Name:
VALVIRA, National supervisory authority for welfare and health
Type of organisation (professional, government, etc.):
Trade union and professional organisation Govermental organisation
Address:
Postal address: P.O. Box 210, FI-00281 Helsinki
Street address: Mannerheimintie 103b, 00280 Helsinki
Phone number:
+358 295 209 111
Fax:
+358 295 209 700
Contact person:
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E-mail:
Website(s):
http://www.valvira.fi/web/en/valvira/contact_information
All the information for foreign doctors wishing to work in finland:
http://www.valvira.fi/web/en/healthcare/professional_practice_rights/...
https://www.laakariliitto.fi/en/health-care-in-finland
Licensing when you have completed a qualification in a country that is not an EU/EEA Member State and an EU/EEA Member State other than Finland has recognised your qualification and licensed you to practice your profession Licensing is subject to the condition that you have practiced as a medical doctor or specialist for at least three years in the EU/EEA Member State in which you were licenced to practice as a medical doctor or specialist. If you have less than three years’ experience, please see above under ‘Conditions for legalisation’ for additional information.
Doctors who have qualified outside the EU/EEA In order to work as a medical doctor in Finland, you must have an authorisation (licence to practice a profession) from Valvira. You may be granted a licence to practice your profession as a medical doctor upon application and will also be entered in the Central Register of Health Care Professionals (known as Terhikki) upon application. In order to be eligible for licensing, you must complete an internship and sit a three-part licensure examination as mandated by Valvira to ensure that your qualification is equivalent to medical training in Finland. The applicant shall not complete the employment, the supplementary studies, the internship or three-part examination required by Valvira, before Valvira has inspected and approved applicant’s degree and education. Practicing as a medical doctor without a licence in Finland is a criminal offence punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
No
For outside EU/EEA there is a written and clinical examination. From EU-EEA just language test with accreditation protocol similar to Finnish doctors.
There are 55 medical specialties.
MD studies lasts 6 years in university. Specialty training takes 5-6 years.
NAME: MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH
ADDRESS POSTAL ADDRESS PO Box 33, FI-00023 Government, Finland Visiting address: Meritullinkatu 8, 00170 Helsinki
TYPE OF ORGANISATION (PROFESSIONAL, GOVERNMENT, ETC.): GOVERMENTAL PHONE NUMBER: +358 295 16001 FAX: +358 9 698 0709
CONTACT PERSON:
E-MAIL:
WEBSITE: WWW.STM.FI
In addition to the ministry the universities are responsible for PGT, and thus
University of Eastern Finland
https://www.uef.fi/en/web/laake/postspec
University of Helsinki
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-medicine/postgraduate-professional...
University of Oulu
https://www.oulu.fi/medicine/
University of Tampere
http://www2.uta.fi/opiskelunopas/opintojen-aikana/ammatillinen-jatkokoul...
University of Turku
https://www.utu.fi/fi/yliopisto/laaketieteellinen-tiedekunta/ammatilline...
Graduation certificate and accreditation by VALVIRA.
“Specialising in medicine in Finland Specialist training in Finland is in the form of postgraduate professional education at a university. Specialist training is provided by the faculties of medicine at the universities of Helsinki, Eastern Finland, Oulu, Tampere and Turku. Training is subject to the strict requirement that the medical doctor is licensed by Valvira to practice the profession of medical doctor in Finland. Each Faculty of Medicine decides on admissions of foreign medical doctors as post-graduate students and on how your training completed abroad will be recognised in specialist medical training in Finland. The medical specialist degree programme lasts 5–6 years and principally involves practical work in the specialist field in question. A foreign medical doctor can also complete a post-graduate Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree at the universities listed above. If you only intend to engage in scientific research, it is not necessary for you to be licenced to practice medicine.“
No standard procedure.
Since the beginning of 2019 there is a new admission protocol to PGT in Finland. There a two admission deadlines a year (spring and autumn) and applicants are chosen for interview based on their prior working experience and academic achievements. One can apply to five different training programs at a time.
More information can be found in university webpages and in "Opintopolku"-webpage, which is where one fills the application form:
https://studyinfo.fi/app/#!/haku/erikoislääkäri?page=1&facetFilters=teachingLangCode_ffm:FI&tab=los
There is an ongoing reform in PGT in Finland. For now it is unclear how the application to training positions after acquiring the right to train will be dealt in the future. For now one can approach the hospitals directly to ask for free positions.
Yes
For fully qualified trainees around 3200 € , those not yet qualified around 2000€. Overtime is paid, but usually other arrangements are preferred: to take leave etc.
Contract types vary greatly depending on specialty. Usually doctors work in 8 hours shifts day time and on-call from 8 to 24 hours.
Yes they are allowed. In the beginning of maternity of sick leave full pay is granted. With longer periods of illness (over two months a year) and on parental leave there will eventually be reductions. Further information can be found in www.kela.fi
Written exam in the end of training.
There is no clear figure available, between 6000 – 8000 I believe. Where else can we find more information? Finnish Medical Association and Universities have some information and there is an intension to keep better record on the number in the near future.
Where else can we find more information? No definitive figures available. Employment is an issue only in specific , popular specialties. Over all unemployment isn’t an issue in Finalnd.
No accreditation yet, though universities are responsible to overview the training.
No, after accreditation to practice has been managed.
No, the same accreditation has to be done for residency as practicing after.
Yes, it is possible, but same procedure to practice (accreditation) has to be managed.
5-6 years. 9 months in general practice for each specialty, 2 years 3months in community hospital and 3 years in a university hospital. Training includes clinical work, weekly seminars at the workplace and uo to 10 training days a year outside the working place. There is also a written exam at the end.
Yes, it is compulsory to have insurance. For most insurance is provided by Finnish Medical Association.
Generally welcoming, there is still lack of workforce in the rural areas of Finland.
No restrictions.
Finnish Medical Association