Volunteering to improve health worldwide. Current trends in Out of Programme Experience/Training in the UK 2014

摘要

Voluntary partnerships and volunteering schemes have a key role in improving health worldwide, bringing mutual benefits to both home and host countries [1,2]. In the United Kingdom, there has been an increasing interest in encouraging trainees to take overseas placements. These periods out of specialist training are termed 'Out of Programme Experience/Training' (OOPE/T), and require careful negotiation within the career path. OOPE/T involves formal approval from overseeing bodies and needs to be relevant to training pathways [3].