Article,
“Certified … now what?” On the Challenges of Lifelong Learning: Report from an AMEE 2017 Symposium
Affiliations
- [1] Maastricht University [NORA names: Netherlands; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [2] UEMS President Respiratory Section, Medical Association of Malta, Gzira, Malta [NORA names: Malta; Europe, EU];
- [3] University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust [NORA names: United Kingdom; Europe, Non-EU; OECD];
- [4] Directive Board of the College of Ophthalmology, Portuguese Medical Council (OM), Lisbon, Portugal [NORA names: Portugal; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [5] Hospital of the Armed Forces (HFAR/PL-EMGFA), Hospital SAMS, Lisbon, Portugal [NORA names: Portugal; Europe, EU; OECD];
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Abstract
The increasing mobility of patients and healthcare professionals across the countries of Europe has highlighted the wide variations in both medical training, and provision of medical competency and skills. The maintenance of the standards defining competency and skills have national and international implications and have proved challenging for national regulatory bodies. Thus each nation has introduced different types of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), recertification and relicensing systems. At the Symposium entitled: " 'Certified … now what?' On the Challenges of Lifelong Learning" in August 2017 at the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) annual conference, we reviewed differing European national relicensing systems were reviewed. The review highlighted various lifelong learning and competence assessment approaches using examples from different medical specialties across several European countries.