1. Respiratory medicine training in Malta
- Author
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Peter Fsadni, Stephen Montefort, and Rachelle Asciak
- Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,lcsh:RC705-779 ,Engineering ,Medical education ,business.industry ,education ,lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system ,Expert Opinion ,Training (civil) ,Medical care -- Malta ,Respiratory Medicine ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Case mix index ,030228 respiratory system ,Lungs -- Diseases -- Treatment ,Training Experiences ,Medicine -- Practice -- Malta ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Physician practice acquisitions -- Malta ,business - Abstract
In Malta, respiratory medicine is quite a popular speciality. It is attractive because of the interesting case mix and the interventional element of the speciality. To understand the training system in Malta, it helps to first have some background knowledge of Malta. Malta is a tiny Mediterranean island, just 316 km2 in area, with one main teaching hospital, Mater Dei Hospital, with a second smaller hospital on the sister island of Gozo. Scattered across the island are regional health centres, and two smaller oncology and rehabilitation hospitals. These cater for the 420 000 people living there. With tourism, the population increases significantly. We communicate in both Maltese and English, and teaching (both at medical school and at a postgraduate level) is in English., N/A
- Published
- 2017