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Continuous medical education throughout Russia

Now, to work in health facilities, specialists need to be accredited. To get admission to accreditation, doctors, SMP and pharmacists need to score NMO scores.

A set of services will help health workers with registration on the official NMO portal, as well as introducing information to a personal account, selection of educational programs and the preparation of the portfolio for passing an accreditation exam.

Full range of services in the package:

Registration on the portal edu.rosminzdrav.ru – if there is no personal account;
organization of participation in webinars in the specialty employee;
accompaniment while learning on NMO programs;
paperwork for enrollment on courses;
collecting and preparing documents for accreditation;
Formation of a five-year training cycle;
accompaniment on the NMO portal;
Mapping portfolio.

The services complex aims to help with registration on the NMO portal, as well as making information about the employee, selection of educational programs, portfolio preparation. Additionally, the package includes five training programs from 36 academic hours. Courses will correspond to the specialty according to the five-year cycle plan.

A set of services will provide specialist support for 5 years. The package includes:

Creating a portfolio;
accompaniment on the NMO portal;
preparation of documents for accreditation;
Formation of a five-year training cycle;
paperwork for enrollment on courses;
accompaniment while learning on NMO programs;
organization of participation in webinars in the specialty employee;
Registration on the portal edu.rosminzdrav.ru – if there was no personal account;
Training programs for a five-year cycle – the price of courses is already included in the package and will not be changed.

Continuous medical education (NMO) is a system developed by the Ministry of Health to monitor the qualifications and quality of knowledge of medical and pharmaceutical workers. In 2021, accession to the NMO will be required for all health care professionals.

Causes of the creation of the NMO system

The main reason is the need to improve the quality of education of doctors, medium medical staff and pharmaceutical workers. Previously, experts needed only to regularly undergo training courses. Having received a certificate once every 5 years, the health workers could continue to work until the next regular learning period.

However, the medical and pharmaceutical sphere is rapidly developing. Research has been conducted annually, new drugs and treatment technologies are being developed, new diseases and professions appear.To apply actual information in the work, there is no short training courses once every 5 years.

The NMO system should solve the problem with the lack of qualifications from specialists. Such knowledge control method is used in Europe and America. Now health workers will have to recruit points annually.

Features of the NMO system

According to the project developed by the Ministry of Health, specialists needed for 5 years of professional activity to gain 250 points – 250 ZET (test units). 1 score is equal to 1 academic training (45 minutes).

This rule applies only to profession specialists within 5 years. If the health worker passed retraining, first needed to pass accreditation and only after that score points for the accreditation exam, which must be passed across the following 5 years. The same refers to graduates of universities and custody. Immediately after the release, they must pass the test of knowledge in accreditation centers.

Official portal NMO

The Ministry of Health has created a website on which information on the preparation of medical and pharmaceutical workers is recorded:

Now almost 1.5 million employees of the health sector are registered on the portal. Last year, participants were less than 300 thousand. The site contains accounting:

advanced training programs – over 36 thousand courses;
interactive educational modules – more than 3800 programs;
Educational organizations that have received permission to train specialists with the accrual of NMO scores – over 1100 centers.

Health workers can choose one of the programs presented on the portal or contact the DPO centers.

To become a member of the system, a specialist is enough to register on the SNILS website, introduce F.I.O. and date of birth. After registration, it is necessary to send information about the education received through the personal account – to enter data on the diploma issued and additional documents.

Further, the specialist can start typing points. To do this, it is enough to undergo training on one of the programs on the site or in the centers of additional education that have permission to accrue the NMO points.

Registration of the received points

Accounting Zet is carried out automatically. After training, the specialist introduces information about the documents received on the courses. The procedure for obtaining points Next:

Choose advanced training courses or informal education;
Come down and receive a document;
Enter the document code in your account.

If the DPO Center can conduct courses with points accrued, after entering the data, the system will check the information and automatically accrue ZET.

The procedure for entering the NMO system

Only specialists who have medical or pharmaceutical education can become participants, therefore, it is necessary for entry into the NMO system:

Finish university, DRA, or retraining courses on a medical or pharmaceutical specialty.
Rent an accreditation exam in specialized centers.
Register on the official NMO portal and make information about educational documents – including certificate of accreditation.

Immediately after checking these, the specialist may begin to gain scores for periodic accreditation.

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Frequently asked Questions

By typing 250 points on training courses and making a portfolio, a specialist may submit its accreditation commission to obtain certificate without exams. The ability to act under the condition of accreditation before. If the health worker has not yet passed accreditation exams, they will be mandatory.

Members of the Accreditation Commission determine the level of qualifications of portfolio candidates based on the order of the Ministry of Health No. 352n. After checking, a decision is made – "passed" or "did not pass". If a specialist does not pass the accreditation on the portfolio, it will be sent for exams.

When setting estimates for the portfolio, points are used (do not confuse with ZID). You can get 10.0 points (100%). To surrender the accreditation by portfolio you need at least 70% (7.0 points). The amount of possible set of points for the reporting period is divided into categories:

participation in online courses (IOM) or NPOs – up to 1.0;
Employee research activities – up to 2.0;
Duration of work during the reporting period in the portfolio – up to 1.0;
The volume of hours of training in advanced training courses – up to 4.0;
Assessment of the head for individual achievements of the employee – up to 2.0.

Information on the advanced training courses and informal learning is divided into subparagraphs (the total number of zetas for the five-year cycle and the complexity of individual programs).

To get a high appreciation for workers' achievements and research activities, it is recommended to describe the work techniques in detail. Also worth making your posts and patients in the portfolio.

It is important to make a portfolio informative, but with a brief content and a clear structure. This will reduce the likelihood of the subjective attitude of the Commission. Especially if it was allowed to send a portfolio for accreditation remotely.

At the moment, the requirement to join the system of continuous medical education is under consideration. The Ministry of Health plans to release an order in 2021. Before the order entry into force, the health workers can practice and learn from the old principle.

Specialists can continue to work without entry into the NMO system while permits are valid. (Certificates). Upon expiration of the document, it will be necessary to submit an accreditation exam. Next, the health workers in any case will need to take periodic accreditation – during repeated exams, already scored NMO scores will be taken into account.

Even if you have a valid authorization document, we recommend that you join the CME system now so that all completed courses, webinars and other educational modules bring points for further accreditation.

Due to the new procedure for training specialists, the requirements for funding courses for employees have also changed. Employers are required by law to pay for regular employee training. However, this applies only to compulsory training programs.

Of the 50 points (50 hours), only 36 hours of advanced training per year are mandatory. It is these 36 hours that the employer must pay. The remaining 14 points the specialist gains through non-formal learning. They are not included in the list of mandatory programs, so the employer decides to allocate funds for training on his own.

Simply put, you can only expect to pay for advanced training courses for 36-hour programs. Allocation of funds for additional training depends on the loyalty of the leader.

If you do not want to pay for tuition, and the employer cannot allocate funds from the institution's budget, there are the following ways to earn points for free:

Choose programs from those offered on the website of the Ministry of Health. Their number is very limited at the moment. Not all modules are suitable for specific areas of practice for physicians. At the same time, most classes are held in person and in certain cities.
Get money from the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (FOMS). The option is suitable for "state employees". The head can send a request for allocation of funds from the territorial MHIF. However, this option is promising mainly for specialists from Moscow or St. Petersburg. Employees from other regions are already reporting difficulties in obtaining funds.
Try to get money from a third party. A number of medical institutions cooperate with organizations or receive funds from sponsors who have sufficient budgets. You can also try to obtain funds from trade unions or associations.

In addition to these options, there is a small chance to win a certificate for free education from the state (many applicants, few certificates).

A more convenient option would be the loyalty program of DPO centers. For example, if a specialist has completed advanced training courses as a mandatory program, the training center can award CME points for free.

Our "Institute of Medical Education" conducts courses with the possibility of accruing CME points in a number of areas. For more information, please call us.

Yes. However, this only works if the specialist combines work in two or more positions at once. For example, a therapist who additionally works as a radiologist must be trained in both Therapy and Radiology.

If an employee has additional education, but does not work in several positions at once, it is not necessary to score points for all available specialties. This is necessary if the doctor wants to be able to change the profile of activity at any time.

If you have previously passed the accreditation exam, received a certificate and entered the NMO system, then you need to score points. The bonus will be the opportunity to pass a test according to a simplified system (get the necessary points for the portfolio).

Specialists who have not yet passed accreditation will be required to pass a knowledge test in 2021 (provided that they do not have a valid certificate). This condition applies to all healthcare professionals, including graduates of universities and colleges.

Separately, it is worth noting that employees whose certificates expire in mid-2021 and later will also first be required to pass accreditation. However, by this time, an order will have to be issued on the mandatory entry of medical workers into the CME system, so the requirements and features of knowledge testing may change several times.

To pass accreditation, you must pass (optional):

144 hours of traditional advanced training courses;
74 hours of regular advanced training + 70 hours of "non-formal education" programs – seminars, webinars, IEM and so on.

All completed advanced training courses must be confirmed in the FIS FRDO system. To do this, the training center must register the issued certificates in the registry.

a copy of an identity document;
application for the admission of a specialist to accreditation;
insurance number of an individual personal account (SNILS);
portfolio for the last five years from the date of receipt of the last certificate a copy of the document confirming the fact of the change in full name – if changed;
specialist or certificate of accreditation in the relevant profile;
a copy of the specialist's certificate or certificate of accreditation – if available;
copies of documents on qualifications (certificates of advanced training) confirming information on the development of advanced training programs for the reporting period;
copies of documents on medical or pharmaceutical education and qualifications (with attachments), or an extract from the minutes of the meeting of the state examination committee;
a copy of the work book or information about labor activity (if any), or copies of other documents confirming the length of service in medical or pharmaceutical activities provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on military and other equivalent service (if any).

The portfolio includes the following documents:

information on obtaining vocational education for the reporting period;
a report on the professional activity of a specialist, agreed by the head – if at the time of accreditation the physician is not employed, an inconsistent report is included in the portfolio;
Motivated refusal to coordinate the report on professional activities signed by the head of the organization – if the report did not agree).

For persons with higher medical education, and individuals with higher or secondary pharmaceutical education, documents must be provided at: 125993, Moscow, ul. Barricade, d. 2/1, p. 1. In this case, the documents must be brought to personally or send by the custom letter with the notice. In electronic form, documents are accepted at: [email protected].
For persons with secondary medical education, documents must be provided at: 107564, Moscow, ul. Losinoostrovskaya, d. 2. Accepted personally by registered letter with notice, or in electronic form at: [email protected].

The Federal Accreditation Center (FAC) recommends submitting documents for 3-4 months before the expiration of the valid certificate or certificate of accreditation. Reasons become:

non-payment of accreditation by a specialist;
possible failure to admit to accreditation;
The likelihood of problems with documents or technique and so on.

Each possible reason will lead to loss of time, and the ban on medical or pharmaceutical practice will begin to act immediately after the expiration of the certificate of a specialist or a certificate of accreditation. To avoid problems with admission to work, it is recommended to submit documents and take accreditation with a time stock.

The deadline for checking FAC documents is not more than 10 working days from the date of registration of documents. The availability of information on advanced training in FISO FRDO and completeness of documents is checked.

If information on advanced training in FRDO is missing or an incomplete set of documents, an email specialist or a telephone is directed to a refusal to explain the causes. After eliminating comments, documents can be submitted again. In the absence of problems with documents, they are sent to the Central or Regional Accreditation Commission, where they are registered within 5 working days. The tolerance decision is also sent to the phone or the email address specified by the specialist.

The following is assessed by the compliance of the report on professional activity and advanced training. The total valuation period in the Central or Regional Accreditation Commission is approximately 20 business days. The protocol with the evaluation "handed down" or "not surrendered" is posted on the Fats website.

In the total amount from submission of documents before posting the protocol, the term may amount to 2 months. For this reason, the documents must be submitted in advance – for 3-4 months.

The Ministry of Health indicates that in the presence of the experience confirmed over the past 5 years in the specialty, the medical worker has the right to submit an application for periodic accreditation.

However, there is no complete confidence that such an application will not be rejected. Ministry of Health fully did not approve the decisions on this situation.For this reason, the decision on admission to accreditation will be made by the commission.

In case of refusal of periodic accreditation, physicians whose certificates expired before April 2020 will have to undergo professional retraining and then apply for initial specialized accreditation.

If the specialist does not have experience in the specialty over the past 5 years, then professional retraining with primary accreditation remains the only option – according to Articles 69 and 100 of Law 323-FZ.

The Ministry of Health explained that there are no grounds for conducting early periodic accreditation of specialists whose certificates or certificates have not expired.

According to the draft Order "On the procedure for accreditation", if the certificate ends in 2022 (without the condition for renewal by orders No. 58n and No. 327n) and later, one should undergo advanced training in programs posted on the NMO portal. Unfortunately, applications from this category of medical workers will not be accepted by the accreditation commission in 2021.

However, the FAC recommends submitting documents 3-4 months before the expiration of the certificate. This is due to the workload on the accreditation commissions and the possibility of re-applying if the first one is rejected.

Accordingly, if the certificate ends in the first months of 2022, you need to apply for accreditation at the end of 2021.

1 option: several decrees in a row were taken in official employment.

The law includes years of maternity leave in seniority. The specialist will retain the right to undergo periodic accreditation after leaving the decree.

What to write in a portfolio:

dates of all maternity leave taken;
position and labor functions before maternity leave – only the period not included in the previous accreditation or certification is taken into account;
position and labor functions between maternity leave, if any;
position and functions during maternity leave, if the specialist actually worked even part-time or for a short period.

Suitable for when

the entry in the labor did not correspond to the nomenclature;
the specialist interrupted medical practice for 5 years or more;
official employment was not registered, even if they were actually engaged in medicine;
the specialist was on maternity leave without official employment in the field of activity.

In such cases, the specialist will not be admitted to periodic accreditation. According to the law, after a break of 5 years or more, a specialist is required to undergo training under a professional retraining program and primary specialized accreditation. Only then can you re-enter the system of periodic accreditations.

If a specialist has several diplomas, you need to be officially employed in each of the specialties. Did not work for 5 years in one of the areas – you lose the right to practice in this profile.To return to work, you also need to undergo professional retraining and primary specialized accreditation.

FIS FRDO is a federal register of information about education documents. It is an electronic system for collecting, processing and analyzing information on documents issued by educational institutions on the qualifications and education of specialists. With the help of FIS FRDO, companies can verify the authenticity of diplomas, certificates, certificates and certificates when hiring employees.

By order of the Ministry of Health No. 746n, certificates of advanced training received by a specialist for the reporting period must be entered into the FIS FRDO, otherwise the medical worker's application for accreditation will be rejected.

No, persons with higher non-medical education do not need to undergo periodic accreditation. The orders of the Ministry of Health do not indicate the need for such accreditation.

However, there is one type of accreditation that biologists, medical physicists, forensic scientists, medical psychologists, and so on will have to go through – this is primary specialized accreditation.

According to paragraph 27 of the order of the Ministry of Health No. 746n dated July 9, 2021, persons who have received a higher (non-medical) education must pass the primary specialized accreditation. Such specialists are accredited only once – after completing their studies at the university.