Table 3.

Voluntary rotations to external medical disciplines

Voluntary rotations to external medical fields in the residency training programme of 10 countries (31%)
Country	Time (months)	Medical fields accounted for in the residency programme
Belgium	24	Internal medicine, psychiatry
Germany	12	Internal medicine, general medicine, neurosurgery, neuropathology, neuroradiology, physiology, anatomy
Netherlands	12	Any medical field with link to neurology, research, teaching or management
Norway	12	Research or other clinical department, or laboratory or in health administration/social medicine or in general medicine
Switzerland	12	Neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neuropaediatrics, psychiatry, intensive care
Portugal	11	Any medical field with link to neurology
France	6	Any medical field
Slovenia	6	Any medical field, often research
Sweden	3	Any medical field
Estonia	2	Clinical genetics, internal medicine, ophthalmology