In order to apply for a practical traineeship in the area of health care, your first step is to take send your motivation letter to international coordinator of School of Health Care of your campus:

Kuopio campus: Ms Marja Gröhn-Rissanen (marja-liisa-grohn-rissanen@savonia.fi)

Include in your motivation letter:

• your study program
• your plans for the content of the exchange? Theoretical studies or / and clinical practice? How many ECTS each?
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• timing of your exchange *
• your previous clinical experiences and  wishes to be achieved in Finland?
• your photo

*) Notice you have to come to Savonia for Health check up and orientation one week before the practice starts.

The number of traineeship placements is limited, so unfortunately we cannot offer placements for all applicants.

After Savonia has found a traineeship placement for you, your International Coordinator will contact you and you can then finish the application process by registering yourself to Savonia at the Mobility-Online application system

• by 31 March (for autumn semester) or
• by 30 Sept (for spring semester).

How to apply through Mobility-Online

Those who intend to work with children during their traineeship need to present their criminal records. Bring this document with you to Finland. Clinical tutor will check your criminal records before the start of the traineeship.

Study the general instructions related to your arrival such as housing, arrival instructions, residence permits, orientation days etc:

• New students

During the first week make an appoinment with:

• International Coordinator, Marja Gröhn-Rissanen;  +358 44 785 6407
• mentoring teacher (you find your teachers in the summary list of all incoming student)
• clinical tutor (e.g. at the Kuopio University Hospital if you star your traineeship period there).

• Fill the workshift form for every placement.
• The workshift schedule should be planned in the beginning of the traineeship period. You need to keep the form at the notice board of your traineeship placement. All changes to the planned working shifts should be done as soon as possible.
• Give the completely filled and signed original forms to your own mentoring teacher and copies to the clinical tutor.

During your last weeks in Savonia:

• make an appointment with International Coordinator and mentoring teacher
• return all working shift form to your mentoring teacher and clinical tutor