EuroNet MRPH stands for the European Network of Medical Residents in Public Health, and constitutes a network of European National associations of Public Health training programmes, including medical and non-medical residents. It is a non-profit, international, independent and non-governmental association. One of its main aims is to facilitate exchanges and internship opportunities for medical residents in Public Health in all the countries taking part of the association.
Practice of public health is dictated by major and often very sudden changes of social, environmental and cultural milieu. For young professionals making their way in such a dynamic profession it is of vital importance to learn from the best and develop their skills at the most progressive and established public health institutions across Europe. Competent workforce is after all a necessary condition for a successful public health practice. Potentials for career, academic as well as personal development that such esteemed public health institutions hold can be best utilised by visiting those institutions and learning under supervision of experienced public health professionals.
Acknowledging this premise, EuroNet MRPH is setting the Internship Programme high on its priority list. Advocacy and coordination of public health resident’s internship opportunities has nonetheless been a focal point of EuroNet MRPH endeavours for many years.
If you happen to work for a university, national or international institution active in the field of public health or for a NGO that has internship placements available to medical residents in public health, please send an e-mail to internships@euronetmrph.org.
You can find the available internship placements below.
The list is being updated on a regular basis. We are working on adding additional placements, including universities, national and international institutions and NGOs to the list.
If you are interested in an internship please contact us: internships@euronetmrph.org.
United Kingdom
| City | Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Academia | Various projects – contact internships@euronetmrph.org for more info. | English (at least intermediate working proficiency) | Basic knowledge of biostatistics, epidemiology, qualitative research methods. | 3,6 months or more | None |
Slovenia
| City | Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ljubljana | NIPH Slovenia | Healthcare public health, health promotion, health protection, health economics | NIPH is a major research centre for epidemiology, the prevention of disease, and promotion of health in Slovenia. Residents can take part in various assignments, programmes or projects ran by NIPH. A complete list of programmes and projects is available on the website (www.nijz.si/en/projects-and-programmes). Residents can also, based on their preferences, be involved in NIPH activities in specific public health fields (communicable diseases, environmental health, healthcare systems, health promotion, health informatics etc.). | English (at least intermediate working proficiency) | None | 1 month | None |
Italy
| City | Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Catholic University of the Sacred Heart | Department of Public Health | Public Health Genomics | English or Italian | None | None | None |
| Rome | Catholic University of the Sacred Heart | Department of Public Health | Health Technology Assessment | English or Italian | None | None | None |
| Rome | Catholic University of the Sacred Heart | Department of Public Health | Environmental Hygiene | English or Italian | None | None | None |
| Rome | Catholic University of the Sacred Heart | Department of Public Health | Health care services utilization | English or Italian | None | None | None |
| Rome | “A. Gemelli” Teaching Hospital | Clinical Governance Unit | Hospital management | English or Italian | None | None | None |
France
| Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Université Paris-Dauphine: LEDA-LEGOS | University department | LEGOS (Laboratory of health economics) leads the french part of the SHARE project (Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe: www.share‐project.org): research in health economics. Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| IRDES (Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé) | Research institute | Research in Health economics (chronic diseases prevention & care). Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| URC Eco | Hospital department | Economic evaluation of medical innovations. Possibility to publish work, important autonomy required. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Corentin Celton: Unité de médecine sociale | Hospital department | Unit of social medicine: consultations & research (access of care, ethics, prevention & health education). Possibility to publish work. | French | None | None | None |
| Comede (Comité pour la santé des exilés) |
NGO | The Comede aims to promote exiles's health. The activities during the internship are: Prevention, screening, coordination & research. | French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Henri Mondor CEPI | Hospital department | Management & prevention of the risk of infection at hospital | French | None | None | None |
| Médecins du Monde | NGO | Recommendations, monitoring & assessments of health programs. This internship is particularly suitable for activist residents, interested in international public health. | English or French | None | None | None |
| ORS Ile-de¬‐France (Observatoire régional de santé Île de France) |
Public administration | Research of health prevention (data base, statistic analysis). Possibility to publish work. | French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Pompidou: Département d'informatique hospitalier | Hospital department | Epidemiology, Biostatistics (R) & Methodology | English or French | None | None | None |
| Siège de l’AP‐HP: Direction médico-administrative | Hospital administration | Different projects are possible: surgery sector analysis, hygiene, innovations evaluation. | French | None | None | None |
| ARS Ile‐de‐France (Agence Régionale de Santé Île de France) |
Hospital administration | Different projects are possible: Reduction of Health inequalities in Ile‐de‐France, Prevention, Methodology. | French | None | None | None |
| ANSM (Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé) |
Hospital department | Different projects are possible: Epidemiologic surveys, Methodology (in pharmaceutical epidemiology), Organization of the monitoring of medicines. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Saint-Louis: Dpt de biostatistiques et d'information médicale | Hospital department | Clinical research: planning, logistic, statistical analysis, interpretation, writing articles. Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Hôtel¬‐Dieu: Centre Cochrane | Hospital department | Conception, implementation, analysis, et writing systematic reviews & meta‐analyses (www.cochrane.org). Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Bichat: Dpt Épidémiologie et Recherche Clinique | Hospital department | Clinical research: planning, logistic, statistical analysis, interpretation, writing articles. Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Hôtel‐Dieu: Unité de Biostatistique et Épidémiologie | Hospital department | Biostatistics & Methodology. Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Avicenne: Département de santé publique-Nutrition et Santé publique |
Hospital department | Nutritional epidemiology: implementation of interventions, methodology, epidemiological analysis... Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Hôpital Bicêtre: Unité de santé publique et épidémiologie | Hospital department | Consultation of clinical epidemiology (conception of protocols, strategy, statistical analysis...), cohort of ageing people with HIV (bibliography, analysis...). Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
| Inserm U970 ‐ Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire de Paris |
Research institute | Surveys on cardiovascular epidemiology: different projects are possible (quality of antihypertensive medications in Africa, for instance). Possibility to publish work. | English or French | None | None | None |
Portugal
| City | Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | General Directorate of Health (www.dgs.pt) | Department of Epidemiology and statistics | General Directorate of Health is the National Institute responsible for the Health Protection and Health Promotion in Portugal. This department is responsible for analysis and research of the communicable disease, but also acts as a consultant of the other departments regarding epidemiological studies. You will be integrated in the team, and a supervisor (usually a public health specialist) will be assigned to you. | Portuguese (preferable), English | Authorization from the entity responsible for his/her internship; Basic knowledge of epidemiology. Basic knowledge in statistics, Excel, or SPSS. |
3-6 months | None |
| Lisbon | Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) (www.ihmt.unl.pt) | International Public Health and Biostatistics, Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Medical Parasitology | HMT is mainly focused in areas related to global health: from climate change to the most prevalent tropical vector - born, opportunistic and neglected diseases, as well as on the health of travelers and migrants. We have a close relation with institutions in Portuguese African Countries. You will be integrated in 1 of 4 units. The monitoring of these internships will be personalized by assigning a person responsible for training. | English, Spanish, French, Portuguese | Motivation letter, authorization from the entity responsible for his/her internship |
1-3 months, possibility to extend up to 6 months | None |
| Porto | Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (www.ispup.up.pt) | Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Nutrition | The research at the ISPUP comprises epidemiological studies on risk factors for the major chronic diseases. Most studies relied on a population-based methodology, using mainly the case-control and cohort approaches. The Institute also promotes collaborative community-based research projects in public health. You will be integrated in 1 of 3 units and a supervisor with a doctoral degree in Public Health will be assigned to you. | Portuguese or English | Motivation letter, authorization from the entity responsible for his/her internship | 3-6 months | None |
Spain
| City | Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | Servicio de Medicina Preventiva Hospital Universitario de La Princesa | Hospital department | Nosocomial infection surveillance. Quality, Biosecurity, Hygiene, Water control, Environmental management system, Vaccination, Surgical site infections surveillance, communicable diseases. Possibility to publish work | Spanish (fluent, at least B2). Good writing skills recommended | None | None | None |
| Madrid | Servicio de Promoción de la Salud | General Directorate of health | Health Promotion. Possibility to publish work. | Spanish (fluent, at least B2). Good writing skills recommended | None | None | None |
| Madrid | Servicio de admisión y documentación clínica – Hospital Universitario de La Princesa | Hospital department | Hospital admissions management Information systems Clinical Data management | Spanish (fluent, at least B2). | None | None | None |
| Córdoba, Granada, Sevilla, Málaga or Cádiz | Unidad Docente Andalucía. There are 2 Hospitals per city, but are all coordinated by the same Teaching Unit | Hospitals, Primary care settings, etc. Each Hospital has different characteristics. The election for a Hospital depends on its availability and the preferences of the intern in the specific fields of work of each Hospital |
Preventive medicine (focus on Nosocomial infection), Primary health care research, planning, administration and health care management. | Spanish | None | 6 months or more | None |
| Barcelona | Unidad Docente Hospital Clinic Barcelona | Hospital department | Preventive medicine (focus on Vaccines) | Spanish | None | 6 months or more | None |
| Barcelona | Unidad Docente Hospital Vall d ́Hebrón Barcelona | Hospital department | Preventive medicine (focus on Vaccines, Nosocomial Infection, Health Care Quality). | Spanish | None | 6 months or more | None |
| Barcelona | Unidad Docente Hospital de Bellvitge Barcelona | Hospital department | Preventive medicine (focus on Vaccines, Tropical medicine, Nosocomial Infection, Smoking addiction). | Spanish | None | 6 months or more | None |
Croatia
| City | Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | University of Split - School of Medicine - Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health | Academia | 1. Assessing the quality of clinical guidelines lntern will get familiar with evidence-based medicine learning outcomes, and tools to assess the quality and reporting of clinical guidelines. 2. Development of various diagnostic/prognostic tools 3. Systematic review and meta-analysis - various topics |
English (at least B1) | Basic knowledge of biostatistics, epidemiology and qualitative research methods | 15 days face-to-face, plus 15 days of long distance cooperation | Accommodation |
Europe
| City, Country | Hosting institution | Type of placement | Brief description of placement | Language requirements | Professional requirements | Length of the internship | Provided support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva, Switzerland | World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) | NGO | Helping with the Global Charter for the Public Heath, communication, marketing, website, annual report, publications, newsletter, advocacy, coordination of members, some data analysis, fundraising, administration, WHO and UN meetings | English (full working proficiency), French (intermediate working proficiency) | Website, administration, meeting attendance and report writing, good English writing, data analysis, self initiative, availability and flexibility. | 3,6 months | We suggest the intern to have a private health insurance |
| London | International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) | NGO, Health Economics, International Health Policy, Outcome Measurement | ICHOM is expecting to support the Dutch Ministry of Health in a national approach to adopting value-based healthcare across the Netherlands. As part of the support ICHOM will provide there is an opportunity to be involved in a research project scoping out the structure of the Dutch healthcare system, the stakeholders and roles of responsibilities of different parts of the healthcare system. There may also be Research Fellow roles completing literature reviews into outcome measurement in different conditions depending on the internship timing and length. | English (full working proficiency), Dutch if possible (full working proficiency) | Basic knowledge of biostatistics, epidemiology, qualitative research methods, health informatics, health economics. | 3,6 months or longer | - |
| Brussels, Belgium | EuroHealthNet | NGO | Depending on capacity and need, we would agree with the visiting resident individually in which department they could be placed best (Practice, Policy or Research). Tasks would entail research on various relevant topics, production of reports, blog posts or other dissemination materials, attending events and data or policy analysis, aligned with the visiting resident’s interest, skills and knowledge. Support on a specific project is also possible. Project work includes, for example, the production of reports, support in administrative tasks, stakeholder mappings, or the organisation of events and meetings. | English (full working proficiency) | Qualitative research methods, Health promotion and disease prevention, Social determinants of health | Varying on capacity and need, between 2-6 months | A daily rate may be paid, depending on funding available. |