Basic Medical Education Committee

Name and Position	Affiliation
Helena Karppinen Chairperson	University of Helsinki, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care Finland
Francesco Carelli	Italy
Alessandra Clementi	Kazakhstan
Alex Harding	University of Exeter Medical School, Primary Care United Kingdom
Valentina Madjova	Medical University, Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Medicine Health Bulgaria
Milena Rovcanin	Montenegro
Anne Simmenroth	Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Family Medicine Germany
Odd Martin Vallersnes	University of Oslo, Department of General Practice Norway
Sonata Varvuolyte	VU, Internal Diseases and Family Medicine Clinic Lithuania
Natalia Zarbailov	Nicolae Testemitanu Medical University, Department of Family Medicine, Moldava

Introduction - Aims and Policy

The BME Committee aims to improve undergraduate teaching and learning in family medicine by further developing undergraduate medical education through:

• providing mapping of the BME situation in Europe;
• providing a minimal core curriculum to be used;
• underlining the usefulness of early clinical exposure;
• creating checklists for course organisers;
• issuing statements on the necessity of this teaching in all medical universities;
• strengthening teaching by getting advice from professionals from all European countries;
• helping in developing European curriculum standards in family medicine for undergraduates.

The Committee bases its tools on the latest scientific evidence and on information from all European countries.