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Preparation of general medical assistants, nurses and medical assistants of other specialties is done through the following forms of education:
  • short and long term higher medical education
  • vocational health education, with a duration of 3 years

For the vocational health education high school graduates may subscribe with a graduation certificate. Medical assistants who graduate from vocational health schools may accede in university colleges with medical and pharmaceutical profiles and faculties of medical assistants with the possibility of validating the studies done in pre-university education.

Graduates of higher medical education with a duration of 4 years who pass the licence examination receive a licence diploma and may follow post-university studies.

The curriculum for the medical assistant is aligned to the European curriculum. The activities allowed with the title of general medical assistant are:
  • establishing the general health care needs and providing general health care services, aiming to prevent, cure and recover
  • administering treatment, according to the medic's prescriptions
  • preserving and improving health
  • elaborating programmes and running activities for health education
  • facilitating actions for preserving health in groups considered as high risk
  • running research activities in the field of general health care by licensed general medical assistants
  • participation at environment preservation
  • writing reports regarding the specific activity ran
  • organising and providing community health care services
  • participation of general medical assistants certified as trainers in the theoretical and practical preparation of general medical assistants in life long learning programmes
  • preparation of the auxiliary medical personnel
  • running educational activities in educational institutions for the preparation of future medical assistants
Key outputs

IENE 1, 2008-2010

  • Research report EN
  • PTT/IENE Model EN
  • Report of the survey EN
  • Good Practice Manual EN

IENE 2, 2010-2012

  • Transnational Report  EN
  • ToT methodology  EN  RO  FR  NL
  • Strategic Guide  EN
  • Final conference  EN
  • Brochure with project results  EN

IENE 3, 2013-2015

IENE 4, 2014-2016

  • Report on integrative literature reviews EN
  • Needs assessment report EN
  • An European model for the development of role models to promote and support culturally competent and compassionate care EN
  • Curriculum EN
  • Report of the Tools EN

IENE 5, 2015-2017

  • Needs assessment Report EN
  • Training Model EN RO IT EL DK
  • Curriculum EN
  • Handbook for MOOC facilitators EN
  • MOOC Best Practice Guide EN

IENE 6, 2016-2018

IENE 7, 2017-2019

IENE 8, 2018-2021

IENE 9, 2019-2021

IENE 10, 2020-2022

  • Download the project Outputs here.

IENE 11, 2021-2023

  • Download the project Outputs here.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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