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ITALY

Basic Medical Education

After signed agreement between University of Modena and ICGP, now we have experiences in some way in ten other cities and structured courses are organised or in organising for sixth year students. Tutors are specifically prepared for this topic and a specific book for Tutors is at its second editing. The topic for EURACT is the great emphasis on the European Definition and on EURACT Statement on Selection.

Now, main problem could be “political”, the academic body not agreeing in its complex, all European WONCA Networks are out of the political decisional arena, some local leaders in G.P. trying to organise academic chairs posts by the old method “underground ways for friends of friends“.

Postgraduate specialist training

VT is changed in a real three years course, one year in practices. The VT School in Trento prepared a paper on total organisation based on European Agenda and core competences. This work is on EURACT Council's table as a base for preparing final version for Education Agenda and for VT Committee. A National Conference on VT was managed in Bologna and Rome, with presence of Igor Svab.

Continuing medical education

We have national CME system, with an accreditation of events, by credits and points attributed to events, 150 credits to collect in five years.

There is a fighting about “who” has to accreditate “whom”: Government, General Medical Council, Local Medical Councils, Scientific Societies, a National College or Academy, Trust Doctors' Organisations. E-learning and distance education systems are on debate and development.

Life as Council Member

Several different medical associations and societies and medical schools published translation of the New Definition, using formats of different length. WONCA was usually believed to be the real author.

Nat. Rep. got other seven papers of his published these months on European Journal of General Practice, on British Journal General Practice, .on British Medical Journal, on Family Practice: many were based on EURACT's concepts and documents. So EURACT was known in large population of GPs, the same for Italy, with translations and presentations.

Some members of EURACT – Italy asked to be involved with University of Maastricht on palliative care, one member is responsible for Hyppokrates Programme. Two colleagues are managing regional courses with patronage from EURACT Italy. Three national meetings asked EURACT to speak about Definition, Core Competencies, Educational Agenda.

The National Representative is now appointed as Contract Professor at University of Milan, teaching GP to sixth year students and specializing doctors in Internal Medicine.

EURACT members are from different geographic areas and from different GPs Societies (Csermeg, Snamid, SIMG, local P.C. schools), so now EURACT – Italy is the biggest international society in Italy and the most visible on journals and on internet. Negative side-effects: loosing somebody not receiving enough feedback; getting membership applications only to “create internal problems“.

A colleague joined taking an office as secretary, managing internal relationships and feedback.

Life for EURACT-Italy at WONCA 2006 still with silly difficulties…