The CENTRE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON TRAUMA CARE (CERTC) of Nursing Department, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology lead by Dr Pavlos Sarafis is a strategic partner of the Erasmus+ Project “Education PrOgram for Carers in Facilities with Neuro-Disabled Subjects” (EPoCFiNDS) coordinated by the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory of the National Technical University of Athens http://www.biomed.ntua.gr/ourlab/home/tabid/36/language/en-GB/Default.aspx.

The EPoCFiNDS project meets the Horizontal priority of social inclusion because it aims to create an education system for carers for people with neuro-dissabilities. A better care improves vastly the physical conditions and the quality of life of the disabled subject. In addition, EPoCFiNDS has formed a consortium consisting of clinical facilities and education foundations which ensures work-based learning and application of the new acquired skills in practical real-life conditions.

Workshops will occur in all clinical sites in the total of 6 different cities in Europe, Denmark, United Kingdom, Romania, Greece and Cyprus, in order to exchange good practices and specific know how, enhancing the mobility of the staff of partners. EPoCFiNDS further and enhancing learning and training using an e-learning platform which will be the key component to accessing knowledge and methods for carers.

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/