Iceland medicine

30/07/2022

Can I practice medicine in Iceland?
A general license to practice as a medical doctor is issued by the Directorate of Health. Once the trainee has acquired a license, he or she can apply for residency. Due to the small size of the Icelandic population (340.000), postgraduate training can only be completed in in psychiatry and general practice.

29/07/2022

Can you buy medicine in Iceland?
It is so difficult to buy over the counter medication in Iceland. When you walk in to like Walmart or a Walgreens or CVS or Target in the US, then you can buy cold medicine and Ibuprofen and decongestant and basically almost anything that you would need. This is not the case in Iceland.

29/07/2022

27/07/2022

27/07/2022

How many Indian students are in Iceland?
(Capital: Reykjavik; currency: Icelandic krona (ISK), approximately equal to 2. 6 Indian rupees.) At present there are nearly 18,000 students enrolled in the higher education institutions in Iceland, of which 5 per cent are international students. There are several university level institutions.

27/07/2022

Is Iceland good for MBBS?
As with most of Europe, Iceland boasts of high quality of living – and a particularly robust healthcare system. It has a National Insurance System similar to Medicare, thus allowing for free (if not inexpensive) hospital services.

26/07/2022

Can I study medicine in English in Iceland?
Studying medicine in Iceland require that one must have the knowledge of the Icelandic language. Majority of undergraduate (and graduate) courses in Iceland are taught in Icelandic Language except few that are taught in English.