Hi, people! I've recently discovered this forum and I'm very happy about it. I'm 3-year medical student from Bulgaria and I'm leaning towards surgical specialities
or anesthesiology. My question is : What the quality of residency programs in Sweden- I mean, as a international graduate are you treated as the Swedish residents? Is the healthcare system good, compared to Dennmark or Germany(which are my other options, I will be glad if you can compare the three). Thank you very much
The healthcare system is comparable with that of Denmark (the Nordic countries are quite similar, when compared to other countries). I do not know enough about the healthcare system of Germany to make a comparison with it.
As an international graduate, you would be expected to learn Swedish to a sufficient degree. For some patients, the quality of the physician's spoken Swedish language may also affect their appreciation of the physician, so I would recommend making an effort to get the pronounciation just right according to local standards.
(Unless you end up in Skåne, where I would instead recommend basing your spoken Swedish training on Swedish television programmes. "Skånska" is difficult for Swedes to understand. )
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