Program vid Nordisk kongress/Röntgenveckan 2007 i Malmö. Torsdag 10 maj 2007
10.30 - 12.00. Malmömässan Lokal:Malmö
Moderator Anders Rydh, Umeå
Program:
A survey of the different specialist training programs in the Nordic countries
Ola Björgell; Malmö
What has imaging and functional medicine to do with radiology?
Katrine Åhlström Riklund, Umeå
ETAP – UEMS program for assessment of specialisation in radiology
Anders Rydh, Umeå
Abstracts
A survey of the different specialist training programs in the Nordic countries.
Ola Björgell Dept of Radiology, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
The total number of doctors in the five Nordic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Island) is about 85 000. The specialist training (residency) is surprisingly different in all these, close at hand, countries. For example, the specialist-training program could be under the supervision of the National Board of Health and Welfare or the University. Some countries require examination of medical knowledge and skills or CME/CPD but others do not. The length of the education varies from 5 to 7,5 years. In Sweden a new specialist- training program has been developed this very year, with similarities from most of the other Nordic countries concerning the content of education. Although strikingly differences still are present in the specialist training programs doctors with medical authorisation from one of the Nordic countries need no complementary training in order to work in another. In the lecture a survey of all the differences in the specialist training programs will be given.
What has imaging and functional medicine to do with radiology?.
Katrine Åhlström Riklund, Radiologi Västerbotten, Nuklearmedicin Umeå
Background: In December 2005 the government decided a new specialist register. The former specialties Medical Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, Neuro-radiology, Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine melted together to form the new specialty Imaging and Functional Medicine and three subspecialties ie., Clinical Physiology, Neuro-radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Simultaneously, ongoing discussions between European Society of Radiology and European Society of Nuclear Medicine suggest solutions to create combined knowledge in both specialties in order to adapt to the greatly increasing hybrid imaging.
Material and method: Two representatives from each of the new specialties formed a working group and are creating the new training charter and detailed curricula. All subspecialty societies are requested to perform their parts respectively. Result: The new specialities are under creation and new training charter and detailed curricula are under construction.
Conclusion: Imaging and functional medicine has a lot to do with radiology. In several aspects it is really the same but, to further develop former radiology function and physiology is needed to be integrated. The integration can be done by close collaboration or by a changed knowledge base. As usual a combination of these scenarios is probably needed. The development towards organ based subspecialisation is a natural development since techniques and modalities changes but the organ remains.
ETAP – UEMS program for assessment of specialisation in radiology.
Anders Rydh, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
There are similarities between the radiology training programs in Europe, but there are also some important differences. The time for specialisation is five years in 18 EU countries, and 4 years in five. All member countries have confirmed the European Training Charter for Clinical Radiology, but most countries have so far not implemented it. There are also differences in the student’s training in med school, even if the Bologna treaty has been widely accepted.
European School of Radiology (ESOR) has been started from ECR. This includes courses in house (on management, teleradiology, turf battles, CME and Self-Assessment issues), teach- the-teachers courses on innovations, workshops as well as the plan of visiting schools, professorships and scholarships. The ESOR Programme also includes electronic teaching and e-learning as well as give back projects. ESOR is intended to provide knowledge to European residents and thus help to harmonize education.
The ETAP programme is lead by chairman: Professor Lynn Johnston, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The goal of the ETAP programme is to contribute to the harmonisation of training in Europe. Assessors appointed from the Education Committee of UEMS will visit education centres in cooperation with the national organisation after sending a questionnaire. During the visit, head of department, teaching doctors and residents are interviewed. Following the visit, a report is made and distributed to the host clinic as well as to the Education committee. The host centre is responsible for accommodating the assessors, and the travel expenses are equally shared between UEMS and EAR.
