[Impact of the Core Training Law on preventive medicine and public health training and other common medical specialties].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the Core Training Law (CTL) is to amend specialised medical training to include 24 months of common training. The aim of this study is to assess its potential impact on the Preventive Medicine and Public Health (PM&PH) training programme and other medical specialties.


METHODS
The programmes of the 21 common medical specialties were analysed and the recommended training periods for each specialty collected, before the information was agreed upon by three observers. The training impact was calculated as the percentage of months that should be amended per specialty to adapt to the common training schedule.


RESULTS
The Preventive Medicine and Public Health training programme is the specialty most affected by the Core Training Law (100%, 24 months). Intensive medicine (0%, 0 months) and medical oncology (17%, 4 months) is the least affected.


CONCLUSIONS
The CTL affects the common medical specialties in different ways and requires a complete reorganisation of the activities and competencies of PM&PH professionals.
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
Pello
P
Latasa
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
Christian
C
Gil-Borrelli
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
José Antonio
JA
Aguilera
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
Laura
L
Reques
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
Saúl
S
Barreales
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
Elena
E
Ojeda
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
Guadalupe
G
Alemán
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
Carlos
C
Iniesta
ARES MPSP - Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Madrid, España. Electronic address: pgullon@isciii.es.
Pedro
P
Gullón
D004501:Education, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008511:Medicine; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013030:Spain
Educación en salud pública profesional; Internado y residencia; Internship and residency; Medicina preventiva; Preventive medicine; Professional public health education