"Medicine & Health 2008"

Anaesthesia
Ophthamology
Surgery
Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Internal Medicine
Paediatrics
Bone and Joint Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Tropical Medicine and Infectiology

Courses for Medical Specialists

Experience-based knowledge learned during medical practise needs evidence-based-continuing education for is consolidation. This chapter dedicated to medical specialities, focuses on medical specialities relevant to emergency medicine as well as to curative and preventive medicine which are of particular interest to physicians working internationally.

Nearly all professionals make the experience that with growing job experiences, the needs to compare and measure experiences with other experts arises. This exchange of knowledge and experience can be either a simple conversation with other experts or it can be more structured in form of a training course or even a postgraduate program. Ideally this combination of experience-based know-how with evidence-based know-how should lead to new knowledge and skills.

This chapter "Courses for Medical Specialities" is dedicated to all doctors, from developing as well as from developed countries. Training possibilities, courses, Master Programs and workshops drawn from the following medical specialties were listed: tropical medicine, anaesthesia, bone and joint surgery, surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, ophthalmology, and paediatrics. These courses are also relevant to those working abroad in the fields of Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation. The CME-Accreditation of most of the courses and academic networks offering choices between different partner-universities within the European Community and also internationally shall be particularly be pointed out here.