Erasmus+ Programme 2014-2020

Medicine, nursing, midwifery and

paramedic education in Romania
in Romania

“Use of Extraglottic and Glottic Alternative Airways Methods in Alternative Airway

Management”
Proiect 2017-1-TR01-KA202-046653
Some general facts

• Medical education in Romania takes 6 years (five

years for dentists), leading to a Master's Degree in
medicine upon graduation
• The yearly number of medical school graduates
in Romania - 3700 in 2015.

** http://www.studyinginromania.com/romanian-
medical-university-studies.html
Other programs
• Nursing, Midwifery, Radiology and
Medical Imaging, Clinical Laboratory,
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Dental
Technique, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health
Management and Pharmaceutical
Assistants.
• Medical education in Romania is both
offered by public (state-run) and private
Universities.
• Cluj-Napoca,
• Iasi, Arad,
• Timisoara, Oradea,
• Craiova, Constanta,
Targu- Jiu,
• Bucharest,
Sibiu
Medical education
• Year 1-3: preclinical training - study of
fundamental theory:

• Anatomy, Histology, Biology,

Biochemistry, Biophysics, Genetics, Anato-
Pathology, Pathophysiology, Medical
+Surgical Semiology, General and Clinical
Immunology, Pharmacology,
Medical education
• Year 4-6: clinical training
• Internal Medicine,Clinical Pharmacology
• Radiology,Urology,Traumatology and
Orthopedics,Surgery, Medical Emergencies, Hygiene,
Internal Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, Infantile
Surgery and Orthopedics, Endocrynology,
Ophtalmology,Oncology,Clinical Genetics
• Pneumophysiology, Obstetrics – Gynecology,
Psychiatry, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases,
Epidemiology,Polyclinic,Clinical and therapeutical
Synthesis, Medical and surgical emergencies
• Public Health, Balneophysiotherapy and
Rheumatology, Forensic Medicine
PRACTICAL STAGES
• from the 1st until the 5th year of studies,
students must work in university affiliated
hospitals, medical centres or clinics as part
of their summer practice for a minimum of
4 weeks per year (20 days, 8 hours/day =
160 hrs), amounting to at least 800 hours
over the span of five years.
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
• Lastly, during their 6th year of studies,
students have to write a dissertation based
on personal research on a topic assigned
with their instructor and can opt for an
internship or rotation practice
• final State licensing examination, upon
successful completion of which the Degree
awarded confers upon the holder all the
rights and privileges of a Medical Doctor
(MD)..
• After graduation, physicians have to pass
an exam in order to enter residency
training and specialization/ duration 5
years ( 6 years for neurosurgery, 3 years
for family medicine) takes three years,
and public health and health
management four years.
• - 52 medical recognized specialities in
Romania (two for dentists)
Nurse education
• the term medical assistant is used for
nurse.
• The professional title of medical assistant
addresses general medical assistants as
well as medical assistants trained in other
specialties.
Nursing training
• vocational health education - 3 years in
nursing schools after completion of high
school
• graduation certificate
• short and long term higher medical
education - 4 years in university colleges.
• Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
• licence diploma
General medical assistant
qualification
• General medical assistant with graduation
diploma from vocational health schools in
the specialty of general medical assistant
• General medical assistant with short term
higher education studies with graduation
diploma from specialized university
colleges
• General medical assistant with long term
higher education studies with a license
from a university
• Nurses can specialize in several
disciplines: laboratory, public health and
hygiene, balneo-physiotherapy, radiology,
nutrition. Specialization takes one year
CME
• Continuing professional development is required
for both medical doctors (including dentists) and
nurses.
• professional associations set the educational
standards and the criteria for periodical
accreditation of their respective professions.
• - every five years through the accumulation of a
sufficient number of continuous education
points. If the minimum number of points has not
been achieved, the doctor or nurse must pass
revalidation exams.
• The Romanian College of Physicians
• The Order of Nurses Midwives and
Medical Assistants in Romania
(OAMGMAMR)

• ** professional and regulatory

organizations, with the role of developing
rules and standards of practice for medical
doctors/nurses, midwives and medical
assistants.
EMTs and paramedics

• provide basic life support in various life

threatening situations
Emergency Medical
Technician
• primary care provider in the pre-hospital
setting.
• provides basic life support, including
patient assessment, airway management,
and use of the automatic defibrillator and
assisting patients with taking some of their
own medications.
• responsible for driving the ambulance
• work under the direction of a Paramedic
and assume a support role.
Paramedics
• emergency medical technician with
additional advanced training to perform
more difficult pre-hospital medical
procedures.
• provide both basic and advanced life
support, including comprehensive patient
assessment, invasive airway management,
cardiac monitoring and administration of
medications.
Paramedic
• a leadership role working with a small
team of lesser-trained pre-hospital care
providers.
• responsible for verbal communication with
the patient, other pre-hospital providers
and hospital personnel, including
physician medical directors.
• completes extensive written
documentation on patient condition and
treatment provided
Paramedic education
• Nurses, regardless of their specialization,
can work at SMURD service if they attend
paramedical courses at the Emergency
Situations Inspectorates.

• ** 1 year duration