APPLICATION for a certificate of specialist expertise
This is where you enter the specialist expertise to which the application relates, your personal data, contact details, place of work and the date when you graduated with a medical degree. You also indicate whether you have previously received a Swedish or foreign licence or certificate of specialist expertise, as well as the date of the certificate of approved basic training. The list of attached certificates and other documentation is filled in if you wish to clarify your application by numbering the attachments. The date on which the fee is paid must also be filled in. The form must then be signed by the applicant.
Application for a certificate of specialist expertise (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of completion of doctors’ medical specialty training residency
Enter the specialty to which the application relates and the applicant’s name and personal identity number.
It is important for the length of training for your ST to be stated clearly in the training record. Holidays and compensation for on-call periods may be credited to the training. Parental leave may not be credited.
If you wish to credit previous training, this must be indicated in your training record. You must indicate in your application both the training you wish to be credited and the training completed during your current medical specialty training residency. This also applies to any foreign training that you wish to be credited. It must be clearly stated that your ST has involved at least 60 months of clinical medical training under supervision. The Head of Department in charge or equivalent must issue the certificate.
Certificate of completion of doctors’ medical specialty training residency (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of specialist expertise
Enter the specialty to which the application relates and the applicant’s name and personal identity number.
The principal supervisor and the specialised doctors of medicine appointed in addition to the supervisor to conduct the overall assessment must sign the certificate. Both must be in possession of specialist expertise in the specialty in question.
Certificate of specialist expertise (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – auscultation
Fill in the applicant’s name and personal identity number, the specialty to which the application relates, the training location, the period of the auscultation and a description of the auscultation. The supervisor responsible for the auscultation in question fills in the intermediate objective(s) in the description of learning objectives to which the certificate relates. Please note that the auscultation training activity can only be credited in the designated intermediate objective when the follow-up box for auscultation is filled in.
Certificate of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – auscultation (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – supervised clinical training
All training that you wish to be credited for achievement of intermediate objectives must be reported on the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s certificate of training activity completed and expertise requirements met for supervised clinical training.
Fill in the applicant’s name and personal identity number, the specialty to which the application relates, the training location and period of clinical training, and a description of the clinical training. The supervisor responsible for the training in question fills in the intermediate objective(s) in the description of learning objectives to which the certificate relates and signs the certificate. The supervisor for the training in question must have the relevant specialist expertise and must have completed supervisor training.
Foreign training must be reported both on the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s certificate of training and on a certificate from the Head of Department or equivalent in the country in which training was completed. Your principal supervisor must then sign the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s certificate and indicate the intermediate objective(s) in the description of learning objectives to which the training relates. You must attach a certified copy of the certificate or diploma that you received from your foreign training to the certificate of training issued by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. This certificate must include a description of the content and scope of the training and must state that the training has been carried out under supervision.
Certificate of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – supervised clinical training (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – course
All courses that you wish to be credited in your doctors’ medical specialty training residency must be reported on the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s certificate of training activity completed and expertise requirements met for the course.
Fill in the applicant’s name and personal identity number, the specialty to which the application relates, the subject of the course and a description of the course. The course leader or supervisor fills in the intermediate objective(s) in the description of learning objectives to which the certificate relates and signs the certificate.
If you have taken a foreign course as a ST doctor, this must be reported both on the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s course certificate and through the foreign course certificate. Your principal supervisor must then sign the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s certificate and indicate the intermediate objective(s) in the description of learning objectives to which the course relates. You must attach a certified copy of the course certificate or diploma that you received from the foreign course to the course certificate issued by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.
Certificate of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – course (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – participation in development work
Fill in the applicant’s name and personal identity number, the specialty to which the application relates, the course in the form of a heading and a description of the applicant’s participation in the work.
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has no specific requirements for the subject of the work, nor does it define any requirements for the scope of the work.
The supervisor for the quality and development work fills in and signs the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s certificate of training activity completed and expertise requirements met for the eligible quality and development work. The supervisor must have specialist expertise in the field to which the work relates or in the intended specialty and have completed supervisor training.
Certificate of training activity completed and expertise requirements met – participation in development work (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of intermediate objective Sta3 – Medical science
Fill in the applicant’s name and personal identity number, the specialty to which the application relates and a description of the training activity (activities) undertaken by the applicant in order to achieve the intermediate objective. The certificate must also describe how the applicant’s achievement of the intermediate objective has been verified.
The supervisor who has assessed that the applicant has achieved the intermediate objective must fill in and sign the certificate. The supervisor must have specialist expertise in the field to which the work relates or in the intended specialty and have completed supervisor training.
Certificate of intermediate objective Sta3 – Medical science (PDF)
CERTIFICATE of intermediate objectives for specialised doctors of medicine from a third country
During the doctors’ medical specialty training residency period in Sweden, the supervisor must verify that the expertise of the specialist from a third country corresponds to the expertise required for the certificate of specialist expertise in Sweden. This certificate must include a description of the training activities undertaken by the applicant in order to achieve the intermediate objectives and how this has been verified. This verification applies to both real and formal expertise, and referring to the foreign training or the foreign medical specialty training residency will not suffice.
Fill in the applicant’s name and personal identity number and the specialty to which the application relates. The certificate may relate to one or more intermediate objectives, in which case it must describe the training activities and which checks relate to which intermediate objectives.
The principal supervisor must sign the certificate. The supervisor must be in possession of specialist expertise in the specialty in question.
Please note that the training activities completed during the doctors’ medical specialty training residency period in Sweden must always be reported on the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s certificate for each training activity.
Certificate of intermediate objectives for specialised doctors of medicine from a third country (PDF)