[Putting the new model of the statute for specialized medical training into practice: implications for European law]

Specialized medical training serves to deepen the abilities and talents acquired during medical training. It usually takes place during professional activity under the guidance of experienced physicians authorized for specialized training and ends after a successfully completed examination with the acquisition of a specialized training title. The structural requirements, which are to be taught in the context of the specialized medical training, are specified in a statute (Weiterbildungsordnung), which was adopted by the chamber of physicians. The model Weiterbildungsordnung, decided upon by the German medical assembly (Deutscher Arztetag), serves as a recommendation in the individual States in Germany to achieve statutes as uniform as possible. The regional law bases and the implementation of the Weiterbildungsordnung in the Heilberufe-Kammergesetz are described by the example of the State of Baden-Württemberg. The extensive effects of the European law are illustrated by the example of the general practitioner (Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin).