Table 5.

Specialist Training

Different training for specialists in eastern European countries:
1. Endocrinology	Czech Republic, European Union system	3 years of internal medicine + 2 years of endocrinology
	Ukraine	2 years of internal medicine + 3 months of endocrinology
	Bulgaria	1 year of internal medicine + 3 years of endocrinology
	Russia	2 years of endocrinology or bacic speciality + 4 months of endocrinology
2. Diabetology	Slovakia, Hungary	3 years of internal medicine + 2 years of diabetology
	Romania	4 years not specified duration of internal medicine + diabetology