Organisation: Denmark Decentralization of the planning responsibilities

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HWF planning takes place at central level (Danish Health and Medicines Authority and Minister of Higher Education and Science) for medical doctors, dentists, clinical dental technicians and dental hygienists (including medical and dental specialists).

  • The Danish Health and Medicines Authority determines the number of postgraduate education posts for medical and dental specialists in each specialty and within regions.
  • The Danish Health and Medicines Authority makes recommendations for the student intake of medical doctors, dentists, clinical dental technicians and dental hygienists. The Intake is afterwards set by the Minister of Higher Education and Science.

Regions are the administrations in charge of assigning provider numbers to general practitioners. A provider number is necessary to be reimbursed by the public tax based health system.

Regions are the main employers and therefore play a crucial role in securing the quality of education in the post graduate educationThree regional councils for postgraduate education are responsible for announcing postgraduate training post on the basis of the plan outlined by the Danish Health and Medicines Authority. The three regions decide how the assigned training posts are to be distributed within the region. Furthermore they are in charge of composing the postgraduate training posts and their educational programs.

The University of Copenhagen and Aarhus are required to announce the number of training posts in orthodontics decided by the Danish Health and Medicines Authority

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