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In order to utilise the medical expertise of recently arrived doctors throughout the country, Lund University is currently providing an intensive course for non-European doctors without a Swedish medical registration. The aim of the course, which was commissioned by Region Skåne and the Swedish Public Employment Service, is for the participants to pass the National Board of Health and Welfare’s proficiency test for doctors in December.
The 15-week course for some 20 doctors educated outside the EU/EES began on 20 August. The participants faced tough competition to be on the course.
“There was almost three times the number of applicants compared to last year. This is good to see. It shows that the course is relevant and needed”, says Williams Donoso Reyes, project coordinator at Lund University Commissioned Education (LUCE).
“The number of expressions of interest, the interest in the information meeting held in late July and the documentation from the completed interviews confirm my view that there is scope for further initiatives in Skåne in the years ahead”, says Mehran Najafi, coordinator of the introduction assignment at the Public Employment Service in Skåne.
Structured revision of the participants’ theoretical medical knowledge provides the best possible preparation for passing the proficiency test and thereby getting one step closer to a Swedish medical registration.
All teaching is in Swedish and the course will also include Swedish language lessons via the Centre for Languages and Literature at Lund University.
“We are very pleased to be able to offer this course. Valuable expertise can be utilised through the participants meeting the requirements for a Swedish medical registration and being able to resume their profession”, says Maria Lindborg, HR strategist for Region Skåne.
The course is being run for the second successive year and its structure is partially different compared with the first year. In addition to more language support in the teaching, input from previous participants and greater access to teaching staff from the medical programme, there is a greater emphasis this time on case studies.
“This means more active participation by the doctors, while also providing good opportunities for practising the language”, says Bengt Jeppsson, professor emeritus of Surgery and the course director.
Text: Emma Holm
Facts
Fifteen of the course places are funded by the Public Employment Service, and five by Region Skåne. Admission is on a nationwide basis, but most of the applicants come from Skåne. Most of the applicants were born in the 1970s or 80s.
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