Health care professions in the Member States of the European Community

European Commission Directorate-General For Employment Social Affairs And Inclusion

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Education and training
Vocational training

Sujets

• Comparative education
• Vocational education
• Member state of the European Union

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-EMPLOYMENT_SOCIAL-AFFAIRS-AND-INCLUS
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS IN THE
MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITY
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMISSION
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES This document has been prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official position.
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,
1985
ISBN: 92-825-5856-8
Catalogue number: CB-44-85-840-EN-C
Articles and texts appearing in this document may be reproduced freely in
whole or in part providing their source is mentioned.
Printed in Belgium Commission of the European Communities
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS IN THE NEWER STATES OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Education
Health and Safety Directorate
Gerald H. France
Editor
Director Scottish Health Service Centre
Lesley J. Colquhoun
Research Assistant, Scottish Health Service Centre
Document This document has been prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official position. CONTENTS
Page
Abbreviations k
Criteria 5
Foreword 6
Introduction 7
List of Health Care Professions in the EEC 12
Text 21
1Comments 12
Education Supplement 116
A Comparison of Training Requirements 161
References 172
List of Members of the Sub-Committee on Community Coordination of the
1Hospital Committee of the European Economicy 73
List of names and addresses of people who have helped or supplied
information 17Z+ LIST OP ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT
approx approximately
Β Belgium
ΒΑ. Bachelor of Arts
BSc r of Science
circa c
certificate cert
continued con t
Federal Republic of Germany D
EK Denmark
Electro—Cardiograph ECG
European Economic Community EEC
etc etcetera
eventual event
exami nation exam
F France
Great Britain GB
GR Greece
grad graduate
hour(s) hrsj
Hons degree Honours degree
IEL Republic of Ireland
I Italy
incl including
Jan January
L Luxembourg
mininrntn min
mnths months
nat national
NL Netherlands
Nov November
Oct October
SCOTBEC Scottish Business Education Council
SCOTEC h Technicalnl
SCOTVEC Scottish Vocational Education Council
nks weeks
years yrs)
Abbreviations referring to education terminology are explained in
the Education Supplement. — 5 —
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS
The selection does not include doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives,
who are included in EEC-Directives. Knowing that EEC already has Directives
for general nurses and midwives and that EEC is considering Directives for
other groups of nurses eg registered mental nurse and registered sick
children's nurse
i the selection does not include groups with post-basic qualifications
which depend on one of the basic qualifications included in the
EEC-Directive
ii the selection does not include groups which can be described as
qualified nurses, even if they are not covered by the EEC-Directive,
but it does include other associated professions which observe the
criteria.
The selection includes professions for which there is a training recognised
at national or at least at regional level (for example German "Länder")»
leading to a recognised diploma or certificate. As a consequence,
professions that do exist at national or regional level, but for which
there is no recognised diploma or, are not incorporated.
The selection includes professions where both the training and the function
are specifically directed towards health care. Therefore, professions that
are found (or even common) in health care, but of which the training and
function are not specifically directed towards health care, are not
incorporated.
The selection includes any profession that observes these criteria in at
least one country. 6 —
FOREWOR D
The Ministers of Health of the Members States, meeting in Brussels
on 29 November 1984 and in Venice 3 and 4 May 1985, acknowledged
the need to reduce health care expenses and urged the Commission to
look in depth at some related issues one of them being the
planification of health care professions in the Community.
The present report was prepared by the Hospital Committee of the
European Community and it covers some of the major issues related
to paramedical personnel in Member States.
It is a useful and unique document which will be of interest to
health planners and to health economists.
Dr. E. BENNETT
Director
Health and Safety Directorate