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one-year qualification apprenticeship where they work as doctors-probationers supervised
by skilled doctors.
Bulgaria has six medical schools, offers a six-year course of medical study and the
official language of education is primarily Bulgarian but many Bulgarian medical schools
started offering programs in English except for clinical years where Bulgarian is required.
European candidates are required to pass an exam in biology and chemistry 5 . The
prerequisites for joining a Bulgarian medical school include completing high-school. The
first two years of education are pre-clinical, the following three years are clinical training
and the sixth year is the hospital internship year. The student is provided the degree of
physician after the successful completion of the six years of study and the state exams.
For specialization, graduates have to take tests and interviews in order to obtain a place in
a specialization program either in internal medicine (5 years), general practice (3 years),
cardiology (4 years) or general surgery (5 years) 6 .
Estonia has only one medical school at the Tartu University. Medical studies last for six
years that can be followed by specialty training that lasts for four to five years. Training
for general practice generally takes three years 7 . Hungary has four medical schools that
provide a six-year medical program to obtain a physician degree 8 . The first two years are
about theory, followed by a third year about the theoretical foundations of disease and
preliminaries in medicine and surgery, the fourth and fifth years focus on pharmacology
and training in various clinical subjects and during the sixth year, students take their final
examinations preceded by internship periods. Entry to polish medical schools requires the
completion of secondary/ high school while honors in biology, chemistry and physics are
highly recommended 9 . Medical education in Poland lasts either four or six years
including practical training.
In Romania, there are eleven medical schools that provide six years of full-time study. To
get admission to medical school, candidates need to pass a human biology, organic
chemistry and/or physics test. The first three years of study are dedicated to pre-clinical
curriculum while the following three years focus on clinical general medicine and
5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_school#Bulgaria
6 http://www.bma.org.uk/international/working_abroad/EEA.jsp?page=5
7 http://www.bma.org.uk/international/working_abroad/EEA.jsp?page=9
8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_school#Hungary
9 http://www.bma.org.uk/international/working_abroad/EEA.jsp?page=24
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