Specialists’ medical training (residency) in Poland

The article analyses the legal and institutional framework governing specialist medical training in Poland, with particular emphasis on the role of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education (CMKP) as defined in national legislation. It identifies the statutory and regulatory criteria that an institution must satisfy to obtain authorisation to conduct residency training in a given medical field, and outlines the role of the CMKP and its Director in the accreditation process. The article further examines the legal provisions governing the possibility of changing the place or field of residency during specialist training, as well as the regulatory consequences of the modular structure of specialist training. Finally, it discusses the statutory basis and mechanisms for remunerating physicians and dentists undergoing specialist training in the residency mode.