Name: Socialstyrelsen (The National Board of Health and Welfare)
Type of organisation (professional, government, etc.) Trade union and professional organisation
Department of regulations and licenses
Address: Socialstyrelsen
106 30 Stockholm
Visits: Rålambsvägen 3, Stockholm
Phone number: +46 (0) 75 247 30 00
Fax: +46(0) 752 473252
Contact person: Department of Regulations and Licenses
E-mail: socialstyrelsen@socialstyrelsen.se
Website (s): www.socialstyrelsen.se
You can find all the information needed on the website www.socialstyrelsen.se . There is also an English version available.
There are no specific deadlines for an application.
There are no examinations or interviews to apply for the MPR. However, there is language skill examination to obtain a license. There is more information about this on the website www.socialstyrelsen.se.
All the medical degrees are listed on the website www.socialstyrelsen.se.
NAME: EMPLOYER
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TYPE OF ORGANISATION (PROFESSIONAL, GOVERNMENT, ETC.): MEDICAL TRAINING IN SWEDEN IS A JOB POSITION AND ONE NEEDS TO BE EMPLOYED TO OBTAIN IT.
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Adequate skills in the Swedish language. More information is found on www.socialstyrelsen.se.
They are advertised on the employer’s websites, some of them in the ads of Läkartidningen, which is a magazine given out by the Swedish Medical Association. Some positions are not advertised at all and one needs to call to the clinic itself and the head of the department.
The training in Sweden is a job position, so the applicant needs to apply to a job to get employed. One needs to call the head of the department of the clinic they wish to work at or look out for ads on the hospital or clinic websites or in Läkartidningen.
No, there is no fee for attending a PGT.
Yes.
The current salary differs in different part of Sweden.
Most PGTs are permanent employment, however, in the beginning of a PGT, it is more likely that one is employed temporarily with a short term contract.
Yes. It depends on the reason one has to leave work and the employer.
The training is assessed by being tutored and mentored throughout the program with different kinds of assessment tools. Different clinics can have different needs for assessment and use different tools for it. There are DOPS, 360 evaluations. Some clinics want their residents to go through their recommended examination for that specific specialty. It all varies between employers and clinics.
Yes, but this depends on your employer and sometimes on your specialty.
Once one have obtained a medical license from Socialstyrelsen, there are differences in the application procedure according to the EU country of origin of a trainee.
No.
Depends on in what way. If you do not have a Swedish medical license, it is not possible to do a PGT, however, it is possible to auscultate at a clinic.
If graduation leads to a medical license, undergoing and fulfilling all the requirements of a residency program will lead to a specialist license. This will take at least 5 years depending on the specialty and how many specialities that are done at the same time. However, if graduation does not lead to a medical license, one needs to apply to an internship program in Sweden to obtain a medical license. This process can take various amounts of time as internship is not guaranteed right away, but will take at least an extra 1.5 years.
Positive.
The Swedish Medical Association (Sveriges Läkarförbund) www.lakarforbundet.se