Institute for the History of Medicine and Science López Piñero (joint center of the University of Valencia and CSIC), located in the Palau de Cerveró presents the roundtable 'Els Erasmus valencians a Itàlia: Una altra manera d’estudiar per un millor futur vital i professional' (The Valencian Erasmus in Italy: Another way to study for a better vital and professional future) , which will take place on Wednesday, 19 February, at 19:00 in the conference room of the institute. The debate, which has been coordinated by Llorenç Miralles, president of the Valencian Society of Health Sciences Joan Baptista Peset, with the participation of Sonia Cepeda (Universitá di Napoli) , Monica Miñano (Universitá degli Studi di Firenze) and Marco Montomoli (University of Valencia) and Valencia students and professors.

The activity is part of a series of round tables on the experiences, both the Valencia students at European universities, as European students in Valencian universities, and its main aim is to evaluate the practical results of these over 17 years of European Erasmus programme. The roundtable will consist of short presentations of 10 minutes each guest to bring together the experiences, at academic and personal level. Among the issues to be addressed include: What was the first thing that struck you when you arrived at the host university? Was it well organized the integration in it? What do you miss, at first sight, both on your part and the university? Differences in the way of teaching and learning, regarding our system, to what extent has influenced the Erasmus experience on your perspective?

In relation to the organizer, Valencian Society of Health Sciences Joan Baptista Peset was born in 1999 with the purpose of bringing together those people interested in the health problems of their environment. Health professionals, and all those concerned with issues that affect individual and community health, found within society a place for public debate. Debate devoted to strictly medical issues, and other broader perspectives ranging from professionally and socially as well. The institution took the name of Joan Baptista Peset (Godella, 1886 - Paterna 1941) a Valencian doctor, scientific and politician, who was principal of the University of Valencia and was executed by firearm by Franco's regime because of his fidelity to the Second Spanish Republic.