University Leipzig
Department of Radiology
Leipzig, Germany

Programme duration
Four weeks; students are accepted throughout the year

Eligibility criteria
– education: Interest in Radiology
– languages: English language is mandatory, knowledge of German is advantageous
– country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Prof. Dr Matthias Gutberlet

Additional information:
Participants are responsible for their housing and health insurance arrangements for the period of their stay. Heart Centre Leipzig cannot provide any salary or scholarship.

Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital
Diagnostic Radiology Institute
Riga, Latvia

Programme duration
Two weeks; from September to April

Eligibility criteria
– education: fifth year of medical school and above
– languages: English
– country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Assoc. Prof. Maija Radzina

Erasmus Medical Centre
Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Programme duration
Two weeks, exact dates TBA
Tentative dates:
weeks  2-4  //  12-14  //  22-24  //  42-44

Eligibility criteria
– education: students must be in their last two years of medical school and have an interest in radiology
– languages: English is mandatory, knowledge of Dutch is advantageous
– country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Dr Mohamed Attrach

Additional information
Students are responsible for their should housing arrangements as the hospital cannot help in that regard.

Vienna General Hospital – Medical University Vienna
Department of Bioimaging and Image-Guided Therapy
Vienna, Austria

Programme duration
Two weeks; students are accepted throughout the year

Eligibility criteria
– education: students must be in their last two years of medical school and have an interest in radiology
– languages: English or German
– country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Mrs. Christine Arnecker

County Emergency Hospital Cluj-Napoca
Department of Radiology and Imaging
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Programme duration
Two weeks; students are accepted throughout the year

Eligibility criteria
– education: students must be in their last two years of medical school and have an interest in radiology
– languages: English
– country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Prof. Paul Andrei Stefan

Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe
Department of Radiology
Valencia, Spain

Programme duration
One week; from February to June or from October to November

Eligibility criteria
– education: students must be in their last two years of medical school and have an interest in radiology
– languages: Spanish and English
– country of origin: any country

Contact person at the hosting institution
Dr Fernando Aparici

Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital
Department of Radiology
Liverpool, UK

Programme duration
One week; during the Summer months

Eligibility criteria
– education: enrolled to medical school, interest in radiology
– languages: English
– country of origin: only for the UK students

Contact person at the hosting institution
Dr Marousa Ntouskou