During the meeting the rectors adopted resolutions on granting the University of Rzeszow and its Medical College and the University of Zielona Góra and its Medical College the status of ordinary members of KRAUM. The rectors also discussed the medical community's opposition to the proposal to abolish postgraduate internships. Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong referred to the changes in the system of education and financing resulting from the abolition of internship. Also on the agenda was the need for World Federation for Medical Education accreditation. An important point was the draft resolution on the demand for the implementation of legal guarantees of an adequate standard of education in medical studies by providing financial and institutional solutions regarding the appropriate clinical base to carry out the tasks of pre- and postgraduate training in medical professions.
Rector of MUW - Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong also discussed this year's recruitment for medical universities, including problems related to the recruitment process and the risk of not meeting the limits. The professor also presented the issues regarding funding for personal protective equipment for students.
Finally, KRAUM addressed the possibility of developing a common anti-mobbing procedure for its member universities.
In addition, KRAUM members met with representatives from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education at the Medical Research Agency headquarters. They also heard speeches on the Biomedicine Development Plan of the Congress for the Humanization of Medicine, and were briefed on ABM's plans for 2020. All issues were then discussed among the rectors of the medical schools.
The Conference of Rectors of University Medical Schools is a voluntary association of Polish academic schools providing medical education. KRAUM was established in 1989. KRAUM is composed of: Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Medical University of Gdańsk, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellonian University - Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań, Medical University of Piastów Śląskich in Wrocław, Medical University of Bialystok, Medical University of Lublin, Medical University of Lodz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegiu Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Medical University of Warsaw.