for senior PRM doctors trained or specialised in UEMS full member countries, Israel, Serbia or Turkey
Chairperson: Rolf Frischknecht
Field of application:
This rule applies to senior PRM doctors trained or specialised in UEMS full member countries, Israel, Serbia or Turkey
Requirements:
Certification by equivalence is granted to senior PRM doctors trained or specialised in UEMS full member countries, Israel, Serbia or Turkey fulfilling the following criteria:
- Hold a basic medical qualification issued by a competent authority of a UEMS full member country, Israel, Serbia or Turkey or certificate of equivalence issued by such an authority
- Having been trained as a medical PRM specialist in one or several UEMS full member countries, Israel, Serbia or Turkey
- Hold a valid qualification as a medical specialist in PRM issued by a competent authority of a UEMS full member country, Israel, Serbia or Turkey or certificate of equivalence issued by such an authority
- Practice of the medical specialty of PRM in UEMS full member countries, Israel, Serbia or Turkey for at least 7 years at the time of the application
- Document 250 Continuing Medical Education / Continuing Professional Development (CME/CPD) credits collected from CME/CPD activities during the 5 years preceding the application
Note: if the applicant complies to a national compulsory CME/CPD program of a UEMS full member country, Serbia or Turkey, she/he is not required to provide this proof of CME/CPD
- Cumulate at least 45 activity related points from the list of activities below:
Activity related points:
Clinical Experience:
- Work in a hospital or private practice as a medical PRM specialist
1.5 points / year and equivalent of full time employment
- Practise PRM as a leader of a multi-professional rehabilitation teamcomprising medical rehabilitation specialists and at least 4 professions allied to rehabilitation medicine from the following list: rehabilitation nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, speech therapists, social workers, techniciens for orthotics and prostetics
additional 1.5 points / year and equivalent of full time employment
Teaching activities:
Formal teaching of PRM subjects to medical students, PRM trainees or students for professions allied to Rehabilitation Medicine for more than 2 years at the time of the application
Hours of formal teaching per year ≥ 10 hours ≥ 20 hours
– to pregraduate medical students 2.5 point 5 points
– to postgraduate PRM trainees 2.5 point 5 points
– to pregraduate professions allied to PRM 1.5 point 3 points
Training activities up to a maximum of 15 points :
- Practice of PRM in a nationally recognized training centre for medical PRM specialists and involved in the clinical education of PRM specialist trainees
− in a European Board PRM (EBPRM) certified training centre
1.5 points / year and equivalent of full time employment, up to a maximum of 15 points
− in a training centre which is not certified by the EBPRM:
1 point / year and equivalent of full time employment, up to a maximum of 10 points
Activity in professional organisationsof PRM medical specialists to a maximum of 10 points :
- Involvement in national, European or international professional organisations of PRM medical specialists:
− as an executive committee member or committee chair person
1 point /organisation / year up to a maximum of 10 points
− as a national delegate or expert
0.5 points /organisation / year up to a maximum of 5 points
Activity in rehabilitation or disability related patient’s organisations up to a maximum of 10 points:
- Involvement in rehabilitation or disability related patient’s organisations (Non-Governmental Organizations) as medical advisor, executive committee member or committee chair person
− Regional organisations 0.25 points/organisation/year up to 2 points
− National organisations 0.5 points / organisation/year up to 5 points
− International Organisations 0.5 points / organisation /year up to 5 points
Publications on PRM subjects up to a maximum of 35 points:
- For publications on PRM subjects, credit points are given according to the type of publication, the journal and the applicant’s contribution:
First and last authors receive 100% of the credits points mentioned below, second and second last authors 50%. All other authors receive 25% of the credits points mentioned below.
| PRM subjects (scientific, clinical or educational) | Original papers, meta-analysis | Review papers, case reports | Letters | |
| International journals* | peer-reviewed | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| National PRM journals | peer-reviewed | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| National non PRM journals | peer-reviewed | 3 | 1 | 0.5 |
| International or national PRM journals | not peer-reviewed | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
* indexed in one of the main scientific databases: Pubmed/Medline, ISI-SCI, Excerpta etc.
- For publications of PRM related books or PRM subjects in books, credit points are given according to the type of publication and the applicant’s contribution:
Printed MD and PhD thesis on PRM subjects are considered as books.
In the case of a voluminous book or chapter the Jury of the European Board of PRM can increase the credit points up to the double of the credit points in the table below.
| PRM related books or PRM subjects in books (scientific, clinical or educational) |
in English |
other language |
|
| Authors of PRM related books | 30 per book | 20 per book | |
| Scientific editor of a PRM related book | 30 per book divided by the number of editors | 20 per book divided by the number of editors | |
| Chapters in books * | review by editors | 3 | 2 |
| not reviewed by editors | 2 | 1.5 | |
|
Master- MD- and PhD-thesis which are not printed as books |
These credit points can’t be awarded if the content has been published as papers in PRM journals and the credit points for these are claimed under « publications in scientific journals » | 15 |
10 without English summary 15 with English summary |
* First and last authors receive 100% of the credit points mentioned above, second and second last authors 50%, all other authors receive 25% of the credit points mentioned above.
A PRM specialist interested to become a Fellow of the European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine by equivalence must apply to the European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine as follows:
- Complete the application form for Certification by Equivalence: DOWNLOAD – application form
- For easier computing of the points, please use this calculator
- Pay 300 Euro to the Treasurer European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine by bank transfer following the instructions on the application form
- Submit a pdf file with all the necessary documents together with a copy of the proof of payment (statement proving the bank transfer) to the National Manager of his /her country for approval and transmission to the Chairperson for Certification by Equivalence.