The ministerial team will develop changes in the standards of educating doctors

The team continues the work of the Team for the development of proposals for changes in the education standards preparing for the profession of a doctor and dentist, in particular, it uses the solutions already developed and decisions made.

The team consists of:

1) Chairman - Piotr Bromber, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health;

2) Deputy chairman - Wojciech Murdzek, secretary of state in the Ministry of Education and Science;

3) members:

a) Małgorzata Zadrożna, director of the Department of Medical Personnel Development at the Ministry of Health,

b) Marcin Czaja, director of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education and Science,

c) Magdalena Kucharska, head of the Department of Medical Education and Recognition of Qualifications at the Department of Medical Personnel Development in the Ministry of Health,

d) Piotr Kowalski, head of the Department of Medical Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Science,

e) five representatives of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Medical Universities,

f) representative of the Higher Medical Education Committee of the Students' Parliament of the Republic of Poland,

g) a representative of the International Medical Students' Association,

h) a representative of the Alliance of Residents of the National Trade Union of Doctors,

i) two representatives of the Supreme Medical Council;

4) Secretary - Małgorzata Żarcieak, senior specialist in the Department of Physician Training and Recognition of Qualifications in the Department of Medical Personnel Development in the Ministry of Health.

The task of the Team is to develop a proposal for an amendment to the Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of July 26, 2019 on training standards for the profession of a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, midwife, laboratory diagnostician, physiotherapist and paramedic (Journal Journal of Laws of 2021, item 755 and of 2022, item 157) in the scope of training standards preparing to practice the profession of a doctor and dentist, including in particular:

1) review and propose changes to the current set of learning outcomes in terms of the possibility of limiting the learning outcomes provided for in class groups A and B,

2) supplementing the learning outcomes in the field of communication competences in order to implement the recommendations developed as part of the work of the Team appointed on the basis of the order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of September 14, 2020 on the appointment of the Advisory Team for changing the standard of education preparing to perform medical profession (Journal of Laws of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, item 45) as amended by the ordinance of the Minister of Education and Science of December 4, 2020 amending the ordinance on the appointment of the Advisory Team to change the standard of education preparing to practice as a physician (Journal of Laws of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, item 17),

3) introducing changes necessary to increase the number of practical training hours starting from the 4th year of studies in the field of medicine and the 3rd year of studies in the field of medicine and dentistry - taking into account the requirements of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 7, 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Journal of Laws UE L 255 of 30.09.2005, p. 22, as amended2)).

Regulation: HERE

Source: Journal of Laws MZ