How do medical doctors in the European Union demonstrate that they continue to meet criteria for registration and licencing?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 633-639

  Solé, Meritxell ^a   Panteli, Dimitra ^b   Risso Gill, Isabelle ^c   Döring, Nora ^d,e   Busse, Reinhard ^b   McKee, Martin ^c   Legido Quigley, Helena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EU; Licencing; Maintaining competence; Professional mobility; Quality of care; Registration; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CAREER MOBILITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION; CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTONIA; FINLAND; GERMANY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LICENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84914701496     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-633     Document Type: Article

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