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Mainz The 128th German Medical Association has decided on a new version of the (model) advanced training regulations (MFBO). The new training regulations are intended in particular to sharpen the requirements for maintaining the independence of medical decisions.

The framework conditions for the implementation and recognition of further training and the structures in the further training landscape have changed significantly since the introduction of the MFBO in 2004 and the last update in 2013, according to the resolution. It has also been shown that the current version of the MFBO is no longer sufficient to ensure the long-term neutrality and transparency of further training to the necessary extent.

Many of the recommendations on neutrality and transparency that have been successively developed and communicated cannot currently have any effect if legal disputes arise, explained Gerald Quitterer, President of the Bavarian State Medical Association and board member of the Federal Medical Association (BK).

This was made clear by a series of court decisions that were disadvantageous for the chambers, as a result of which the chambers also had to recognize industry-sponsored training events. This grievance could be addressed with a new version of the MFBO, said Quitterer.

Gnther Matheis, President of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Medical Association and board member of the BK, also pointed out that the new MFBO would have legal effect. To this end, significant adjustments have been made to the regulations on sponsorship, recognition requirements and transparency, which provide an easily applicable legal framework.

The adopted new MFBO states, among other things, that the training measures must preserve the independence of medical decisions and must not be influenced in favor of economic interests.

This requires, in particular, that the training measure neither directly nor indirectly aims to influence the participants’ medical decisions based on the economic interests of the providers, participants or third parties. Training content and marketing activities must be separated from each other. © aha/aerzteblatt.de