ORL TRAINING IN THE EU Updated september 2007
BASIC TRAINING
ORL TRAINING INCLUDED IN BASIC TRAINING AUSTRIABELGIUMCYPRUSCZECH REPUBLICDENMARKESTONIAFINLAND 28 N/A2835 FRANCEGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYIRELANDITALYLITHUANIA LUXEMBURGMALTANORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALROMANIASERBIA N/A SLOVAK REPUBLICSPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDNETHERLANDSTURKEYUK All these results are in weeks
PRE-SPECIALIST TRAINING AFTER GRADUATION IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AUSTRIABELGIUMCYPRUSCZECH REPUBLICDENMARKESTONIAFINLAND ,5001,50,52 FRANCEGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYIRELANDITALYLITHUANIA ,251 LUXEMBURGMALTANORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALROMANIASERBIA SLOVAK REPUBLICSPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDNETHERLANDSTURKEYUK All these results are in years
SPECIALIST TRAINING IN ORL/HNS
SELECTION OF TRAINEES
NUMBERS / MANPOWER Inhabitants (Mill.)ENT-SpecialistsENT/InhabitantsTrainees/year Trainees at any one time Trainees per year/ENTSpecialists Austria :20.000differsdiffers, 25 in 2007 Belgium : ,45% Croatia 4,4 n/a Cyprus : Czech Republic : ,01% Denmark : ,50% Estonia : ,54-51,56% Finland : ,20% France59,826001: ,23% Germany : ,69% Greece : Hungary : ,88% Ireland4.0401: ,00% Italy : ,70% Latvia n/a Lithuania : ,50%
NUMBERS / MANPOWER Inhabitants (Mill.)ENT-SpecialistsENT/InhabitantsTrainees/year Trainees at any one time Trainees per year/ENT Specialists Luxembourg : Malta : every two years 44,55% Netherlands : ,45% Norway : ,37% Poland : ,05% Portugal : ,70% Rumania : ,29% Russia :38.000n/a Slovak Rep : ,75% Slovenia :25.000n/a22 Spain : ,86% Sweden : ,60% Switzerland : ,43% Turkey : ,92% United Kingdom : ,33%
EXAMINATION IN ORL/HNS
Written15 Oral19 Theoretical18 Practical12 Type of exit examination Local in hospital 2 University8 National14 Voluntary1 Compulsory/obligatory17
LOG-BOOK
TRAINING FACILITIES / TRAINER
DEDICATED TIME
CERTIFICATION OF ORL SPECIALISTS
SALARY
EUROPEAN WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE
How many? CYPRUSESTONIALITHUANIAROMANIASERBIAPORTUGALSLOVAK REPUBLIC no criteria1256 CZECH REPUBLICTURKEYMALTASWITZERLANDPOLANDSPAINIRELAND unlimitedas much as the trainees wants55not oficiallyup to no criteria48 weekend on-call
EUROPEAN WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE AUSTRIABELGIUMCYPRUSCZECH REPUBLICDENMARKESTONIAFINLAND FRANCEGERMANYGREECEHUNGARYIRELANDITALYLITHUANIA LUXEMBURGMALTANORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALROMANIASERBIA 30-40as needed SLOVAK REPUBLICSPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDTHE NETHERLANDSTURKEYUK HOLIDAYS ALLOWED (IN DAYS PER YEAR)