Common Platforms

Biomedical Scientists
(BMS)
 Directive 2005-36
Recognition of Qualifications
Article 15 of this Directive aims to facilitate the recognition of
professional qualifications on the basis of common platforms.
 Stage 1: Inventory of national regulations

•In which Member States is the profession regulated with

regard to qualifications?

•What level of qualification is required/provided in the various

Member States?

•What are the areas of activities of the profession and the

content of the training in the various Member States?
Stage 2: Establishing the platform

•Training of an overall minimum

duration of 6 years

•Minimum diploma Bac+3

•Minimum 1 year of professional

experience

•Flexibility over the two remaining

years(academic training work
experience, traineeships, etc.)
 Stage 3 : Adopting the platform

•Presenting the Platform of the European Commission

•Consulting the Member States – Discussing the platform

within the Group of Experts

•Submitting a set of draft measures to the “Article 58

Committe”

•Adoption of a Commission decision

•Following-up the Commission decision

 Stage 1: Inventory of national regulations

In which Member States is the profession regulated with

regard to qualifications?

What level of qualification is required/provided in the various

Member States?

What are the areas of activities of the profession and the

content of the training in the various Member States?
 In wich Member States is the profession regulated
with regard to qualifications?

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What are the areas of activities of the profession and the
content of the training in the various Member States?

This question for us is not just one, for better comprehension we divided it
in three:

• Main areas of activities of the profession

• Places where we do our training
• Content of the training
 Main areas of activities of the BMS?

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Clinical Laboratories: Research Laboratories:

- Research in all different areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Immunology Industrial Laboratories:
- Clinical Histology/Citology - Pharmaceutical Industries
- Toxicology
- Microbiology
- Transfusion Science Others:
- Haematology - Public Health
- Medical genetics
- Quality Control