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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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01-11-2014 | UEMS/EBNM

Ideas from the second UEMS conference on CME/CPD: new EU directives on a patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare and professional qualifications

Authors: Teresio Varetto, Durval C. Costa

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 11/2014

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The 2nd UEMS Conference on Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) held in Brussels on February 28th2014 was a great opportunity to gather all stakeholders involved in the field of CME/CPD accreditation in Europe and to discuss common grounds on the basic principles that make accreditation necessary for medical staff and for the benefit of patients. …

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Title: Ideas from the second UEMS conference on CME/CPD: new EU directives on a patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare and professional qualifications
Authors: Teresio Varetto
Durval C. Costa
Publication date: 01-11-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 11/2014
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2855-y

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