Guidelines
for foreign medical Graduates
Wishing to Practice in Danmark
Membership of the DMA
In principle, membership in the Danish Medical Association is open only to medical
doctors authorized to pracitce medicine in accordance with the Danish order concerning the
Practice of Medicine Act. This rule also applies to foreign members; to become a member of
the DMA, you must be authorized to pracice medicine in Denmark.
Admission to DMA membership of medical graduates of an EC memberstate or of other
foreign medical graduates with Danish authorization entails no special requirements of
having obtained a post as a doctor.
Membership in the DMA is obtained by written application submitted to the DMA
Registration Department.
However, admission to membership of a foreign medical graduate with limited (temporary)
authorization requires a position in a hospital or similar institution and, if necessary,
at residence and work premit.
Authorization to practice medicine
The autorization to practice medicin in Denmark are given from the National Board of
Health.
Courses and tests at the medical faculties in Denmark are conducted in the Danish
language.
Language Schools
In order to follow the courses at a language school financially supported bv the
Authorities, students must have a Danish social security number. Courses at such schools
cost approximately 450 DKK each. Private courses are available at price of approximately
300 DKK per lesson (1994 prices).
K.I.S.S. Sprogcenter
Nörrebrogade 32
DK-2200 Kopenhagen N
Schulleiter: Steen Allan Christensen, Email
Tel. (0045) 3536 2555
Eine Sprachschule (nur für Dänisch als Fremdsprache), die in
Zusammenarbeit mit der Stadt Kopenhagen jetzt seit 1971 hunderte von ausländischen
Ärzten die Dänische Sprache beigebracht hat. Dauernd um die 25 ausländische Ärzte als
Schüler, die hier Dänisch lernen. Insgesamt um die 450 Schüler, 34 Lehrer.
info@kiss.dk www.kiss.dk
Financial support
It is not possible for the Danish Medical Association to grant financial support for
course tuition, accomodation, living expenses, etc. Appicants are referred to social
service centers or the Danish Refugee (Dansk Flygtningeh¾lp).
Unemployment funds
In order to recieve unemployment benefits, the doctor must have been a member of an
unemployment fund for at least 3 years and have had 26 weeks of work within the 3 years of
membership. Admission to an umemployment fund is only possible for a doctor who has a post
or who has been promised a post.
This rule does not apply to the following if they habe been members of an unemployment
fund in their country or origin:
Doctors for other EEA countries can be admitted into an unemployment fund if they start
work within 8 weeks after they have left an unemployment fund arrangement in another
period of 3 months is required to be admited as a fulltime insured member.
The following countries are covered by the EEA Agreement:
Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Greece, netherlands, Ireland,
Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Germany and
Austia.
Only sitizens in the above countries as well as stateless/expatriated individuals or
refugees living in an EEA country are covered by the EEA Agreement.
These doctors have the right to receive unemployment benefits according to current
regulations in Denmark. Membership and work periods from the country of origin are
included.
In addition, specific regulations are in force with regard to members who have been
insured in the Faroe Islands.
No other countries have accreditation agreements.
Further information may be obtained from the AAK (the Unemployment Insurance Fund for
University Graduates in Denmark).
Courses
Only members of the Danish Medical Association may participate in educational courses
organized by the DMA. A catalog of courses is published every 6 month by the Secretariat
for Continuing medical Education and sent to members of the DMA. In addition, one-day
courses are advertised in the weekly journal of the DMA (Ugeskrift for Lxger). All courses
are conducted in the Danish language.
Facts about Denmark
- Denmark has 5.1 million inhabitants
- 17.8% of the population are under 15 yeas of age
- 15,8% of the population are over 65 years of age
- Life Expectancy at birth is 72 years for males, 78 years for females
- There are 2.78 doctors per 1000 inhabitants
- 2.5 million inhabitants are amployed. 1.2 million of these are women
- The Gross Domestic Poduct per capital is US $ 25,478 (1990)
- Total tax receipts equal 50% of GDP
- Public final consumption expenditure equals 25% of GDP
- Public health care expenditure constitutes 9% ot total public expenditure
- Total health care expenditure constitutes 6.3% of GDP
