Naslov
Re-certification of General Practitioners in European Countries: a preliminary study

Autori
Vrcic-Keglevic, Mladenka ; Kalda, R ; Rindlisbacher, B

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
AMEE Conference 2011 „Inspire...and be inspired“, Abstracts book, Wienna 27-31.08.2011. / - Dundee : Beč : Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), 2011, 85-86

Skup
Annual AMEE Conference 2011

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 27-31.08.201

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
general practitioner; recertification; Europe

Sažetak
Background: The CME/CPD activities cover the longest period of the professional life of a general practitioner (GP). Issues of re-certification/re-licensing of individual GPs become more prominent over the years. The aim of the study is to investigate the criteria, rules and conditions of re-certification of GPs in Europe. Summary of work: Questionnaire, designed by the Euract CME/CPD Committee and distributed among all the Euract member states, i.e. their country representatives (N=39). Summary of results: Representatives from 29 country answered the questionnaire (74%), 13 from eastern and 16 from western European countries. A recert cerfication/re-licensing procedure for GPs exists in 18 of the 29 countries, in all eastern European countries and in 5 western ones. Mostly, the re-certification procedure is mandatory in eastern and voluntary in western countries and is required every 3-5 years. Basis for the re-certification is the collection of a strictly defined number of credit points in almost all countries. Besides the traditional activities like attendance at lectures and conferences, also e-learning, individual readings, being a trainer and adherence to guidelines are often involved and used in the re-certification process. Conclusions: In most European countries there exists re-certification system for individual GPs. In >50% this is mandatory, mainly in eastern European countries. The system is mostly based on passive learning methods and less frequently quality improvement based methods, such is work-based assessment, but still in more than half of the countries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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