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DENMARK

Basic Medical Education

No changes since last meeting: 3 medical Faculties in DK (Copenhagen, Odense and Aarhus). Now 3 professors in Aarhus and 3 in Odense (2 for student training and 1 at the Research Unit) – only 1 in Copenhagen (one vacancy).

Danish Medical Association has proposed a new BME, including ½ year “research-project-period”.

Vocational training

You have all heard about the new training scheme for GP's so many times…

Recruiting young doctors to GP-training is very easy in most places – but in “remote” areas of the tine country it is not easy - but 95 % of posts are filled up.

The research period of all young doctors was planned for 12 weeks – but because of lack of money it will be just 4 weeks!

Continuing Medical Education

No compulsory CME/CPD – but our national bodies (Danish Medical Association and GP's Union) propose that every GP should be able to document 200 hours CME over a 4 year period. A web-system for registration of your CME is provided by the Danish Medical Association. The registration is your personal and can't be looked by others.

The Danish College of GP's is right now working on a proposal of creating an online portfolio (somewhat like the portfolio used by our trainees) for all GP's to help them organize their CPD, their learning needs (PLP), their clinical notes and even more.

A trend: pharmaceutical companies are being pushed out of doctors CME.

Health Care

A big issue in Danish health care is the lack of specialized doctors in the future – also in GP – but worse for some other specialities. It is a very dark cloud in the horizon. As many as 25–33 % of GP's may be lacking in 10 years time. A private initiative is exploring the possibility for importing GP's from Poland!!?? Better use of the practice staff is also a way forward.

A new structural reform in the political and administrative running of the Health Care system is underway – but GP will also in the future bee the important corner-stone and gate-keeper.

My role as a Danish EURACT Council member: still trying to recover after your visit to Aarhus…

Perhaps my time for EURACT activities will be diminished somewhat this autumn – other obligations might show up…