Are you a visiting student? - Don't forget your Health Clearance
Health clearance is required of all students attending placement on a healthcare programme within Stockholm County Council (Region Stockholm), or services that have an agreement with Stockholm County Council. The purpose of the health clearance is to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases in healthcare work.
The health clearance can be downloaded below, and should be completed and signed by a licensed physician prior to your departure for Sweden. In some cases, further medical screening will be necessary upon arrival, through Student Wellbeing Centre, KI.
If you need to visit the Student Wellbeing Centre (according to the instructions below), please bring a signed and printed original copy of your health clearance with you.
You will also need to present a printed original copy of your health clearance at your clinical placement. Please note that should you fail to provide valid health clearance upon request, you may be denied participation.
Upon arrival to Sweden
You need to visit Student Wellbeing Centre for further medical screening if you meet any of the following criteria:
- you have had contact with medical care facilities outside the Nordic region, either as a patient or as student/staff in direct patient care, within the past 6 months.
- you have been in contact with an MRSA carrier, for example a member of your household/family.
- you have undergone TB screening with TB-test and/or X-ray (bring copy of test result).
- you have undergone treatment for TB or LTBI- (latent tuberculosis infection).
If you do not meet any of the four criteria listed above, you do not need to visit the Student Wellbeing Centre for medical screening and you may proceed directly to your clinical placement. You still need to bring your health clearance with you.