title: Socioeconomic provisions for specialist training in Italy and the UK: integrating the differences.
abstract: Despite new insights on objectives, programmes, standards, curriculums and assessment of European postgraduate medical education being published all the time, few papers deal with the social situation of doctors in training across all European countries. By comparing the socioeconomic provisions for specialist training in Italy and the UK, this work identified several determinants negatively influencing the environment in which junior doctors practise. Modernisation of European postgraduate medical education can be taken forward, provided some regulation and some consistency in socioeconomic provisions for specialist training can be promoted by competent authorities across all European countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied and Psychobehavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, via Bassi 21, 27100 Pavia, Italy. p.fusar@libero.it
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fusar-Poli
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLoughlin
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mongelli
authors.forename: Mariachiara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cortesi
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Politi
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004522:Educational Status; D007558:Italy; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom