Speak Medical / Danish for doctors

Who can apply?

Speak provides tailored Danish language courses for foreign medical doctors, dentists and nurses who wish to attain authorisation to work in Denmark. The courses are offered at Danish Education 3, modules 4 & 5.

1. Speak Medical / Danish for Doctors at Gentofte Hospital

The course takes place at Gentofte Hospital. We offer modules 3.4 & 3.5.

Goal: 

The teaching at modules 3.4 & 3.5 includes more lessons than a regular day class. We will work towards Danish Examination 3 (PD3) in order to enable you to obtain the grades that are required to apply for Danish authorisation. This means, that we are working on you being able to pass PD3 with the grades 7, 7, 10, which are the required minimum grades to be able to register for the medical knowledge examinations.

See the authorisation rules here.

Content:

The course holds the same elements as the regular Danish courses, but with a main focus on areas that are important, when working as a medical doctor, dentist or nurse in Denmark. For example a vocabulary related to the human body and diseases as well as focus on a good pronunciation, communication with patients and colleagues and knowledge about the Danish healthcare system.

Also, you will be taught by Danish medical doctors and you will be able to practice and participate in simulated conversations with patients based on concrete cases.

All course participants are medical doctors, dentists or nurses, which gives you a good opportunity to build and expand your professional network.

In addition to the regular Danish lessons, the course also includes weekly clinical lectures. Clinical lectures are a training in listening comprehension and an introduction to medical terminology in Danish as well as a training in discussing authentic/relevant cases in Danish. Thus these lectures are both a supplement to the Danish lessons but also a form of preparation for the medical knowledge examinations.

Other offers:

Please see below under Clinical courses

2. Speak Medical E-class

The course is a 100% online course. We offer modules 3.4 & 3.5.

Online Danish classes are for you who has the desire and discipline to work with assignments on our online platform. Participation in an e-class requires that you have access to a pc/mac and a stable internet connection and that you are able to participate actively every week.

Goal:

We will work towards Danish Examination 3 (PD3) in order to enable you to obtain the grades that are required to apply for Danish authorisation. This means, that we are working on you being able to pass PD3 with the grades 7, 7, 10, which are the required minimum grades to be able to register for the medical knowledge examinations.

See the authorisation rules here.

Content:

The course content is partly aimed at PD3 and partly a review of the Danish healthcare system. You will acquire the knowledge that is expected of you, when you enter a work place in the healthcare system. You will learn, among other things, about the structure of the Danish healthcare system, the various professional groups of employees, the basic patient rights and current topics in the health policy debate.

In addition to Speak Medical / Danish for Doctors online, you can purchase additional clinical lectures on Thursdays, OSCE-preparatory course in CPR or courses in handling injuries /suture courses.

See prices on additional courses below.

Clinical lectures every Thursday

A supplement to the Danish lessons as well as a preparation for the medical knowledge examinations.

Clinical lectures are presentations/tuition by different medical doctors and sometimes dentists or nurses. The teaching is generally based on medical issues and illnesses.

Every Thursday there will be a new teacher. It may be a resident or a specialist. Some of the doctors are Danes and others are foreign doctors who themselves have obtained Danish authorisation and permission to work independently.

• Place: Gentofte Hospital – Det lille eller Det store auditorium
• Time: Thursdays from 13.45 to 15.15
• Dates: From Thursday 10 August to Thursday 7 December 2023 (both days included)
• Price: Free of charge for students at Speak Medical / Danish for Doctors. Price upon purchase: DKK 350,- per session

Online clinical lectures on Saturdays

Medical Doctor Khalil Rafiqi will go through the topics below on 3 selected Saturdays. The presentations can be followed online via Zoom.

• Saturday 7 October: The primary and secondary sectors and the different roles in the healthcare system
• Saturday 4 November : Heart diseases and differential diagnoses
• Saturday 2 December : Urinary tract infections and differential diagnoses

• Place: Online
• Time : 10.30 – 12
• Price: Free of charge for students at Speak Medical / Danish for Doctors. Price upon purchase: DKK 350,- per session

Clinical courses (handling of injuries / suture courses)

The course focus on the injuries that bring people to the emergency room and how these injuries are handled at BCT-level.

Handling of injuries is conducted by Dr. Qader Yousefi.

• Place: Gentofte Hospital, Ledreborg Alle stairway 20B, 1. and 3. floor in Hellerup
• Time: Saturday 18 November 2023 from 10.30 to 12.45
• Price: Free of charge if you hold an extended municipal referral for Speak Medical. Price upon purchase: DKK 520,- per session

OSCE-preparatory course in CPR

This course is for you who are registered to participate in the oral medical test now or later (OSCE).

The course is an extended OSCE-preparatory course in CPR with a maximum of 10 participants. The course focuses on CPR both theoretically and simulated and you will learn to recognize rhytms and to use AED.

The course will be conducted by Dr. Liva Christensen.

• Place: Gentofte Hospital, stairway 1, we will meet up here at 9.45
• Time: Saturday 28 October or Saturday 25 November (the courses are identical)
• Price: Free of charge for students that hold an extended municipal referral for Speak Medical. Price upon purchase: DKK 520,-

Course for nurses

A course for you who are a nurse and attend Speak Medical or module 3.4.

In the course, you will learn more about what it is like to work in a Danish hospital ward.

We will review cases and talk about e.g.;

• the involvement of patients
• the division of tasks between doctors and nurses
• the transition to the primary sector when patients are discharged

The course will be conducted by nurse Nadia R. Carlsen

• Place: Gentofte Hospital, stairway 10A, lokale 205
• Time: TBA – the course lasts 1½ hour
• Price: Free of charge for students that hold an extended municipal referral for Speak Medical. Price upon purchase: DKK 320,-.

3. Speak Medical / Danish for Doctors PD3

10+ private online lessons

Speak Medical/Danish for Doctors PD3 is a targeted online one-on-one teaching, with the objective of improving your Danish Language 3 Examination result. You will discuss with your teacher on the areas that you need to focus on and a tailor-made programme will be made just for you. We offer this course as online tuition via Teams but with the possibility to meet up physically.

The course will be concluded with the Danish Language 3 Examination.

Find more information about the course here.

Enrolment

You need to attend an interview with a language consultant, before you can enrol. If you are already a Speak-student, please contact us for a special Speak Medical-interview.