Postgraduate and continuing medical education in Finland.
In this paper, postgraduate and continuing medical education in Finland is described and analyzed. Especially, the contacts with health care policy of Finland are analyzed and presented. First, the roots of CME in basic medical education and its goals are shown. Secondly, the advanced professional medical education (specialization) is presented. Thirdly, the scientific postgraduate system of studies is analyzed. Finally, the system of continuing, complementary medical education and its organization is presented. It is stressed that the CME has close connections with the health care policy in a country. Some problems in this respect are presented.
D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005387:Finland; D006291:Health Policy; D008511:Medicine; D013038:Specialization; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*