Status and perspectives of Postgraduate Medical Education in the European Union

Goals for the delivery and evaluation of postgraduate medical education is based on the primary goal of medical education: to prepare physicians to improve the health and health care of the general public through the education of physicians. These principles are based on the importance to creating the “ideal” postgraduate medical education system. Post graduate trainees play a valuable and active role in improving the system both from a learner- and patient-centered perspective. As with many things in life, medical education is not static. However, to change a consolidated approach to teaching and learning is not easy, and typically part of ourselves and our personal past experiences as trainees and trainers it must be left behind. It is important that loyalty to the past does not cloud our minds or prevent us from sharing in the joy and satisfaction with what will be possible in the years ahead, if we allow it to happen. The Report will address the current status and changes in education and training system for health professionals needed to support the modernization process of health care in Europ