Evaluation and Competency Committee for Specialised Medical Training
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The evaluation and competence committee for specialised medical training assesses and verifies the specific descriptions for the training required to obtain a licence to practice. More information about the committee (Icelandic).
General criteria and guidelines for speciality training in medicine in Iceland. "The Golden Book" (Icelandic). Published in 2022.
Quality criteria for assessing an educational institution, faculty, and speciality focused on professional and specialist education in medicine. Quality Document 4.0. Published 15 January 2025. (Icelandic)
Quality criteria for the preparation and content of targeted descriptions in medical specialist training. Quality Document 2.0. Published 15 January 2025. (Icelandic)
The Committee on Evaluation and Qualifications' policy regarding descriptions in specialist training. Policy document 2.0. Published 15 January 2025. (Icelandic)
Preparation for establishing a specialised programme in a specific speciality or subspecialty. Policy Document 2.0. Published 15 January 2025. (Icelandic)
Committee on Evaluation and Qualifications. Process. Guidelines. Published 15.1.2025. (Icelandic)
Descriptions for specialist training, evaluation visits and acknowledgement of qualifications
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Description - specialty training in medicine (previously candidates). (Icelandic) November 2021
Paediatrics
Description - specialist training in peadiatrics. (Icelandic) November 2020
Child and adolescent psychiatry
Description - specialist training in child and adolescent psychiatry. (Icelandic) May 2017
Emergency medicine
Description - specialist training in emergency medicine. (Icelandic) February 2023
Orthopaedic surgery
Description - specialist training in orthopaedic surgery. (Icelandic) December 2022
Rehabilitation medicine
Description - specialist training in rehabilitation medicine. (Icelandic) October 2023
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Description - specialist training in obstetrics and gynaecology. (Icelandic) August 2020
Psychiatry
Description - specialist training in psychiatry. (Icelandic) March 2017
General practice
Description - specialist training in general practice. (Icelandic) 2021
Endocrinology
Internal medicines
Specialty Training Curriculum for Core Medical Training in Iceland. May 2016
Description - core studies in internal medicine. (Icelandic) August 2019
Curriculum. Internal Medicine Training Iceland. November 2020
Internal Medicine Training (IMT) ARCP Decision Aid for Iceland. 2020
Pathology
Description - specialist training in pathology. (Icelandic) May 2025
Radiology
Description - specialist training in radiology. (Icelandic) June 2021
Forensic pathology
Description - specialist training in forensic pathology. (Icelandic) June 2025
Surgery
Description - core studies in surgery. (Icelandic) 2018
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Evaluation visit. Pediatrics. Landspítali. 12.06.2020. (Icelandic)
Evaluation visit. Department of Geriatrics. Landspítali (Landakot). 15.11.2019. (Icelandic)
Evaluation visit. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Landspítali 2019. (Icelandic)
Evaluation visit. Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Landspítali 2019. (Icelandic)
Evaluation visit. Department of Pathology. Landspítali. (Icelandic)
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Paediatrics
Acknowledgment of qualification - Department of Paediatrics. Landspítali. (Icelandic) September 2020
Emergency Medicine
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Department of Emergency Medicine. Landspítali. (Icelandic) June 2019
Orthopaedic surgery
Acknowledgement of qualifications - Department of Orthopedic Medicine. Landspítali (Icelandic). February 2023
Acknowledgement of qualifications - Department of Orthopedic Medicine. Heilbrigðisstofnun Vesturlands (Icelandic). June 2024
Rehabilitation medicine
Acknowledgement of qualifications - Grensás. (Icelandic) June 2021
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Landspítali. (Icelandic) July 2019
Psychiatry
Acknowledgment of qualification - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Landspítali. (Icelandic) April 2018
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Department of Psychiatry. Landspítali. (Icelandic) June 2017
Internal Medicines
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Landspítali and Akureyri Hospital. (Icelandic) April 2021
Disclaimer: Description for a full-time specialist training in internal medicine. (Icelandic) November 2020
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Three years of specialist training in internal medicine. Landspítali and Akureyri Hospital. (Icelandic) August 2019
Acknowledgment of qualification - internal medicine. Landspítali. (Icelandic) November 2016
Pathology
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Department of Pathology. Landspítali. (Icelandic) September 2020
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Department of Pathology (histopathology). Landspítali. (Icelandic) May 2018
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Forensic medicine at the Department of Patholohistopathologyi. (Icelandic) June 2018
Specialisation in Forensic Pathology-Education guidelines. August 2017
Radiology
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Radiology. Landspítali. (Icelandic) June 2021
Geriatric Medicine
Acknowledgment of qualifications - Department of Geriatrics. Landspítali. (Icelandic) February 2020
Service provider
Directorate of Health