The Conseils Départementaux de l’Ordre des Médecins (Departmental Councils of the Medical Association), the Conseils Nationaux Professionnels (National Professional Councils), the Commissions et Conférences Médicales d’Établissements (Institutional Medical Commissions and Conferences), the bodies representing the other categories of salaried doctors and the regional unions of health professionals representing self-employed doctors promote continuing professional development programmes which may be followed by self-employed doctors, hospital doctors and salaried doctors. These programmes may involve doctors from the same or different specialties, as well as other professionals.