UEMS

European Union of Medical Specialists

The UEMS represents & supports medical specialists. EAP is the Paediatric Section of UEMS.

UEMS represents over 1.6 million medical specialists in all the different specialties!

About

UEMS

The UEMS is a European non-profit organisation representing more than 1.6 million specialist doctors, from all EU countries and beyond. 

UEMS members are the most representative associations of medical specialists in their respective countries. 
Through the UEMS, its members can have their views and concerns promoted through one stronger voice to the relevant European institutions. 
They also receive regular information on the latest developments as regards to European health-related issues.

The UEMS objective is to improve patient care throughout Europe by developing and supporting excellence in specialist medical practice.

UEMS activities and projects are concrete means to serve medical specialists in EU to aim at this objective.
As example, we are deeply involved in serving and supporting the Continuing medical education (CME) and Continuing professional development (CPD) of medical doctors.

CME serves to maintain, develop or increase the knowledge, skills and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.

Specialties Sections
(and their Divisions)

The most important medical specialties bodies within the UEMS are the 43 Specialist Sections, which represent the medical specialties recognised by the European Union. EAP is a section of UEMS.


They represent and promote their respective medical specialty, and develop European standards of medical training in their respective medical disciplines.  


Indeed, the UEMS created in 1962 Specialist Sections for each of the main disciplines practised in the 6 common market member states. These groups of experts, made up of representatives of the national associations of the specialties concerned, carry out a considerable workload with the idea of coordinating and harmonising specialist training and criteria for the recognition of medical specialists. 


UEMS Sections may set up European Boards which are working groups dedicated to address scientific and training interests of the medical specialty. 


In this respect, European Boards welcome members of recognised academic or scientific society of the specialty in question.




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Core-MD Project

Coordinating Research and Evidence for Medical Devices (CORE-MD)

New ways to test high-risk medical devices.

 

Manufacturers of medical devices need to test their products before being allowed to market them. Specifically, they require clinical data showing their medical device is safe and efficient. In this context, the EU-funded CORE-MD project will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators. The project will propose how new trial designs can contribute and suggest ways to aggregate real-world data from medical device registries.


It will also conduct multidisciplinary workshops to propose a hierarchy of levels of evidence from clinical investigations, as well as educational and training objectives for all stakeholders, to build expertise in regulatory science in Europe. CORE–MD will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators, to achieve an appropriate balance between innovation, safety, and effectiveness. A unique collaboration between medical associations, regulatory agencies, notified bodies, academic institutions, patients’ groups, and health technology assessment agencies, will systematically review methodologies for the clinical investigation of high-risk medical devices, recommend how new trial designs can contribute, and advise on methods for aggregating real-world data from medical device registries with experience from clinical practice The consortium is led by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and involves all 33 specialist medical associations that are members of the Biomedical Alliance in Europe.

EAP Representative:

  • BERTHOLD KOLETZKO
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