Medical education in Romania: Tradition and innovation

Abstract

Romania is a country in south-east Europe, which has experienced major changes in political, educational, and healthcare systems. At the time of writing this paper, there are thirteen accredited Faculties of Medicine, which offer students from all over the world the possibility of becoming doctors. Students in Romania follow a six-year program of activity and there are courses taught in Romanian, English, French, and Hungarian. In this paper, we outline the organization of Romanian medical education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and we indicate the opportunities for curriculum development.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.

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Funding

This paper is supported by the project The internationalization of university curricula at UMF Tg Mures (i-MED), with the contract number CNFIS-FDI-2016-0079.

Notes on contributors

Simona Mureșan

Simona Muresan, MD, PhD Anca Georgescu, MD, PhD Leonard Azamfirei MD, PhD and Cristina Marginean MD, PhD are all members of the Department for the Internal Evaluation of Programs of Study and University Curriculum, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureş, Romania. They are heavily involved in curriculum reform.

David CM Taylor

David Taylor EdD, PhD is from the Gulf Medical University in Ajman, in the UAE, and has been one of the external consultants assisting the Romanian Medical Universities develop their curricula.