MADRID, 14 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Ministry of Health, the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), and the Medical Association (OMC) have renewed their agreement to promote and harmonize continuing medical education and the ongoing professional development of physicians in Spain.
The agreement, a pioneer in the European Union, aims to facilitate the recognition and conversion of UEMS-EACCME ECMECs (European Continuous Medical Education Credits) as credits for Professional Development in Spain. This will ensure that doctors who successfully participate in activities that have earned them ECMECs have a proven procedure in Spain certifying their success.
Thus, the Ministry of Health recognizes the UEMS continuing education accreditation process as having proven quality for inclusion in professional development in Spain. Consequently, it recognizes the UEMS-EACCME ECMEC credits as training credits to be considered for professional promotion in general and for professional development in particular.
In this regard, it should be noted that ECCME credits are equivalent to the euro in continuing medical education and are equivalent to AMA (American Medical Association) credits, that is, the dollar in continuing medical education in the United States of America, giving them universal value. Furthermore, under this agreement, not only Continuing Medical Education activities but also Continuing Professional Development activities can be accredited. Thus, being a reviewer, lecturer, or author of publications also allows for obtaining ECCME credits.
Spain leads medical accreditation in Europe according to the latest data from the EACCME (European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education) internal report for 2023. The Spanish Professional Medical Accreditation Council for CPD/FMC (SEAFORMEC), integrated into the UEMS-EACCME accreditation system, represents more than 20% of the European accreditations registered each year, i.e., one in five accreditations is Spanish.
For the president of the OMC and vice president of UEMS, Dr. Tomás Cobo, this is further evidence of "our institution's commitment to the ongoing training and professional development of Spanish physicians with the ultimate goal of ensuring the highest quality of care for patients. The Spanish medical profession and its institutions are once again at the forefront in Europe in providing the best care to patients."
