Month: February 2012

affects the future of many professionals in the first level of care, which were presented at the 2011 approval for obtaining the title of family medicine-resistant

-candidacy by José Luis Llisterri to preside over SEMERGEN requires a stronger position and rigorous, proposing to give common sense and simplicity to a test where legislation and administration have led to a large number of doctors without a qualification that prevents them from equal employment opportunities

– “ is necessary to work in the search for simpler alternatives which put an end to this situation of inequality ”, claims the doctor Llisterri, candidate for the Presidency of the Spanish society of physicians in primary care

-the objective structured clinical assessment is a test, outside of the MIR, through system which is obtained the title of family doctor

-more sensible would be assessing new scenarios to obtain the title to all the compañeros have not overcome the ECOE today and for all those not submitted ”, advised Dr. Llisterri

Valencia, January 2012- many doctors working in the field of primary care Spain are currently in a situation of uncertainty, not knowing what will happen to those that were submitted to the ultimate test evaluation clinic objective structured (ECOE)that happens at the moment for being the only way outside of the MIR training left for many professionals in primary care (PA) for the degree of doctor of family.

After not accepting the conditions imposed by the Ministry of health, Social policy and equality for the celebration of this (backed up by other scientific societies of AP) test, SEMERGEN opted to oppose the holding of the 2011 ECOE, advocating affordable and reasonable reviews, and interceding to ensure that the number of eligible candidates was always the most within the existing law.

The decision taken at that time by the National Board of SEMERGEN was the sign an agreement for technical advice with Wolters Kluwer and the Spanish society of family and community (semFYC), awarded the test medicine. Since the company Wolters Kluwer Health (WKH) lodged an appeal with the Central Administrative Court of contract resources and the national hearing against the award of the Organization of the ECOE test in 2011.

However, now detected some maneuvers denounces José Luis Llisterri, candidate for presiding over SEMERGEN, “ since that does not seem reasonable that at the moment company WKH has announced will remove these resources, leaving in distress to many professionals that were presented to the ultimate test ECOE ”. In particular, he wondered: “ what will happen with the suspended and the rest of fronts, such as the open by SEMERGEN partners and the pre-95 outraged, presented particular appeal appeals against the Organization and convening of proof? ”.

Measures to be taken to an unjust situation

Dr. José Luis Llisterri, which aims to guide the steps of the scientific society Dean in the primary care (PA) in our country, with more than 10,000 members, during the next four years to “ is necessary to facilitate access to all physicians who can establish the necessary conditions laid down in Royal Decree No. 1753/98 ”.

Apart from disputes over legal deadlines, design and evaluation of results, which led to the filing of an administrative appeal, this candidacy regrets the urgency and the organizational problems that have been observed in the last examination. “ Under the current circumstances of change in health administration, more sensible would assess new scenarios to obtain the title to all my colleagues who have not completed the ECOE today and for all those not submitted ”, advised Dr. Llisterri, who works at the center of health engineer Joaquín Benlloch (Valencia) and is current coordinator of the Working Group, HipertensiSEMERGEN ón.

The main requirement is to ensure more active participation of this scientific society in the current process or in the design of which they can develop in the future. “ Regret that uncertainty is the protagonist of the ECOE and that the affected as partners attend puzzled an absolute situation of lack of consensus among scientific societies and administration in the search for a definitive solution ”, complains the Llisterri candidate, for whom there is no doubt that “ is necessary to work in the search for simpler alternatives to end to this situation of inequality ”.

For Dr. Rafael Micó, specialist in family medicine and community and member of the National Commission of family medicine, “ our position from our participation in the national specialty Committee (two members of the nomination and a third joined the stream of opinion) will be defending a doctor the situation generated by the precipitation of the test ”.

On the changes to take Dr. Micó calls “ give you common sense and simplicity to a test where legislation and administration have led to a large number of doctors without a qualification that prevents them from equal employment opportunities ”.

Resource of the Tarragona COM

In relation to the appeal by the official school of doctors of Tarragona, recognized by the Ministry of education, it means that this agency must accept all physicians were accredited the requirements needed to occur before January 1, 2008, to submit your request later than that date. This sentence provides legal basis so that all doctors in Spain affected by the ECOE cover in the same.

“ Our candidacy expresses its satisfaction for the recognition to all those affected, having worked a minimum of five years and completed the course of 300 hours before January 1, 2008, can access the ECOE test, although they have submitted the request after the established deadline ”, says Dr. José Luis Llisterri.