Ten years of specialist training in family medicine in Malta 2007-17

Abstract

On the 9th July 2007, specialist training in family medicine was launched in Malta under the auspices of the government’s Primary Health Care Department, with the Malta College of Family Doctors (MCFD) responsible for ensuring the quality of academic training and assessment. This came about after Malta’s accession to the European Union in 2004, following which family medicine was accepted as a specialty and a ‘Specialist Training Programme in Family Medicine – Malta’ was drawn up by the MCFD in 2005 and approved by the Ministry of Health’s Specialist Accreditation Committee in 2006. The training programme is accredited for international membership of the UK’s Royal College of General Practitioners.