Healthcare Swedish
You know the job.
Now do it in Swedish.
A live course in spoken Swedish for doctors, nurses, undersköterskor and other care staff who work in Swedish healthcare or are on their way there. Level B1–B2, in small groups or one to one, online.
I don't teach medicine. You already have that. I'm a Swede who has spent about ten years coaching professionals to work in a second language, including for Learnlight and Cartus.
Book a free 30-minute sessionStarting soon, with a small pilot group. The free session is online and one to one.
THE PROBLEM
Working in Swedish care means working in Swedish.
You already know the job. What slows you down is doing it in a second language, at speed, with someone waiting for your answer.
On the phone
You call the on-call senior doctor (bakjouren) at night. They want the patient in thirty seconds, in the right order, and they will interrupt you. This is where a second language shows first.
At the bedside
Patients and relatives don't speak textbook Swedish. They use everyday words for symptoms, dialect and half-finished sentences, and you have to answer in plain Swedish, not in Latin.
Under time pressure
Handover, ward rounds, a journal note dictated between patients. And if the kunskapsprov is ahead of you: clinical cases read against the clock, and practical-exam stations run in Swedish.
None of this is medicine. It is language under pressure, and that is the part I train.
The Swedish layer, not the medicine.
How a session works
You handle the situation. I play everyone else.
Every session is built around a scenario from a working day in Swedish care. It runs live on video, in a small group or one to one.
The scenario
I play the patient, the relative or the senior doctor on the phone. You handle the situation in Swedish, the way you would at work.
The correction
I correct your language as you go: the word you reached for, the phrase a Swedish colleague would use, the sentence that came out in the wrong order. Never the medicine.
The rerun
You run it again under more pressure: an interruption, a harder question, less time.
The situations
Ten situations from a working day in Swedish care.
01
Taking a history
Open questions, follow-ups, and a patient who answers a different question.
02
Handover between shifts
The essentials, in the right order, to a colleague who is already busy.
03
Calling bakjouren
The on-call senior doctor, at night, with the patient summarised in a clear, structured call.
04
Explaining a diagnosis
Plain Swedish for a patient, not the words from the textbook.
05
A worried relative
Questions you can't fully answer, asked by someone who is upset.
06
Delivering bad news
Slowly, clearly, and with the right words for the moment.
07
Medication and discharge
Instructions the patient can repeat back to you.
08
Dictating a journal note
The note, in the register a Swedish patient record uses.
09
Ward rounds
Presenting a patient and answering questions as the round moves on.
10
The kunskapsprov practical
The practical exam's stations, run in Swedish under the same kind of pressure.
For the theory exam
Reading exercises with follow-up questions, for reading clinical cases fast enough under time pressure. The medicine in the cases is yours. The reading and the Swedish are what we train.
FIT
Who this is for.
The course is narrow on purpose. It saves us both time if you can rule yourself out here.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
- You work in Swedish healthcare, or you're on your way there, as a doctor, nurse, undersköterska or other care staff.
- Your Swedish is around B1–B2: you can hold a conversation, but it gives way under pressure at work.
- The kunskapsprov is ahead of you and you want the Swedish side of it covered: the reading for the theory paper and the practical-exam stations.
- Your clinical knowledge is in place, and the language is what slows you down.
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF
- You want medicine taught. I don't cover clinical content, and I'm not a doctor or a nurse.
- What you need is a language certificate. I don't issue certificates, and there are providers who both teach the level and issue one.
- You're applying to a kompletterande utbildning at Lund or Karolinska. Those ask for Svenska 3 or Svenska B, and that is a different piece of work.
- Your Swedish is still below B1. Ordinary Swedish lessons come first, and Swedish Standard offers those too.
Questions
Common questions.
Is this a medical course?
No. I teach the Swedish, never the clinical content. I'm a Swedish language coach, not a doctor or a nurse.
Who can join?
Doctors, nurses, undersköterskor and other care staff who work in Swedish healthcare or are on their way there, with Swedish at roughly B1–B2.
Does it prepare me for the kunskapsprov?
It covers the Swedish side: the practical exam's stations as role-play, and reading exercises for the theory paper's clinical cases. It does not teach the medicine, and nobody can promise you a pass.
Is it in groups or one to one?
Both. Small groups or one to one, live online.
When does it start?
The course is being built now, and a pilot is starting soon. Book a free 30-minute session to talk about where your Swedish stands and whether the course fits.
What does it cost?
We go through the format and the cost in the free session.
What language are the sessions in?
Swedish. Booking and any questions beforehand can be in English.
BOOK
Book a free 30-minute session
Live on video, one to one. We talk about your work and where your Swedish gives way, and I tell you honestly whether the course fits.