[From university pedagogy to medical pedagogy: some reflections]

Recent studies have shown that an appropriate pedagogic training, characterized by a high specificity, is necessary for teaching in universities. However, the time when it should be initiated and whether it should be a compulsory or a optional formation are still debated. Furthermore, the specificity of medical training is at the origin of a new expending discipline, medical pedagogy, that must take into account the necessity to provide the students with a basic professional competence. Finally, postgraduate continuous medical education has its own methods that also require a preliminary pedagogic training.