Table 1.

Institutions involved in the residency training programmes in Europe (data from 32 countries)

Type of teaching hospital
Obligation to complete at least part of the training in a university hospital	Whole training can be completed in non‐university hospitals
21 countries (66%)	11 countries (34%)
Albania, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine	Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey

Residency training programme in the outpatient sector (either affiliated to a hospital as outpatient clinic or private practices)
Possible (obligatory or voluntary)	Not possible
22 countries (69%)	10 countries (31%)
Belarus, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine	Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey

Training in private practices
Possible in 8 countries (25%) France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine