for health professionals

Norwegian for Health Professionals B2

A Norwegian course for health professionals is designed for those who wish to qualify to work in the health sector in Norway. The course content covers a broad set of health care topics.

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Course fee: NOK 9,980

FREE! Paid by IMDi

Upcoming groups

Tue, 13 Jun 2023

13. juni - Helsenorsk B2

13 Jun, 2023 - 28 Sep, 2023

Tone Larssen

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Norwegian for Health Professionals is an online course covering the basics of Norwegian health care industry vocabulary. This course is for all who have education or work experience as a health professional, or healthcare worker, and wish to qualify to work in the health sector in Norway.

All the lessons include audio, which helps while getting to know words and expressions.

You can start the course any time!

Learning objectives

You will be able to join flexibly scheduled online live teacher-led lessons on a drop-in basis, where you will be introduced to key areas and topics such as:

Health care in Norway
Various occupations and sectors in health care
Elderly care
Illnesses
Dietitians and Nutritionists industry
Ethics and Communication
Mental Health
Patient Rights
Alternative Therapies

The course will also provide the vocabulary you can use in different situations at work. Reading and listening comprehension, grammar, and pronunciation are also emphasized in the course.

Prerequisites

The Norwegian at the minimum level of B1 is the course participation requirement. We recommend you to take the regular Norwegian course at the same time if your level requires it. If you do not attend the regular Norwegian course, you can still join, but you should have participated in an B1 course earlier or gotten level B1 at Lingu's placement test.

Apply for NOK 10 000 government scholarship today!

Norwegian immigration authorities provide scholarships to assist healthcare professionals succeed in Norwegian working life. The scholarships are from «Klippekortordningen» by Imdi.

The course is for those who want to qualify for work in the health sector and need to pass the language requirement of the employer, or fulfill the language requirements from the authorization by the Norwegian Directorate of Health.

Kvalifiserer du for tilskuddsordningen?

Du er en voksen innvandrer til Norge.
Du har ingen rettigheter til gratis norskopplæring hos kommunen der hvor du bor.
Du er ikke deltaker i annen type norskopplæring med statlig finansiering (f. eks. Kompetansepluss).
Du har fullført A2-nivå tidligere og ønsker å oppnå B1 eller B2-nivå.
Du har anledning til å fullføre kursprogrammet og delta i minst 80 timer lærerstyrt undervisning på nettet.

Les mer om tilskuddsordningen her

Tailored courses for enterprise clients

Courses are flexible and can be tailored to your organisations unique needs.

+ Flexible schedule
+ Native support language
+ Hybrid training at your premises and online
+ Tailored to your professions, ie. pharmacists, nurses etc

Blended learning

Game-based e-learning material «Samanehs reise»
Course content and learning objectives
Submit essay for review

You will be able to join flexibly scheduled online live, instructor-led classes in both mornings and evenings.

We arrange monthly webinars and job cafés for the participants across all courses in Health-related language, where we invite guests from the health sector to talk about various topics from the healthcare industry. In addition to the language training, you'll also get to know the Norwegian health sector and the job market.

Selena's anatomy

What is Selena's Anatomy?

In the materials you’ll meet the nurse Selena from Spain who is newly employed at a hospital, through films and reading texts taken from authentic workplaces and fictional journals. She must communicate with several people from other occupations and gains insight into several work areas and functions both inside and outside the hospital.

The learning resource is developed in collaboration with professionals from the health sector.

Norwegian for Health Professionals is an online course covering the basics of Norwegian healthcare industry vocabulary. This course is for all who have education or work experience as a health professional, or healthcare worker and wish to qualify to work in the health sector in Norway.

You will get an expanded knowledge of medical vocabulary, which will be very helpful in starting your medical career in Norway.
Enrolling in the 'Writing Assistance with AI - level B1' is a simple and straightforward process. The best part is that the course is now completely free for you as a participant. This is made possible thanks to support from the Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi).

To secure a spot in the course, you need to apply for a course placement on Lingu's website. There, you will find a registration form where you can submit your application. All you need to do is fill out some basic personal details. By doing so, you will be one step closer to improving your writing skills with the help of your personal AI guide. We look forward to assisting you on your journey towards better writing skills!
This course exam is not the equivalent of an official government exam, so if the official government exam is required by the employer, it would have to be taken separately.

The Simply Helse exam is an exam provided by Lingu. It checks your course learning in a more in-depth way.

Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate which shows the achieved language level and you exam level. This exam certificate may be extremely helpful in finding a job since it states your completion of this medical language oriented course and your language level achieved.
Yes, it is now available completely for free! This means that you pay completely nothing as a participant. This is made possible thanks to support from the Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi), who will pay the course fee worth NOK 10000 for you. All you need to do is register, and the rest will be fixed for you by us.