Generally, the educational training and research / development process describes the following levels of disciplines interpenetration: pluridisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. The interdisciplinarity implies phenomena, general laws and concepts common to several disciplines, analyzed in contexts as varied as possible, to highlight the many facets and possibilities of their application in the area of various disciplines. Through interdisciplinarity, the horizontal transfer of knowledge from one discipline to another is being promoted. This article aims at defining the specificity of the interdisciplinarity in the Romanian medical education and research, the importance and benefits thereof in the context of the educational and research process.

The role and importance of interdisciplinarity in finding a solution to the most complex problems in science and research, in the practical activity of any economical and social aspect of our lives, with special interest in education and graduate education, is one of the most frequent academic topics today. Although rather discussed than applied, more in theory than in practice, interdisciplinarity is guiding the efforts of the university programme and research coordinators, being part of the guidelines of almost all of today’s innovative projects. Having some of the essential coordinates of interdisciplinarity as a starting point, this paper aims at discussing interdisciplinarity in today’s context of society governed by knowledge and change in the graduate educational system, a domain where interdisciplinarity has been and should be among the most important objectives.