Continuing Medical Education Committee and UEMS-EACCME

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Continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development (CPD) are the mainstay for ensuring physicians’ competence and fitness to practice. At present, the rapidly evolving interplay among society, economy and technology along with rapid migration of patients and doctors within the EU are reshaping medical practice. Knowledge and skills acquired during undergraduate and postgraduate professional medical education are inadequate for ensuring competence and performance throughout a working career. Thorough organized continuing education programmes and individual learning activities are necessary. Health-care professionals are expected to keep their abilities up to date in through efficient knowledge management practices (evidence-informed practice) and self-directed learning strategies (life-long learning) [1]. For this reason the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) has focused on CME-CPD, considering CPD a cornerstone of quality assurance in medical care [2]. …