ED Decision 2019/002/R
(a) The curricula for the refresher training hours that should be provided by, or conducted under the direct supervision of, the competent authority or the medical assessor may include but are not limited to subjects such as:
(1) Psychiatry
(i) Relation to aviation, risk of incapacitation;
(ii) Psychiatric examination;
(iii) Psychiatric disorders: neurosis, personality disorders, psychosis, organic mental illness;
(iv) Alcohol and other psychoactive substance(s) use; and
(v) Treatment, rehabilitation and assessment.
(2) Psychology
(i) Introduction to psychology in aviation as a supplement to psychiatric assessment;
(ii) Methods of psychological examination;
(iii) Behaviour and personality;
(iv) Workload management and situational awareness;
(v) Flight motivation and suitability;
(vi) Group social factors;
(vii) Psychological stress, stress coping, fatigue;
(viii) Psychomotor functions and age; and
(ix) Mental fitness and training.
(3) Communication and interview techniques
(b) Scientific meetings, congresses or flight deck experience that may be credited by the competent authority:
Flight crew compartment experience (a maximum of 5 hours credit per 3 years):
(i) Jump seat 5 sectors — 1 hour credit
(ii) Simulator 4 hours — 1 hour credit
(iii) Aircraft piloting 4 hours — 1 hour credit
(c) An AME exercising class 1 revalidation/renewal privileges should attend international aviation medicine scientific meetings or congresses at regular intervals.
(d) Aero-medical examinations of military pilots may be considered as equivalent in accordance with MED.D.030(a)(3), subject to approval by the medical assessor of the competent authority.
Guidance on AME certificate validity refresher training: curricula in psychiatry, psychology, communication; credit for scientific meetings and flight deck experience; military pilot exams may be equivalent.
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