Residency study, through which the Ministry of Health wants to help address the shortage of doctors, both general and specialist, is open to a total of 11 specialties from 1 October. Doctors can do so in addition to general medicine and pediatrics, such as psychiatry, pneumology, endocrinology and others.
The Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic determined based on analysis and subsequent definition of missing medical places specialization fields to be enrolled in resident studies from 1 October:- general medicine - pediatrics - physiatry, balneology and therapeutic rehabilitation- neurology- pediatric neurology- pneumology and phtizeology - psychiatry- pediatric psychiatry - endocrinology- pediatric endocrinology and diabetesology, metabolism and nutrition disorders- rheumatology
At the same time, the resort has published on its website a list of these specializations, identifying the number of doctors who may be enrolled in a resident study with the designation of the self-governing region, in which the resident will provide outpatient health care after completing the resident study. https://www.health.gov.sk/?Presidents
From 1 October 2023, up to 150 doctors will be eligible for the residency scheme, of which 56 in the specialisation of general medicine and 53 in paediatric medicine.
The application for inclusion of a healthcare professional in a resident study shall be submitted by the employer of the healthcare professional of the educational establishment designated by the municipality in which the resident will provide health care upon completion of the resident study. The employer of the resident can only be a provider of institutional health care.
Doctors are enrolled in a resident study on 1 February and 1 October each year. The resident study can be applied to four universities:-Slovak Medical University in Bratislava,-Jesenius Medical Faculty of Comenius University in Martin,-The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice,-The Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
Residency study is intended to help ensure sufficient number of doctors and decrease the age average in the fields of general medicine and paediatrics, as well as in other inadequacy specialization fields designated by the MZ SR.