Latvia | Residency Database

Section A. Residency System

1. Does this country accept international physicians for specialization in its hospitals?:

Yes

2. Specialties offered (name duration)::

Anesthesiology 5
Dermatology 3
Family Practice 3
Hematology 3
Internal Medicine 3
Neurology 5
Neurological Surgery 6
Nuclear Medicine 3
Obstetrics and Gynecology 5
Ophthalmology 3
Orthopaedic Surgery 5
Otolaryngology 6
Pathology 4
Pediatrics 4
Pediatric Surgery 5
Plastic Surgery 5
Psychiatry 4
Radiology 4
Surgery General 5
Urology 5
Vascular Surgery 5

3. Are there examinations during the residency? How are the residents’ evaluated?:

Yes, after each rotation, mainly in written form

4. How many hours of work per week are there?:

40 per week + 72 h of shifts per month

6. Which languages are necessary for the medical residency?:

For state financed – Latvian
For self financed – Latvian, but students have time to learn it during the 1st year (depends on the field and program director, bu mostly they are cooperative )

Section B. Finance

1. A. Is there a tuition fee for the residency? If so, how much (in euro or usd)?:

No for state financed.

Yes if you pay for your residency yourself
(the fee is ~2428 € for non EU citizens, ~1500 € for EU citizens.
The fee also depends on the number of students involved in the program)

2. What is the annual salary (in euro or u.s.d)?:

2747 € – taxes (~30%)

3. How expensive are the costs of living (average annual expenditure in euro or u.s.d)?:

Approximately the same as the resident's annual salary

Section C. Application Procedure

1. Accreditation procedure:

Recognition of diploma by academic education center for non EU citizens

4. Ratio between applicants and physicians who finally obtain a residency position:

For state financed there are less spots than applicants.
For self financed – no problem at all

6. Specialties in which it is most difficult to obtain a position:

Obstetrics – gynecology

7. Is there a waiting list for medical graduates who want to begin a residency?:

8. Countries, except this one, in which the medical residency title is recognized:

Section F. Participant's Information

Name:

Pauls Auce

Country:

Latvia

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