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ENT Training and Physicians in Finland

Explore the training and work of ENT specialists in Finland, including the number of specialists, their distribution in hospitals and the private sector, and the applicability of EU directives. Discover the duration, theoretical education, and educational courses of ENT training in Finland.

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ENT Training and Physicians in Finland

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  1. ORL-HNS Training and Physicians in Finland Prof. Antti Mäkitie and Doc. Heikki Irjala (and Prof. Heikki Löppönen) UEMS ORL SectionAmsterdam 2015

  2. Physicians in the Nordic Countries Working group within the Medical Associations in the Nordic Countries

  3. Physicians in the Nordic Countries Working group within the Medical Associations in the Nordic Countries

  4. Physicians in the Nordic Countries

  5. Physicians in the Nordic Countries Working group within the Medical Associations in the Nordic Countries

  6. Physicians in the Nordic Countries Working group within the Medical Associations in the Nordic Countries

  7. Physicians in the Nordic Countries Working group within the Medical Associations in the Nordic Countries

  8. Active ENT Specialists 2014(Active and/or under age of retirement, and living/working in the country) • Denmark 342 (2012) • Finland 337 • Iceland 22 • Norway 323 • Sweden 614 (Only members of the Swedish Medical Association)

  9. Number of ENT specialists in Finland • 325 (year 2014) (Estimated 2030: 325) • Male 201 – Female 124 • 65% work in hospitals, 25% private, 10% university and administration • 2.7% of all positions at hospitals unfilled (2013) • 83% had private sector occupation • 25% - main occupation • 58% - secondary occupation

  10. Immigration (2015) • 17 specialists have moved abroad • 2-5 specialists have foreign background

  11. Directive 2005/36/EC Applicability • Doctors who have completed their medical qualification in an EU/EEA member state and who are EU/EEA citizens are licensed in accordance with the European directive 2005/36/EC. • All doctors working in Finland must be able to speak either Finnish or Swedish. Finland is officially a bilingual country and some 5% of the population speaks Swedish as their first language.

  12. General aspects of specialist training in Finland • Administered until 1960 by the Finnish Medical Association • National Board of Health (under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health) administered 1960 – 1985 • Since 1986 as postgraduate training by the medical faculties (Univ.) • Governed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 2015- • National coordination rather minimal

  13. Facts about ENT training • Duration: 5 years (30 months at Univ. Hosp.) • Theoretical education: 60 hours, hours of which training in administration and leadership • Educational courses: 7 x 2 days available • “Exit Exam”: yes, a written anonymous national examination usually during the last year of training

  14. Textbooks / Journals Clinical Otolaryngology JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Laryngoscope Eur Arch ORL Head & Neck ActaOtolaryngologica Duodecim Journal of the Finnish Medical Association • Cummings G.W. (Ed.): Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Vol 1-4 (Elsevier Mosby) • Gleeson M (Ed.): Scott-Brown's Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery vol. 1-3 (Hodder Arnold) • 2. Jauhiainen T. ym.: Audiologia (Duodecim)

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