Ljekarska komora F BiH

Federal Medical Chamber BiH

 

Aska Borića br. 28 Zenica 72000
+387 (0) 32 244 232
lj_lkfbih[at]bih.net.ba

www.fmcbih.ba

 

Since the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been divided into two entities: the Republic of Srpska, the population of which mainly consists of ethnic Serbs, and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, comprised of 10 cantons with a primarily Croat and Bosniak population. In addition to these two regions, there is also a superordinate central government.

 

The medical profession is also arranged according to this political framework. Each entity has its own medical association, though the Federation’s medical chamber is an aggregation of local cantonal chambers of physicians.

 

Since healthcare is in the responsibility of the cantons, physicians are organised in local cantonal chambers of physicians. The Federal Medical Chamber of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was established in 2012 and designed to facilitate exchange among local chambers and with the Republic of Srpska Medical Association, as well as to serve as a point of contact for the government of the Federation.

 

Medical education

 

Basic Medical Education 

• The minimum duration of study for acquiring a medical degree is 6 years
• The Ministry of Education and the universities define the content of basic medical training

Specialty Training 

• The Ministry of Health defines the content of specialty training
• Teaching hospitals organise training programmes for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students
• Training in family medicine, the role of physicians in society, public health, occupational medicine and addiction takes place at the offices for public health, offices for occupational medicine, offices for addictive diseases and healthcare centres which fulfil the necessary requirements
• Certificates for specialty training are issued by the Ministry of Health
• Specialty qualifications from abroad are recognised by the Ministry of Health

Continuing Medical Education /
Continuing Professional Development (CME / CPD) 

• CME and CPD are compulsory in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• The Commission for Education and experts from healthcare institutions are responsible for CME/CPD regulations