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UEMS - News

T HE U EMS  Established in 1958  37 countries  1,2 million specialists  43 Specialist Sections 2

UEMS M EMBERS Full Members  National Medical Associations of the 28 European Union Member States  National Medical Associations of the European Economic Area Countries Iceland, Norway & Switzerland Other members  3 National Medical Associations of countries of the Council of Europe (Associate members : Armenia, Israel &Turkey)  3 National Medical Associations of countries observers (Georgia, Lebanon, Morroco) 3

T HE U EMS Objectives Promote free movement through the harmonization of the highest level of specialist training and medical care Vision Set standards in the fields of • Postgraduate Specialist Medical Training • Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development • Quality Assurance in specialist medical practice 4

UEMS House - Domus Medica Europaea The UEMS House Domus Medica Europaea is ready and already full of life :  UEMS Secretariat has moved in February 2015  The SmokeFree Partnership has joined the Domus in March 2015  The Warmhouse party took place in April 2015 during the UEMS Council meeting 5

Ideal Location  Nearby European Institutions ( 6 minutes walk from the European Parliament and the Commission )  Easily accessible ( 2 minutes from the hub subway station Arts-Lois; 15 minutes walk from Central Station )  Close to other EMOs  Preferential prices in Hotels nearby granted for UEMS 6

Meeting rooms to rent :  6 meeting rooms fully adaptable : U shape, theatre, board room  Up to 50 participants  Wifi, advanced multimedia equipment For further information, Do not hesitate to contact Mr Bertrand Daval, ceo@uems.eu 7

Events at the DME Annual meeting of GBS-VBS Meeting of the European Specialist Nurses Organisations Meeting of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society Breakfast Seminar with Vytenis Andriukaitis , European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety European examinations of Thoracic Surgery (26/27 June 2015) UEMS Sections & Boards annual meetings 8

Outcomes UEMS Council (10/11 April 2015) Adoption of the Terms of reference of CESMA Adoption of the new status of CESMA as a Thematic Federation Adoption of the UEMS-CESMA Guide to successfully writing MCQs Adoption of the UEMS-CESMA guideline for organisation of European postgraduate medical assessments Adoption of the UEMS-CESMA guideline for examiner selection for European postgraduate medical assessments Creation of a Multidisciplinary Joint Committee in Breast Care Creation of a Section in (Clinical) Pharmacology The Draft report of the UEMS Council meeting is available on UEMS website http://www.uems.eu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/24890/UEMS-2015_08-Report-UEMS-Council.pdf 9

WGPGST UEMS Council Update on CESMA (The Council for European Specialists Medical Assessment) Professor Vassilios Papalois gave an update of CESMA and plans for the future. The Working Group stressed the quality of CESMA work E-learning and E-platform. Developments of the e-portfolio project were presented by Prof Zlatko Fras and the delegates welcomed it very positively. Two examples were presented The MINERVA platform implemented by Sheffield University Prof Zlatko Fras The Eucardia platform from the Section ocf Cardiology by Prof Griebenow Discussion about the importance of the e-portfolio Update on Training Requirements Discussion about the importance of training requirements and how to proceed with the work. 10

Authentification of European Examinations Next authentification UEMS Office is helping non-EU candidates who passed a UEMS with UEMS Notary Examination to « authenticate » their UEMS diplomas. will take place on 15 th June 2015. Candidates are requested to send The aims of these doctors is to work in a non-EU country. their document For that purpose, we have implemented an administrative process that before proves that the document is authentic and has been issued by an officially- 8 th June 2015 registered organisation and signed by the competent legal representative of Contact : this organisation. lise@uems.eu It has no impact or influence on the content of the document. Legal importance of the UEMS Diploma in non-EU countries is regulated by local laws and local authorities might be authorised to recognize professional qualifications on the basis of various documents. This does not apply to EU and EEA countries, where recognition of qualifications is governed by the Directive. 11

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION - WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOME CESMA MEETINGS AT THE DOMUS MEDICA EUROPAEA 12