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European Psychiatric Association (EPA) Guidance on Post-graduate Psychiatric Training in Europe

Part of: EPA Guidance Papers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2014

S. Mayer ,
R.J. van der Gaag ,
G. Dom ,
D. Wassermann ,
W. Gaebel ,
P. Falkai  and
C. Schüle
S. Mayer*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336München, Deutschland
R.J. van der Gaag
Affiliation:
University Medical Centre Nijmegen, St. Radboud and University Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Karakter, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
G. Dom
Affiliation:
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute-CAPRI, Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
D. Wassermann
Affiliation:
National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Department of Learning, Informatics, Medical Management & Ethics (LIME), 17177Stockholm, Sweden
W. Gaebel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
P. Falkai
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336München, Deutschland
C. Schüle
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Nussbaumstr. 7, 80336München, Deutschland
*
⁎Corresponding author. Tel.: +49/ 89 /5160-3406. E-mail address: simon.mayer@med.uni-muenchen.de (S. Mayer).
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Abstract

The European Union Free Movement Directive gives professionals the opportunity to work and live within the European Union, but does not give specific requirements regarding how the specialists in medicine have to be trained, with the exception of a required minimum of 4 years of education. Efforts have been undertaken to harmonize post-graduate training in psychiatry in Europe since the Treaty of Rome 1957, with the founding of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and establishment of a charter outlining how psychiatrists should be trained. However, the different curricula for post-graduate training were only compared by surveys, never through a systematic review of the official national requirements. The published survey data still shows great differences between European countries and unlike other UEMS Boards, the Board of Psychiatry did not introduce a certification for specialists willing to practice in a foreign country within Europe. Such a European certification could help to keep a high qualification level for post-graduate training in psychiatry all over Europe. Moreover, it would make it easier for employers to assess the educational level of European psychiatrists applying for a job in their field.

Keywords

Education in psychiatryEuropean UnionMedical educationPost-graduate trainingPsychiatry in EuropeSpecialist training
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Review
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European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , February 2014 , pp. 101 - 106
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014

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