title: European trainee exchange: experiences due the ENTOG exchange programme 2015 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The European Network of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ENTOG) is a Europe wide association of trainees in gynaecology and obstetric. It is closely associated with the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Both organisations aim to improve the training in gynaecology and obstetrics as the fundamental step to overcome large differences in women's health across Europe. Annually, ENTOG meeting takes place which brings together trainees from the member countries to share their professional experience. The training session of the meeting which is preceded by an exchange programme. The exchange programme aims to learn something about the everyday work of the host country.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article reports about the ENTOG exchange program that took place in the Netherlands this year and outlines difference to the German health system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The inter-collegiate exchange within Europe represents both a challenge as well as an opportunity to learn from each other. The 2016 ENTOG exchange will take place in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitszentrum Mathias Spital Rheine, Rheine, Germany.
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Veldink
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Ziga
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lermann
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Nijkamp
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 440, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. sarah.schott@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1714-1147
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schott
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009426:Netherlands; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D010820:Physicians; D011247:Pregnancy; D014421:Turkey; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: EBCOG; ENTOG; European trainee exchange; Residency