Apprenticeship

The GfAS aims to anchor Pediatric Metabolic Medicine (PMM) more firmly in medical training regulations.

National level

• The German licensing regulations (AO) for physicians provide for a science-based education.
• In the German further training regulations, Pediatric Metabolic Medicine is not yet represented.
• The GfAS has repeatedly attempted to include additional training in “Pediatric Metabolic Medicine” in the model further training regulations – so far without success, as the German Medical Assembly has not approved this.

European level

In parallel, the GfAS supports the European certification process through:

• the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM)
• the European Academy of Pediatrics (EAP)

The Educational and Training Advisory Committee (ETAC) plays a central role in this. This committee has:

• developed criteria for training centers for Pediatric Metabolic Medicine
• a training catalog (Syllabus) for:
  • clinical training
  • laboratory medical training

Relevant documents:

• Criteria for training centers (SSIEM – EAP)
• SSIEM Training Syllabus

Certified training centers (according to ETAC criteria):

• Univ.-Children’s Hospital Heidelberg
• Univ.-Children’s Hospitals Innsbruck and Salzburg
• Univ.-Children’s Hospital Zurich
• Univ.-Children’s Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Univ.-Children’s Hospital Freiburg
• Children’s Hospital Reutlingen
• Hannover Medical School
• Univ.-Children’s Hospital Göttingen

The GfAS aims to have further training centers recognized at the European level and recommends that interested centers contact the GfAS board.