Name: State Health Care Accreditation Agency under the Ministry of Health
Type of organisation (professional, government, etc.) Trade union and professional organisation
Address: A.Juozapaviciaus g.9, LT-09311 Vilnius, Lithuania Phone number: (+370) 5 261 51 77, Fax: N.A.
Contact person: ramune.vaitkeviciene@vaspvt.gov.lt
E-mail: vaspvt@vaspvt.gov.lt Website (s): www.vaspvt.gov.lt/en/node/264
Language skills (Lithuanian B1), medical degree, civil insurance, immigration approval. Where else can we find more information? www.vaspvt.gov.lt/en/node/264
No
Where else can we find more information? www.vaspvt.gov.lt/en/node/264
No. There is an interview with State health care accreditation under the Ministry of Health. Additional interviews may apply with hospitals prior employment procedure. Where else can we find more information? www.vaspvt.gov.lt/en/node/264
Medical degree (after undergraduate training) Medical specialist (after postgraduate training) Where else can we find more information? www.vaspvt.gov.lt/en/node/264
Medical degree (university - medicine) Medical specialist (university - residency studies) Where else can we find more information? www.vaspvt.gov.lt/en/node/264
Name: Lithuanian University Of Health Sciences Address A. Mickeviciaus g. 9, Kaunas, Lithuania
Type of organisation (professional, government, etc.): University
Phone number: +370 37 327259 Fax: N.A. Contact person: N.A.
E-mail: fstudent@lsmuni.lt
Website: http://www.lsmuni.lt/
Name: Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Address: M. K. Čiurlionio str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius
Phone number: +370 686 12017 Fax: (8 5) 239 8705 Contact person: Lina Kocienė E-mail: N.A.
Website: http://www.mf.vu.lt/en
Intership. Medical degree, license.
Hospitals administration
Individual.
Yes for full time and no for an exchange trainee
Yes
Current salary for trainee ~ 800 eur. Overtime is not paid.
Contracts with University and teaching hospital. 38 working hours per week. On call rotations are included.
sick leave, vacation days, maternity leave - paid but there is a reduction
voluntary work - not paid
Examination after finishing a course (curricular based) and final exam finishing the training.
Where else can we find more information? http://www.lsmuni.lt/; http://www.mf.vu.lt/en
Divided, if possible, by in each speciality. ~ 1000 - 1200
Very few drop outs and ~90% employment success
Yes there is legal accreditation procedure for training centers with included visitations.
Yes, there are general recertification scheme for doctors willing to practice. Where else can we find more information? www.vaspvt.gov.lt/en/node/264
No, trainee follows general application procedure.
Poor lithuanian language skills
Individual agreement with university/hospital
In other words, please describe, in general terms, the training of a junior doctor in your country. Training for junior training depends on specialty and lasts from 3 to 6 years.
Country is very open for immigration of medical trainees, especially undergraduate schemes.
Big number of medical trainees leaving the country.
Union of Lithuanian doctors.