Host Institutions
“The main value of the Gaining Experience Programme is seeing a different way of thinking and working. Being exposed to new structures, approaches, and clinical (and not only) cultures can really shift how you see your own practice. It’s giving back – I have benefitted myself from three different exchange programs in my training, which were pivotal in my career and how I view the field. I think that young professionals coming from elsewhere and sharing their experiences and discussing differences stimulate the discussion in our own practices”
Objectives
- Offer Early Career Psychiatrists short observership placements (2-8 weeks) in various renowned psychiatric institutions across Europe that will allow them to broaden their clinical, research, teaching skills and knowledge, and become familiar with different mental health systems in Europe.
- Improve mentoring and professional networks among experts and Early Career Psychiatrists.
- Gather more Early Careers Psychiatrists under the EPA Early Career Psychiatrists Committee (ECPC) umbrella.
Call for Host Institutions
The call for Host Institutions GEP 2027 is now officially closed.
Thank you to everyone who submitted an application! We will reply to you as soon as possible.
Programme Requirements
- For clinical purposes, applicants should be fluent in English and have notions of the host country language.
- Participants are encouraged to prepare a presentation about their work, institution and interests to be performed at the hosting institution as a way of sharing knowledge.
- As different countries have different regulations for patient confidentiality and right to clinical work, the exact level of patient contact or clinical participation during the placement should be discussed in advance with participant.
- Participants will be asked to write an observership report (example of reports).
2026 Selected Institutions
Discover below the list of host institutions participating to the 2026 edition of the Gaining Experience Programme :
- Unit of Clinical Psychiatry, Università Politenica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust / University of Warwick, Birmingham, UK
- University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- Queen Mary University of London & East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Post-Acute Care, University Hospital Center of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare, Fondazione (IRCCS) San Gerardo dei Titori, Monza, Italy
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
- Greek rTMS clinic of SynaΨe : European Medical Institute of Psychotherapy & Brain Stimulation, Thessaloniki, Greece
- University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče, Zagreb, Croatia