Specialisation studies in medicine: formal or non-formal education?
Abstract:
The intention of authors of this article was not to interprete or even to criticise the official documents of the Europen Commission. We just want to put a flash onto unsolved problems in higher education which seem to hamper the ongoing process of harmonisation of higher education internal structure within the European Union leading to the European Higher Education Area. Bologna process as a backbone of this organism of knowledge might consider tertiary professional higher education in specialised medicine as part of its internal structure. It is just to hope that despite the critical distance and uniqueness of some policymakers in higher education, attention will be focused on this issue in thinking about a further progress in the preparation of a common European Qualification Framework (Ref 5). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
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