Overview
Two-year programme in geriatric medicine as additional training to family medicine or a subspecialty of internal medicine, with trainees working at both Landspítali and Akureyri Hospital (SAk).
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- Early March or end of June
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Curriculum approved by the Evaluation and Qualifications (Credentials) Committee of the Ministry of Health under Regulation 856/2023
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Trainees in family medicine (general practice) or general internal medicine; Completion of the internship (foundation) year or equivalent; general medical licence in Iceland; at least B2 Icelandic language skills apply to some candidates; eligible applicants are interviewed
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- General medical licence in Iceland
How to apply
- Deadline
- Posts advertised in January and September
- Application method
- Specialist training positions are advertised twice a year (January and September) through a coordinated recruitment process for Landspítali and Akureyri Hospital; posts start in early March and end of June
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page