About MediCarrera
Our history
MediCarrera has been working with the public health care in different parts of Sweden since 2002, recruiting European specialist doctors and organising their language training. During this time we have learned what makes a successful long-term engagement both for doctor and for employer, and we have developed our concept out of these invaluable experiences.
We are based in Spain and our course centre is located south of Barcelona. We complete two courses per year with doctors attending from several European countries.
We began by recruiting primary care doctors for a Swedish county council. Since there were many Spanish doctors willing to work abroad at that time and the specialist training in primary care in Spain was similar to that in Sweden, we set up our course centre in Spain.
When expanding our recruitment to other countries, we have found that it makes sense to maintain our existing language training centre and to bring healthcare professionals from different European countries to Spain. In this way we offer a very good study environment: doctors have no other obligations except their studies and the common language among them is, after a short time, Swedish or Norwegian.
The team
We are a team of 10 full-time employees based at our course centre south of Barcelona and in the various European countries where we recruit healthcare professionals. All our teachers are very experienced in teaching Swedish or Norwegian and specifically Swedish or Norwegian for healthcare professionals.
Our directors are:
Mats Ignell (1968)
Before co-founding MediCarrera in 2002 he worked with management consultancy in Sweden, first at Kundskaparna research and later in his own company. He was co-founder of the Spanish company Ahorradinero 1999, subsidiary of the Swedish company Sparapengar, and was its Managing Director until 2002. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Organisation from the Växjö University, 1992. He originates from south Sweden but has studied and worked in Germany, France and Spain.
Nina Paulsson (1968)
Before co-founding MediCarrera in 2002 she worked in the health care sector mainly in Sweden; at Stockholm South General Hospital (1997-1999), Vitea – a health care company (1999-2000), Apoteket AB, the Swedish pharmacy company, (2001) and as a consultant for Zestica (A-com) in Spain, Apoteket AB and Hill and Knowlton – a leading PR agency within health care communications (2002). She holds a university degree in Science of Communication, Mid Sweden University, 1992.