aims and focus
ACTIVITIES
A) Definition of the Specialist Medicine
B) Medical Specialist Training
- The Competent Body
- Guarantee of the Quality of Training
- Particular Aspects of Specialist Training
C) Continuing Medical Education
D) Organization of Specialist Medicine
The UEMS, in cooperation with the Standing Committee of the
European Doctors (C.P.) participated in the drafting of the
European Directives governing the free movement of doctors and
mutual recognition of medical credentials throughout the European
Community which were adopted by the Council of the European
Community in 1975 and came into effect in 1976.UEMS played major
role in the elaboration of the reports and recommendations issued
by the Advisory Committee on Medical Training (ACMT) on April 5th
1979, March 11th 1981, March 9th 1983 and June 20th 1985. These
Various reports to a very large extent reflect UEMS views on the
training of specialist doctors and the practice of specialized
medicine.Since 1990, each section has been empowered to
established a European Board for its speciality with the
appointment of delegates from the scientific and academic
sectors. Their main objectives is to guarantee the highest
standards of care in the field of the speciality concerned in the
countries of the EU by ensuring that the medical specialist
training is raised to the highest possible level.The UEMS
collaborates with all European Medical Organizations : UEMO,
EAMF, PGW, AEMH, FEMS and maintains close contact with the
Authorities of the European Union and the Council of
Europe.
PURPOSES and AIMS .
The UEMS, through its 34 Specialist Sections, is in a position to know the conditions which each speciality needs to meet in order to reach harmonisation, both as regards the duration and the content of training and the practice of the various discipline registered in the Medical Directives. It can inform each EU members state of these conditions, in all countries and all specialities.Thanks to the European Boards, which are the working groups of the Specialist Sections, the UEMS is in a position to define for each discipline the conditions which will ensure high quality training and the necessary criteria for a training centre and to suggest the correct methods of assessment.