Continuous medical education is not only a duty but also a right to claim.

But this duty cannot be left to the doctor’s discretion alone, considering it as some kind of private activity. Continuous education must not be a one-way road where the doctors undertake learning and teaching by offering their time and financial resources whilst society reaps all the benefits. Society, and in particular the different players in the health care systems, also have some responsibility in this process by setting up acceptable conditions to allow the individual doctor to obtain the education and training he or she needs to treat his or her patients properly under modern conditions. Congresses and courses represent an ideal platform to offer the necessary scientific information and educational tools. The following conditions should therefore be provided by society: