Step 4: Undergo clinical training

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During your clinical training period you demonstrate your practical knowledge and skills and your suitability for the profession. At the same time, you will see how the Swedish healthcare system works.

Clinical training has two components – with a licenced naprapath and in the public healthcare system. The order is your choice, and you can divide your time among a number of different facilities.

Follow these steps

You have to find a workplace yourself where you can do your clinical training.
When you have completed your training, your manager and your supervisor will fill out a certificate for your clinical training (in Swedish). It should be one certificate for each workplace. In the introduction of the form, there is in-depth information for both interns and employers. This information should be read by both you as an intern and your employer before agreeing on clinical training. You must also sign both the certificates.
Enclose the certificates when you submit your application for a licence in the next step.

Certificate of clinical training – public healthcare system (in Swedish)
Certificate of clinical training – with licencend naprapath (in Swedish)

Frequently asked questions

How long is the period of clinical training?

You do your clinical training during 9 months with a licenced naprapath and 3 months months in the public healthcare system. It is up to you to find a facility that will offer you clinical training, and you must be able to support yourself during that time. It might be a good idea to speak with the Public Employment Service or contact a potential employer directly.

Nine months with a licenced naprapath

Your time with a licenced naprapath is your opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge and find out how the profession is practiced in Sweden. You may choose to undergo part-time clinical training but it must add up to a total of nine months of full-time practice.

The naprapaths in charge of your training must fill out our form to certify your participation, the period of time involved and any recommendation by your supervisor that you be awarded a licence.

Form for certificate of clinical training with a licenced naprapath

Three months in the public healthcare system

You will have one or more supervisors during your three months in the public healthcare system. You must practice in both primary care and hospital settings. Orthopaedics, neurology, rheumatology and medical rehabilitation are all suitable hospital wards.

Your supervisors must fill out our form and certify that you have participated, what you did, where you practiced and what periods of time were involved.

Form for certificate of clinical training in the public healthcare system

Submit the certificates when applying for a licence

Submit originals of the certificates when applying for a licence.

Can I skip clinical training if I have worked in my profession?

No. You will need to undergo clinical training even if you have practised your profession before. Previous experience does not entitle you to a shorter period of clinical training.

Do you have questions about how to apply?

Telephone: 075-247 30 00
Telephone hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9–11
E-mail: fragoromansokan@socialstyrelsen.se

Do you have questions about your current application?

If you have submitted an application and have questions about your application, you can contact us. Always state your case number (diary number). During the summer, we have lower staffing, which results in longer response times to incoming questions.

Telephone: 075-247 30 00
Telephone hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9–11
E-mail: socialstyrelsen@socialstyrelsen.se

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Publication date: 2024-03-01