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IntMedPOL25 Conference

“International medical graduates on the Polish labour market
in the context of healthcare workforce deficit in Poland, in Europe and globally”

Outline of the Programme of the conference.

The Program of the Conference includes five panels:
  1. International panel (Part 2): Healthcare workforce – deficits, migrations, public health – international perspective
  2. Statistics and regulatory panel (Part 3): Current situation on the healthcare labour market in Poland
  3. Rectors’ panel (Part 4): Experiences of the Polish medical universities in educating and training international students and employing international graduates
  4. Healthcare Graduates’ panel (Part 6): Why Poland? And why not? – opinions of international healthcare Graduates from medical/healthcare study programs in Poland
  5. Ministers’ panel (Part 7): Government’s views on the needs, feasibility and obstacles in employing international healthcare professionals in Poland
No. Time ddddddddddd Title and topics Invited Speakers and Panelists
# 09:00 – 10:00 Registration of on-site Participants Conference Team
1. 10:00 – 10:20 Part 1 – Welcome notes and introduction
  • Minister of Science and Higher Education
  • Prof. Wojciech Załuska, Rector of the Medical University of Lublin, Chairman of the Conference of Rectors of University Medical Schools (KRAUM)
  • Prof. Michał Markuszewski, Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk (MUG / GUMed)
2. 10:20 – 11:30 Part 2 – Healthcare workforce employment and migration – global and European perspectives
  • Migrations of healthcare workforce in Europe and globally – statistics, causes and consequences
  • Impact of healthcare workforce migration on public health – source countries, destination countries
  • A medical professional from abroad – education & training vs. employment, European perspective
  • Dr Heidi L. Bludau, Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (online)
  • Prof. Katarzyna Czabanowska, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  • Dr Artur Brocławski, Medizinisches Institut für transkulturelle Kompetenz, Bielefeld, Germany (online)
  • Moderator
# 11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK
3. 12:00 – 12:45 Part 3 – Current situation on the healthcare labour market in Poland – deficits, migrations, employment of medical personnel from abroad
  • Health care personnel in Poland – demand, education, migration, deficits
  • Main causes and directions of emigration of Polish medics
  • Main causes and sources of immigration of foreign medics to Poland
  • Trends and forecasts of employment in health care in Poland
  • Dr Katarzyna Dębkowska, Head of the Economic Foresight Team, Polish Economic Institute
  • Dr hab. Alicja Domagała, prof. UJ; Department of Healthcare Policies and Management, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Collegium Medicum
  • Dr Łukasz Jankowski, Chairman of the Supreme Medical Council of the 9th term
  • Dr Andrzej Tytuła, Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives
  • Moderator
4. 12:50 – 13:35 Part 4 – Rectors’ panel: Aspects of education and training of international students at healthcare study programmes – benefits, challenges, problems
  • Whom do we educate? – countries of origin, fields of study of our international healthcare students
  • Benefits for universities and academic communities
  • Challenges of professional education in patient contact
  • Who do we educate for? – where do our foreign graduates work (home country / Poland / other country)
  • Prof. Wojciech Załuska, Rector of the Medical University of Lublin, Chairman of the Conference of Rectors of University Medical Schools (KRAUM)
  • Prof. Rafał Krenke, Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw
  • Prof. Marcin Moniuszko, Rector of the Medical University of Białystok
  • Rectors of some other Polish medical universities associated in the KRAUM
5. 13:35 – 13:50 Part 5 – Presentation of the report of the International Healthcare Student Survey – a survey among the international students of healthcare study programmes in Poland
  • Where are your from?
  • What was your motivation to come and study in Poland?
  • Where are you going to practice after graduation and why?
Representative of the Medical University of Gdańsk
# 13:50 – 14:35 LUNCH
6. 14:35 – 15:20 Part 6 – Healthcare Graduates’ panel: Poland? Yes and No. Why?
  • Me and Poland
  • Me and my studies in Poland
  • My future career in Poland. Why so? Why not?
International Graduates from healthcare study programmes
# 15:20 – 15:35 COFFEE BREAK
7. 15:35 – 16:20 Part 7 – Ministers’ panel: Employment of foreigners in healthcare professions – visions and principles at the time of rapid changes and increasing instability.
  • What role should/could immigration of healthcare personnel play in meeting the health needs of the Polish society?
  • Training standards and licensing procedures for foreign healthcare personnel and health security
  • Immigration of medical personnel and security of patient data and public safety
  • Medical professions as preferred professions for foreigners interested in migrating to Poland?
  • Dr Henryka Mościcka-Dendys, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Representatives of:
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  • Ministry of the Interior and Administration
  • Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
8. 16:20 – 17:00 Part 8 – Discussion and closing speeches
  • Minister of Science and Higher Education
  • Prof. Wojciech Załuska, Rector of the Medical University of Lublin, Chairman of the Conference of Rectors of University Medical Schools (KRAUM)
  • Prof. Michał Markuszewski, Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk
  • Moderator


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April 7th, 2025; 10:00-17:15
Medical University of Gdańsk
Atheneum Gedanense Novum
Al. Zwycięstwa 41/42, 80-210 Gdańsk, POLAND

The project “International medical graduates on the Polish labour market” is financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland. MNiSW.


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