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The European Community is based on a series of treaties and legal decisions,
which result from preliminary documents prepared long before by different
organizations and lobbies.
The European union of medical specialists (Union
europeenne des medecins specialists [UEMS]) came into being in order to address
the questions raised by European directives (e.g., free circulation of people and
services, reciprocal recognition of diplomas, medical training, quality
improvements). The specialty sections of the UEMS contribute actively to this
work. The physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) section is composed of three
committees: the PRM board is devoted to initial and continuing education and has
published a harmonized teaching programme and organized a certification
procedure, which can be considered as a European seal of quality; the Clinical
Affairs Committee is concerned with the quality of PRM care, and it has set up a
European accreditation system for PRM programs of care, which will help to
describe PRM clinical activity more concretely; and the Professional Practice
Committee works on the fields of competence in our specialty. This third
committee has already published a White Book, and further documents are being
prepared, based on both the International classification of functioning,
disability and health (ICF) and reference texts developed by the French
Federation of PRM.

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