AEMH Conference 2005

Continuing Professional Development of Doctors” AEMH Conference 2005, organized in the context of the 58th AEMH Plenary Assembly / Athens, 12 May 2005

"The Core Curriculum of CPD"

Background information and setting the scene - Dr Thomas Zilling, Vice-President of the AEMH

Cooperation between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry.

General Principles laid down in the CPME-EFPIA Joint Declaration - Marie-Claire Pickaert, Deputy Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)

Organising and Funding CME/CPD activities in Sweden - Richard Bergström, Managing Director LIF, Member of EFPIA.

Organising and Funding CME/CPD activities in France - Dr Daniel Vasmant, Scientific Relation Director Sanofi-Aventis, Member of EFPIA.

Continuous professional development: Continuous learning and clinical practise.Recertification/ revalidation - a tool to detect poorly performing doctors? - Dr Hans Asbjørn Holm, Director of the Norwegian Medical Association.

Quality assurance of CPD: how to review and certify education of relevance? - Dr Magnus Sederholm, Director of the Institute for the Professional Development of Physicians in Sweden (IPULS) - represented by Gunilla Burénius.

Continuing professional development and accreditation in Greece - Prof. Christos Pissiotis, Panhellenic Medical Association, Member of the EACCME (European Accreditation Council for Contiuning Medical Education).

The American Model in CME: Lessons to learn. - Prof. Dimitrios Linos, President of the Hellenic American Medical Society, Member of the Prolepsis Managing Board (Institute of Preventive Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Helath in Athens)

EACCME (Europena Accrediation Council for Continuing Medical Education) and the role of UEMS in CME/CPD. - Dr Hannu Halila, President of the the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).

CPD - The European Perspective - Dr Bernhard Grewin, President of the CPME (Standing Committee of European Doctors)