info regarding surgical residency in sweden for indian graduates

[evelyncarnahan]

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hello everyone..im a currently doing my internship rotation in india and by march 2011 will be awarded my MBBS degree..i am intrested in doing surgical residency in sweden but it is difficult to get info with regards to how to apply n which exams i'll have to sit for in order to pursue surgery in sweden..am i supposed to apply to the universities or hospitals?n who am i supposed to contact?also what is this AT exam and wether i have to learn swedish before or after i reach sweden?..could sumone plz help me out here?thanks.🙂

 

[roinom]

hello everyone..im a currently doing my internship rotation in india and by march 2011 will be awarded my MBBS degree..i am intrested in doing surgical residency in sweden but it is difficult to get info with regards to how to apply n which exams i'll have to sit for in order to pursue surgery in sweden..am i supposed to apply to the universities or hospitals?n who am i supposed to contact?also what is this AT exam and wether i have to learn swedish before or after i reach sweden?..could sumone plz help me out here?thanks.🙂

Some programs can help you out with the Swedish, but they will expect you to be able to at least formulate a decent sentence in Swedish. Therefore I suggest you already now start to learn some Swedish.

AT is comparable to the old internship in the US. You attend medical school for 5,5 years, then you have a 1,5-2 year clinical training (even though the last 3 years in med school is clinical) and then you receive your license to practice medicine. If you want to go into surgery, there's an additional five years of training. It is quite competitive, especially on the university hospital such as Karolinska Hospital (Karolinska Institutet's hospital).

You have to pass "TULE-exam", an exam for those outside EU coming to Sweden. I think this is a test testing your general knowledge in surgery, medicine, psychiatry etc..

For more information you should contact Socialstyrelsen, those knows everything about doctors coming from outside EU. http://www.socialstyrelsen.se and just e-mail them and they will help you out.