[The forms of postgraduate education of physicians in Poland in years (1918-1939)].

Postgraduate studies of the Polish physicians between World Wars was not obligatory, except the doctors, who occupied positions in Health Services Administration. They were trained in The State School of Hygiene, in which were performed systematically courses regarding social diseases (tuberculosis, trachoma), organization of health protection. This studies were founded by Department of Health in Ministry of Public Care. The other forms of training were courses of several weeks, regarding general practice or particularly specializations, organized by medical departments of Universities. The aim of this education was completion of the theoretical academic knowledge wish practical skills. The trainings were also organized by medical associations, departments, institutes, hospital wards and other public societies. The postgraduate studies were continued during the domain and foreign medical meetings, by reading medical journals and publications and by practicing in hospital wards. Until the II World War the postgraduate training was not obligatory and the idea of the state institution coordinating this area was not realized.