The use of IMI in Romania and the exchange of information about doctors - Alexandru-Ionut Chiuta
1. The use of IMI in Romania and the exchange of information about doctors Mr. Alexandru-Ionut CHIUTA, Counsellor, IMI PQ coordinator (LIMIC) and help-desk, IMI PQ NET Romania methodological expert, National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas (Romanian ENIC-NARIC) Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports Study visit at GMC in Manchester, UK November 1 6 , 2011 Session 2
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3. Presentation overview (II) 5. Does the Romanian competent authority for doctors use IMI to send requests for information about doctors?; 6. If yes, how many per month?; 7. How long does it take to receive responses?; 8. Do the Romanian authorities encounter any difficulties with the requests they send? If yes, pls provide details, again this will be helpful and inform the discussion afterwards.
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5. 2. How many queries do you receive about doctors on average per month Received requests Month Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 2008 - - 5 4 3 10 4 7 6 11 14 65 2009 10 19 12 24 14 37 16 12 15 17 13 25 214 2010 17 23 27 28 16 39 27 31 28 18 32 20 306 2011 19 24 32 25 31 25 23 38 33 42 292
6. 3. How long does it take on average to respond to queries about doctors 3 weeks There is a large number of requests received by the Romanian Ministry of Health each month, about 70% of all requests received by all the authorities from Romania registered in IMI – this is about 10% of all the requests sent/received in IMI for the Professional Qualifications module. Only few requests are sent to the Romanian College of Physicians, about 5% of of all requests received by all the authorities from Romania registered in IMI
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8. 5. Does the Romanian competent authority for doctors use IMI to send requests for information about doctors? The Romanian competent authorities used IMI only for a few cases: Ministry of Health: 9 requests sent since 03.2008 Romanian College of Doctors : no requests sent Total of 20 requests sent to competent authorities from other Member States: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Hungary.
9. 6. If yes, how many per month? 4610 IMI PQ requests Period Requests received Percentage Requests sent Percentage 379 March-December 2008 59 15,57% 6 1,58% 1404 January-December 2009 211 15,03% 3 0,21% 1836 January-December 2010 296 16,12% 10 0,54% 1508 January-September 2011 249 16,51% 1 0,07%
10. 7. How long does it take to receive responses? For one request about dentists there was no answer for 3-4 months so the request was cancelled. For another request about architects the answer was provided after 12 months through IMI. For some other requests we received answers in due time. All the requests sent from Romania are now closed. Requests closed end of 09.2011 Requests received Requests sent Total with information provided 735 17 752