Name: Over 2,000 of Denmark’s doctors are foreign professionals
Brand: thelocal.dk
SKU: thelocal-dk-1
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Over 2,000 of Denmark’s doctors are foreign professionals

preview

Editions:&nbsp;File photo: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau ScanpixAlmost one in five doctors in rural parts of Denmark was trained abroad. The Danish Medical Association has called for more stringent language requirements.Statistics Denmark (DST) show an increase in the number of doctors working in Denmark who qualified abroad, newspaper reported on Friday.A total of 2,100 foreign-trained doctors working at Danish hospitals and general practices in 2017 represents an increase of 300, or 19 percent, since 2010.The Danish Medical Association’s chairperson Andreas Rudkjøbing said the figures show the Danish health sector’s increasing need to recruit specialist medics.“This reflects that it has not been possible to meet our needs with (Danish)-trained doctors, which has thereby made it necessary to fill vacancies with foreign-trained doctors. The Danish health system is completely dependent upon our foreign colleagues,” Rudkjøbing told .According to the DST analysis, 18 percent of hospital doctors and GPs in rural municipalities were foreign nationals who took their qualifications outside of Denmark. The national average was somewhat lower at 9 percent.Rudkjøbing said the key consideration is quality of service, rather than the proportion of foreign doctors.“The gauge is delivery of high quality treatment and high patient safety,” he said.The most common nationality for the foreign-trained doctors is German (247 doctors) followed by Polish (219), then Iraqi (163), Lithuanian (156) and Russian (109).The top 10 includes three non-European countries: Afghanistan and Iran in addition to Iraq. Hungary, Romania and Norway complete the top ten.Current rules require doctors trained outside of Nordic countries and the EU to pass a series of courses in order to be granted authorization to practice medicine in Denmark. These include Danish language tests as well as tests relating to medical knowledge and Danish medical law.Doctors who studied in the EU or the Nordic region are exempted from these courses and are able to gain authorization largely automatically under EU law, the Danish Patient Safety Authority states on its website.That means individual employers – the health authorities known as Regions, in the case of public hospitals – are responsible for assessing the linguistic skills of medics before hiring them.Rudkjøbing told Jyllands-Posten he is in favour of Danish language tests also applying to EU-trained doctors.“You can end up in a situation in which a doctor is employed without having the necessary linguistic competencies to carry out the role. We have asked the minister for health, and parliament, to tighten the rules so we don’t end in such a situation,” he said.The Social Democrats, Danish People’s Party and Red Green Alliance – who each represent different parts of the political spectrum – all said prior to June’s general election that they would support such a measure.READ ALSO:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Local is not responsible for content posted by users.or to leave a comment.&nbsp;The Local Europe ABThe Park SödraMagnus Ladulåsgatan 3118 65 StockholmSweden&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Editions:&nbsp;File photo: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau ScanpixAlmost one in five doctors in rural parts of Denmark was trained abroad. The Danish Medical Association has called for more stringent language requirements.Statistics Denmark (DST) show an increase in the number of doctors working in Denmark who qualified abroad, newspaper reported on Friday.A total of 2,100 foreign-trained doctors working at Danish hospitals and general practices in 2017 represents an increase of 300, or 19 percent, since 2010.The Danish Medical Association’s chairperson Andreas Rudkjøbing said the figures show the...

public

thelocal.dk

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Over 2,000 of Denmark’s doctors are foreign professionals

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS