600 Finnish residents were studying medicine abroad in 2015
The Tampere-based paper Aamulehti continues this Monday with an article on Finns studying medicine abroad. The paper says the number of young Finns moving elsewhere to study to be a doctor has doubled in the last three years. Figures for 2014-2015 show that 600 Finnish residents were studying medicine abroad, compared to 300 just three years before.
Most of the would-be doctors who chose to study abroad elect to study in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia or Romania. Universities in the eastern areas of Central Europe have upped their intake of medical students to attract foreign students that are willing to pay high tuition fees. Most of the students return to Finland once they have received their degree.
In the near future, 100 doctors who have received their training abroad are expected to return to start their careers in Finland each year.
The Finnish Medical Association physicians’ union says admissions to study medicine in Finnish universities should be cut back as a result of this trend. In 2016, 750 new students were accepted to Finnish faculties.
Physicians graduating from EU or EEA region universities are on equal footing with Finnish graduates since Finland joined the European Union, but doctors who have received their training elsewhere must pass rigorous exams in Tampere before they can receive eligibility to work as a doctor in Finland.
Source: Yle.fi
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