Number of physicians grows rapidly

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1 Physicians 2015

2 Number of physicians grows rapidly There were physicians licensed in Finland in the beginning of The number of physicians of working age (under 65 years) living in Finland was Several physicians from other EU countries obtain a license even in Finland, but don t come to work here. Therefore the medical workforce of Finland is smaller than the number of licensed physicians. Number of physicians in Female Specialists Medical Physicians of Year Physicians % % school intake working age

3 Every year 600 physicians Annually about 600 new physicians graduate in Finland. Physician density in Finland is one physician of working age per 268 inhabitants. 93 % of physicians living in Finland are members of the Finnish Medical Association. In the beginning of 2015 the Association had members, of whom were medical students Physicians licensed in Finland by age and gender Physicians Female Age Number % Number % of age group under Under 65 years Total Proportion of specialists in Finland by age and gender Male Female Total Age % % % under Under 65 years Total

4 Medical Education On January 1st 2015 the total number of specialists licenses was , of which were held by physicians under 65 years. 65% of Finnish physicians (16 137) are specialists. There are specialist physicians of working age, of which are female. Specialist education was renewed in The earlier 92 specialization programmes were replaced by 49 new specialties. In the year 2013 the 50th specialization programme, emergency medicine, was founded. The FMA has introduced a system of special competences for particular skills in specific fields. The number of special competence areas is 38 and the number of recognized competences of physicians under 65 years is Specialist licences of physicians living in Finland Working age Specialist licence Total Total Female Adolescent Psychiatry Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Cardiology Cardiothoracic Surgery Child Neurology Child Psychiatry Clinical Chemistry Clinical Genetics Clinical Haematology Clinical Microbiology Clinical Neurophysiology Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine Dermatology and Allergology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Forensic Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Gastroenterological Surgery Gastroenterology General Practice General Surgery Geriatrics Hand Surgery Infectious Diseases Working age Specialist licence Total Total Female Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery Obstetrics and Gynaecology Occupational Health Oncology Ophthalmology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Orthopaedics and Traumatology Otolaryngology Paediatric Surgery Paediatrics Pathology Phoniatrics Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Plastic Surgery P sychiatry Public health Radiology Respiratory Medicine and Allergology Rheumatology Sports Medicine Urology Vascular Surgery Total

5 Special competences of physicians of working age in Finland Special competence Total Female Addiction Medicine Adolescent medicine 8 8 Andrology 16 5 Cardiac Anaesthesia Child Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Child and School Health Care Child Orthopaedics and Traumatology 16 4 Child Psychotherapy Diving Medicine and Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment 13 2 Emergency Medicine Eye Surgery General Hospital Psychiatry Healthcare information technology 15 3 Hospital Hygiene 25 8 Insurance Medicine Intensive Care Medicine International Health Care Laboratory Haematology 13 9 Medical Aspects of Intellectual Disability 11 9 Medical Education Military Medicine 40 3 Musician s Medicine 18 7 Neuroanaesthesiology Obstetric Anaesthesiology 19 8 Paediatric Rheumatology 10 6 Pain Management Palliative Medicine Pharmaceutical Medicine Prehospital Emergency Medicine Psychotherapy Rehabilitaiton Rheuma-Orthopaedics 21 3 Screening Mammography Sleep Medicine Traffic Medicine 24 9 Training of Child Psychotherapy Training of Psychotherapy Treatment of Diabetes Total

6 Physicians of working age in Finland by mother tongue and nationality Nationality Mother tongue Finnish other Total Finnish Swedish Russian Estonian German Arabic Hungarian Polish Italian Romanian Other or information missing Total Working-age physicians by expert responsibility area Physicians Inhabitants/ Physicians/ Expert responsibility area working-age physician inhabitants HUCH ERA ,0 TUCH ERA ,7 TAUH ERA ,5 KUH ERA ,5 OUH ERA ,6 Whole country* ,7 * Includes data for Ahvenanmaa

7 Physicians of working age by hospital district Physicians Inhabitants/ Physicians/ Hospital district working-age physician inhabitants Ahvenanmaa ,1 Etelä-Karjala ,3 Etelä-Pohjanmaa ,4 Etelä-Savo ,6 Helsinki ja Uusimaa ,4 Itä-Savo ,4 Kainuu ,3 Kanta-Häme ,6 Keski-Pohjanmaa ,4 Keski-Suomi ,0 Kymenlaakso ,1 Lappi ,8 Länsi-Pohja ,7 Pirkanmaa ,7 Pohjois-Karjala ,5 Pohjois-Pohjanmaa ,5 Pohjois-Savo ,3 Päijät-Häme ,4 Satakunta ,2 Vaasa ,6 Varsinais-Suomi ,8 Whole country ,7 The Finnish Medical Association Mäkelänkatu 2 P.O. Box 49, FI Helsinki Tel Fax fma@laakariliitto.fi