Colegiul Medicilor Din Romania

Romanian college of Physicians

 

Bulevardul Timisoara nr. 15, cod postal 061303

Sector 6, Bucuresti

+40-21-413 88 00

office[at]cmr.ro

www.cmr.ro

 

The Order was established in its current form in 1994. Membership is obligatory for all 45,500 physicians in Romania. The Order has 12 regional offices throughout the country.

 

Tasks and responsibilities  

• Protection of the interests and prestige of the medical profession in Romania
• Continuous improvement of the quality of medical services
  (guidelines and protocols)
• Defending ethics
• Applying and organising the CME/CPD system; awarding CME credits
• Drawing up, together with the Ministry of Public Health, the instructions for granting a professional degree and the topics for professional evaluations
• Representing members in relation to scientific organisations and trade unions
• Issuing the Certificate of Membership, which also authorises an individual to practise medicine
• Issuing the Certificate of Good Standing (i.e. “Certificat Profesional Curent”)

 

  Medical education

 

Basic Medical Education  

• The minimum duration of study for acquiring a medical degree is 6 years / 12 semesters / 5500 hours
• The Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports defines the content of basic medical training 

Specialty Training  

• Through its Specialty Commissions, the Ministry of Health, together with the accredited Medical Schools and the advice of the Romanian College of Physicians, defines the content of specialty training
• Specialty training takes place at university hospitals, accredited general hospitals and is also offered by specialist trainers
• Certificates for specialty training are issued by the Ministry of Health
• Specialty qualifications from abroad are recognised by the Ministry of Health with the advice of the Romanian College of Physicians  

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

• CME and CPD are compulsory in Romania
• The Romanian College of Physicians is responsible for CME/CPD regulations, which are presented in the Decision nr. 2 / 2009 of the National Council of the Romanian College of Physicians and agreed upon by UEMS
• evalidation is carried out every 5 years or if a doctor interrupts his or her practice of the profession. He or she then needs to be revalidated by the Romanian College of Physicians