CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) AS COMPULSORY PERMANENT TRAINING ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
The article describes continuous medical education (CME), which is secondary professional education carried out by means of skills upgrading and retraining programmes. The realization of the CME system is carried out according to Federal Law №323 dated 21, November 2011 "On the fundamentals of of protecting the health of citizens of the Russian Federation", where it is established that medical workers are required to improve their qualifications and to pass accreditation at least once every 5 years in accordance with the procedure established by the Ministry of Health Care of Russia.