O1. Improving the quality of professional training for a number of 20 students (10/year) from post-secondary school, level 3 advanced, mechanical field, Orthopedic Technician qualification, by participating in practical training courses for a period of 14 days, at vocational schools of profile, from Turkey and the Czech Republic, who can transfer their expertise in the field of lower limb and trunk orthoses, based on the cooperation they have with university hospitals in the area. They will acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes in accordance with the curriculum. During the implementation, the objective changed by changing the target group: 10 students, mechanical field, Orthopedic Technician qualification, 3 students, electronics-automation field, automation technician qualification, 7 students, mechanical field, transport technician qualification. Thus, in addition to the 10 students - Orthopedic Technician qualification, the improvement of the quality of professional training was pursued for 3 automation technician qualification students and 7 transportation technician qualification students. O2. The development of the institutional capacity to modernize the didactic process by integrating modern methods of practical training, by developing the professional skills of 10 specialized teachers, who participated in job shadowing activities in schools in Turkey (5 teachers) and the Czech Republic (5 teachers) with expertise in the field. The objective pursued the improvement of professional skills by integrating know-how in teaching/learning methods of using equipment with a digital component in making orthoses and the participation of teachers in the development of institutional capacity through a cross-dissemination within the organization. For this objective, the number of professors participating in the streams has changed, as follows: 3 specialized teachers participated in job shadowing in Turkey and 7 specialized teachers in the Czech Republic, the rest remaining unchanged. O3. The development of linguistic and communication skills in English for a number of 20 students and 10 teaching staff through participation in internships and job shadowing activities, as well as their social skills, social cohesion, equity and European citizenship.
The post-secondary school within the Dimitrie Leonida Technical College began its activity in 2003 when the government, together with the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth and the National Authority for Persons with Disabilities, managed to create and ensure the legal and institutional framework for the formation of a new qualification: orthoprosthetic technician. The future directions of action of the school: the investment in the modernization of the workshops and the training of teachers and students within the specialization (for students from the Orthoprosthetic Technician qualification - access to an environment that allows them to acquire some knowledge about the evolution of the processes and equipment for making medical orthoses, as well as the development of communication skills in a foreign language, which will facilitate their employment in another European country ), and for specialized teaching staff - the acquisition of new methods and techniques applicable at this time in adult education, which improve and consolidate students' knowledge, familiarization with the way of working of institutions with similar activities in the EU space.