Primary accreditation of dentists with recenthas become an obligatory procedure. It is designed to confirm that a person who claims to be proficient in dental skills and has crusts about profile education, and can really work in the chosen direction. Accreditation is necessary for all specialists who have the education of a pharmacist, a physician or other related to medicine. However, the accreditation commission met dentists earlier than many of their colleagues from other fields of medicine.
How it works?
To pass accreditation, the dentist will have toto appear before the profile commission. This procedure must be completed immediately after graduation. However, if the profession "dentist" was confirmed by a new specialist, and the commission decided that its level of qualification is sufficient, this does not mean that the epic ends. According to the current rules and regulations, it is necessary to repeat the procedure on a regular basis. The profession of "dentist" must be confirmed every five years anew. This means that with a five-year periodicity will have to appear before the commission and prove compliance with the post.
Many people who received a dentist educationFor a long time and since then they have not worked on it, they may be surprised by this norm. And it is true, it was introduced only in 2016 by the order adopted under number 127n. Previously, there were no such requirements, although there was a similar certification system. Admittedly, the introduction of a new legal standard caused a storm of discontent, and even panic among doctors, for whom the updated law seemed at first glance misunderstood.
How, where, to whom?
Of course, it is important for any dentist to know howpasses accreditation, who needs to pass it, and who is still saved from interaction with the commission. It follows from the order that those who received higher education in the field of medicine, dentistry, as well as the average level of education in the field of people's treatment, will be accredited. In addition, an accreditation commission is also due to all those who hold other categories of education from among those requiring primary accreditation. The educational standards that are adopted in our country tell us what categories they are.
If a person has passed the training programhighly qualified staff or trained under the supplementary education program, which is usually referred to in official papers as "professional retraining", then you will also have to appear before the commission. The qualification of dentists should be confirmed by the commission and in case the doctors studied abroad.
How did it all begin?
From the very beginning, the situational tasks of accreditationdentists were not formulated clearly enough so that non-professionals of this area could orient in them. But it was already clear from the very first moments that the new order will have the greatest impact on the beginning of the career of dentists, pharmacists. It was with them that the introduction of new approaches to the evaluation of the level of qualifications began. However, many will agree that accreditation of a specialist in medicine in our country has long been a painful issue. People do not trust doctors, and this measure will restore faith in highly qualified care. At least, this was the calculation when the law was passed.
At the same time, it should be noted that the accreditation of a specialist has not become something fundamentally new. Previously, doctors should have been certified, which was formally replaced by a new commission.
What do experts say?
At first, many doubted that it was correctIn addition to dentists, accreditation is also carried out by other specialists, including pharmacists. As analysts noted, pharmacists are also employees of the health care system in our country, so it is logical to extend similar principles to them. However, there have been predictions that this will scare people away from real work and soon the country will face a shortage of personnel in this area. However, until the final statistics on the issue has been collected yet.
Another problem that concerns alreadyaccreditation of dentists directly, is a matter of choosing members of the commission. To this day, there are no clear and precise instructions regarding both professional standards and methods for checking compliance with them. Initially, it was announced that experts for the commission would be trained specifically, but in fact the effectiveness of this program is still a big question.
What does it give?
По новому закону, обязательно прохождение accreditation of dentists, as a result of which doctors receive a special certificate. It’s impossible to work without a certificate today. However, even if dentists were the first birds, in 2017 the practice spread to other branches of medicine.
Accreditation of dentists is carried out in three stages:
- Test.
- Evaluation of skills in the application of equipment.
- Simulation of a clinical task.
Already in 2016, before the beginning of real practice onaccreditation, potential doctors could get acquainted with what awaits them. The websites of the Ministry of Health, a methodical center responsible for confirming the level of specialists, published several thousand test tests, on the basis of which it was supposed to evaluate the work of dentists in the future. Of course, no one offered such a volume at the exams, but from these preliminary bases, sets of questions were selected to allow for the compilation of individual tasks. By the way, virtual resources allow you to create such a compilation for yourself, test your strength, and get your points out of a stressful situation. In the classic version, the duration of preparation is one and a half hours, during which 60 questions need to be solved. Questions offered answers - four options.
All at once?
For many, the approach seemed interesting.States to choose those who will be accredited, and those who are not threatened so far. It was decided that at the same time the whole country should not be transferred to new mechanisms. So, until 2021, those who are already working will be given certificates valid until 2026.
And what's new?
It would seem that little has changed, and affectedthese are mostly graduates. Is it so? In 2016, it was decided to introduce a new mechanism of education in the field of medicine - an attempt was made to introduce the so-called continuous. This means that dentists and nurses must not retrain their qualifications every five years, but regularly learn new things.
And what does it mean?
Experts praised this innovation,since the previously existing method is hopelessly outdated long ago. According to previous standards, doctors could only count on a slow renovation of buildings, which is why the system of on-site assistance hopelessly lagged behind real world practices and trends — nobody knew about them.
Science is actively developing, new ones appear.techniques, approaches, drugs, and familiar and familiar drugs are a thing of the past because of detectable side effects. Of course, if information about such updates in medicine gets to the doctor only once every five years, there can be no question of how to meet customer expectations. And what to hide, most of the refresher courses for dentists are just a repetition of what was already learned in the sixth year of university, without any attention to the real situation in the world of medicine.
Additional education and accreditation
It is assumed that the updated system will allowmake the system of obtaining additional education by the dentists more effective. If earlier it was possible to count on 144 hours of classes with a gap of five years between two “batches” of knowledge, now you can get 250 hours distributed in a five-year gap evenly. By the way, according to the old standards, these 144 hours were crammed into just 4 weeks. Of course, this affected the assimilation of knowledge, not to mention the fact that relevance did not always correspond to expectations.
The order of the Ministry of Health obligesNow, dentists receive 50 points or hours during the year related to activity in the field of improving knowledge and skills. At the same time get all the points at once, though possible, but not necessarily. For example, you can regularly take short-term tutorials - say, 18-hour ones. In addition, you can attend conferences and take distance learning programs. All this allows you to accumulate points and hours, which will further help to get accreditation when the time is right.
Accreditation and points: one without the other is impossible?
Implementation and accreditation and systemsadditional level of qualification is made gradually, in steps. So, the first to be hit were those who were to face the first accreditation in life, who received the latest certificate. In 2017, the next batch started. According to preliminary estimates by specialists, every year up to 250,000 specialists will be involved in the new methodology. This means that to this day there are those for whom accreditation is still to come. However, officials promise that sooner or later everyone will be covered.
Do not slip away. And is it necessary?
If this or that doctor who was supposed to enterin the new stage of accreditation, avoided the passage of the commission, he will not be able to work But not everyone can get accredited, but only those who already have a profile on the Continuing Education website of the International Medical Association.
In the example, the situation is as follows:If a person has received a certificate until 2016 and is now working as a dentist, but he will have to be updated in 2017, 2018, this means that you need to join the IGO, where to accumulate points. That is, in 2017, the doctor will still receive a certificate in the old form, but from this point on, the countdown will begin - you need to accumulate at least 250 points in your profile in five years. If this succeeds, we can assume that the accreditation will be completed next time, which means that the dentist will retain the right to work in this area.
And if not?
Undoubtedly, there are people who are notfive years is enough to score the right amount of points. It always happens, no matter what system of education is introduced. However, experts promise that an additional way out of the situation will be developed specifically for this group of people. It is assumed that the introduction of intensive courses, which allow to collect the missing amount of points, will give a good effect. Alternatively, the doctor will be given extra time to solve the problem.
Looking back to the West
The system was not introduced from scratch,The ministry analyzed the experience of successful developed countries, where the similar logic of education and accreditation of dentists already operates. In most of these countries, both the opportunity to take extra time and various courses have been introduced. Simply copy the system, adjusting it for the realities of our country. Experts promise that the system of continuing education in the field of medicine will be regularly improved. By the way, the standards for the clock are already taken exactly those that apply to European doctors.
There are always disadvantages
Of course, no matter how promisingIntroduced accreditation of dentists, this system has pitfalls. So, the novelty is very different from the practiced teaching methods in higher educational institutions of the country, it is unusual for doctors, professors, and officials. This ensures that at first there will be a lot of discontent and misunderstanding. In fact, work is underway to help optimize the transition from higher education to additional education during a career.
Short courses are also being developed thatfuture employers will allow dentists to go to study for a few days a year annually. This will help not to lose the employee immediately for a long time, and the doctor will be given the opportunity to score the necessary number of points.
