Funding of vocational training programmes for general practice/family medicine in Europe

Abstract

Recommendations made regarding the provision of vocational training across Europe include a structured curriculum supported by adequate funding, the professional recognition of GP trainers, which includes a fair and appropriate salary, and equity of salary for GP trainees.

Importance of international networking in academic family medicine

“…e lack of common goals. is threat may be identi ed on the international level as the di erence between countries in terms of size, health care system, position of FM/ GP and the development of FM/GP (11). It is also seen inside individual countries, where everybody is busy with his/her own institution, organisation or a research project, but fails to recognise common goals.…”

“…is can lead to exposing the whole discipline to the risk that individual universities would try to squeeze out departments of FM/GP and replace them with more scienti cally productive medical (sub)specialities, leading to even more sub-specialised curricula and less comprehensive and holistic education (4). We have to take into account that, in the absence of a clear position of the FM/GP profession regarding the content and objectives of FM/GP teaching in medical schools, heads of departments are sometimes not experts in FM/GP but they come from other disciplines (14).…”

“…e European Academy of Teachers (EURACT), besides its Educational Agenda (2) has also developed criteria for the selection process, criteria for trainers and teaching institutions, which have been to a great extent incorporated into the curricula of specialist training in the majority of European countries (4) and are a framework for the continuing educational development of trainers in family medicine (5), but we still lack a common curriculum for undergraduate (6) and postgraduate studies in family medicine (7). e exchange of students, because of the demands for a lengthy period of stay, is limited to those who are willing to stay abroad for one semester or more (8), but not for a few weeks, or as long as the teaching block in family medicine takes.…”

Perspektiven und Erfahrungen weiterbildungsbefugter Ärzte für Allgemeinmedizin - eine Umfrage in Baden-Württemberg

“…Es gibt genaue Vorgaben, welche Anforderungen und Fertigkeiten ein weiterbildungsbefugter Arzt erfüllen und wie viel Zeit er für seinen Arzt in Weiterbildung aufbringen muss [1][2][3]. Einer Umfrage zufolge erhalten in 14 von 34 befragten europäischen Ländern Weiterbilder im Fach Allgemeinmedizin eine Vergütung für ihre Tätigkeit [4]. Diese wird mit bis zu 9000 Euro pro Jahr angegeben [1,4].…”

“…Einer Umfrage zufolge erhalten in 14 von 34 befragten europäischen Ländern Weiterbilder im Fach Allgemeinmedizin eine Vergütung für ihre Tätigkeit [4]. Diese wird mit bis zu 9000 Euro pro Jahr angegeben [1,4]. In Deutschland gibt es bisher weder TTT-Programme noch eine Vergütung der Weiterbildertätigkeit.…”