PARTICIPATING CHAMBER
OF ROMANIA
ROMANIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
Colegiul Medicilor Din Romania
Bulevardul Timisoara nr. 15, cod postal 061303, Sector 6, Bucuresti
+40-21-413 88 00
office[at]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 &
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”)
QUALIFICATIONS
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
SPECIALITY 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