Title recognition

Recognition of specialist title, acquired abroad

Any specialist doctor or specialist dentist that has obtained the specialist title in a third country and any specialist doctor or specialist dentist that has obtained the specialist title in another country of the the European Economic Area can apply for the recognition of a specialist title, acquired abroad, if it is not the case of mutual recognition under a special act (hereinafter: the candidate).

The candidate has to comply with the following conditions for the recognition of a specialist title:

• completed studies at a medical faculty in the Republic of Slovenia or at a foreign medical faculty,
• having passed specialist exam abroad,
• having passed the professional exam in the Republic of Slovenia,
• having completed the supplementary conditions or having acquired a favourable written opinion of an expert.

The candidate, to whom a decision on the recognition of qualification to practice the regulated profession of doctor or dentist was issued within the procedure of recognition under a special act, shall not need to pass the professional exam in the Republic of Slovenia.

Should there be no appropriate specialisation programme in Slovenia to make the comparison, the specialisation programme that is the most similar in contents to the one completed abroad will be used for these purposes. The comparison will be made by an expert. Should the expert estimate that the programme of specialisation completed abroad as well as possible work experience and additional knowledge do not meet the appropriate programme requirements, he/she can recommend that the candidate satisfy at least one of the following requirements:

• emergency medicine exam or the exam on emergency states in stomatology,
• a training of no less than three and no more than twelve months at an authorized institution,
• aptitude test.

The chamber shall issue a decision on recognition of foreign specialist title to the candidate:

• if noted that that the programme of specialisation completed abroad as well as possible work experience and additional knowledge in total meet the requirements of the appropriate specialisation programme that was used for comparison, or that the candidate's qualifications suffice for recognition of a foreign specialist title,
• when the candidate submits evidence on completing additional requirements to the Chamber.

Compulsory enclosures with the application:

• request for recognition of foreign specialist title on the prescribed form,
• evidence on completed studies at a medical faculty in the Republic of Slovenia or evidence on completed studies at a medical faculty within the former Yugoslav republics before 25 June 1991, or official recognition of a foreign medical university degree or a decision on equivalence of foreign title with the Slovenian professional title of doctor of medicine or doctor of dental medicine obtained within the procedure of recognition under a special act,
• evidence that professional exam has been passed in the Republic of Slovenia,
• translation of evidence for of specialisation completed abroad,
• translation of the programme of specialisation completed abroad,
• translation of curriculum vitae with a description of work experience and bibliography, validated by the employer.

The candidate that obtained the qualification for doctor or dentist in a foreign country within the European Economic Area, can replace the evidence required in the second and third indent by providing the decision on qualification recognition to practice the regulated profession of doctor or doctor of dental medicine within the Republic of Slovenia, obtained within the procedure of qualification recognition under a special act

A complete application should be submitted to the following address:
Medical Chamber of Slovenia
Department for legal and general procedures
Dunajska cesta 162
p. p. 439
1001 Ljubljana

Form: Application for specialist title recognition (PDF; size: 155 kB); Application instructions (PDF; size: 146 kB)
Additional information: Ms. Lidija Janškovec