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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Basic Medical Education

There have been no so many changes in this last period. Four Medical Faculty and four Family medicine departments are developing the same curriculum. On the end of this academic year all departments made the final exam in the same time and with the same type of written examination. Practical part of examination included l5 different stations of OSCE in Medical faculty University Tuzla. To promote appropriate assessment in family medicine discipline in all faculties in Sarajevo at June of this year FMDs organized workshop with international participants for all teachers in Bosnia and Herzegovina with topic:» How to create new OSCE stations and how to implement it for students on undergraduate level. » All EURACT members participated in these activities. The lack of appropriate support and recognition from Universities can slow down all process of implementation family medicine as academic discipline.

Postgraduate education: specialist training

At September of this year new generation of residents in family medicine finished 3 years training program and we spread network of specialists in family medicine I Bosnia and Herzegovina for new 40 doctors. It is the most important event for the health care system reform and full implementation of family medicine in the practice.

The second important event happened in the same month: In the conference of family medicine in Tuzla officially started retraining program in family medicine for many doctors who work in primary care level. Queens University Family medicine development program- Canada, World Bank (CIDA) and Federal ministry of health involved in it. In the same time have started and retraining program for nurses. Our members of FMD are included in this educational activity as teachers in practice and supervisors.

CME

Usual educational activities based on annual program.