Welcome to the new website of the UEMS PRM Section !

This is the new official website of the UEMS PRM Section and Board. You will find here all updated information about the activities of the three Committees which implement the Action Plan published in February 2009 :

  • European Board of PRM: Education (initial teaching and training, CME/CPD, accreditation of European PRM teaching and training events). President : Prof. Jean-Michel Viton (France).
  • Clinical Affairs Committee: Quality of Care, based on the concept of PRM Programmes of Care. Chairman : Dr Georges de Korvin (France).
  • Professional Practice: Fields of Competence. Chairman : Prof. Mihai Berteanu (Romania).

On behalf of Prof. Nicolas Christodoulou, President of the UEMS PRM Section and of Prof.Jean-Michel Viton, President of the European PRM Board, we thank you for your interest in European PRM Activities. PRM Specialists are all invited to bring their contribution and to apply to the European PRM Board Certification(by examination or by equivalence). This is the first step before applying for the certification as a Trainer or for a Training Centre.

PRM Trainees will take profit from free or low cost registration in some PRM Congresses and European training courses. All Board certified specialists will also benefit from cut off subscription to several European Journals.

European Board Certified Specialists can also participate in the European Accreditation of PRM Programmes of Care, which is organized by the Clinical Affairs Committee. This will contribute to a full description of PRM daily practice and to the promotion of Quality of Care all over Europe.

Dr Georges de Korvin and Dr Nikos Barotsis - Webmasters

Clinical Affairs Committee

The Clinical Affairs Committee of the UEMS PRM Section deals with Quality of Care in PRM practice.

 

Chairman's address after the General Assembly in Belgrade (Serbia), September 2011

Since 2001, the way has been long from Prof. Veronika Fialka-Moser's original idea to organize the UEMS Section into three committees, tightly cooperating with the European PRM Board. Prof. Bengt Sjölund outlined the "EAR policy" and we can remember thorough discussions we had until a consistent Action Plan could be published in the European Journal of PR (2009,45), then implemented with an increasing success so far.

Today, my four year term as Chairman of the Clinical Affairs Committee has reached its end with a clear situation and a series of achievements:

  • An effective procedure for the UEMS PRM Accreditation of Programmes of Care can operate. Thirteen programmes have been accredited during the pilot phase and 8 programmes have been validated through the new procedure started in 2010. Three new programmes have just been presented during our Friday workshop in Belgrade.
  • The European concept of PRM Programme of Care  is getting an increasing influence in the practical description of our daily activity, its presentation to National Authorities and as a basis for funding negotiations. Examples

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Registration for PRM Trainees

Trainees in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine can register with the European PRM Board of UEMS from the first year of their training. Registration is free and is submited online.

The Board encourages trainees to register and benefit from special privileges including free or low cost teaching programmes, the dedicated newsletter and free educational material.