Internal Medicine in the European Union

The specialty of internal medicine is one of the specialties recognised by the permanent committee of medicine of the EU in Brussels. By definition it is an all-embracing discipline, concerning itself with all aspects of pathology and all the organ-based specialties. It is recognised in every country in the European Union, but the daily work of the internists and their training is largely determined by the local organisation of national health services in the different European countries.

Because of concerns to harmonise the training of hospital doctors in Europe, the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS) was formed in 1959. Please folow the link here
Internal medicine forms one of the mono-specialty sections of UEMS which are responsible for harmonizing the curriculum of internal medicine, both in terms of the period required for training, and now includes, with increasing emphasis, the curriculum for continuing professional development (CPD) of practicing doctors.