Specialist license
In order to be called a physiotherapist and work as such in Iceland, the person must have completed a master's or doctoral degree from a university recognized by the health authorities or offering a comparable education here. The study must have been largely within the specialty or field in which the specialist license is being applied for and a certificate of completion must have been obtained in that specialty. Before applying for the license, the person must have worked as a physiotherapist for two years full-time in the relevant specialty after completing the specialist education.
Specialist licenses may be granted in the following clinical specialties of physiotherapy:
- Orthopedic physiotherapy
- Pediatric physiotherapy
- Psychiatric treatment
- Rheumatology physiotherapy
- Health and safety at work
- Cardiac physiotherapy
- Diagnosis and treatment of the spine and extremities (Manual Therapy)
- Pulmonary physiotherapy
- Pregnancy and childbirth physiotherapy
- Neurological physiotherapy
- Geriatric physiotherapy
- Sports physiotherapy
- Intensive care physiotherapy
Specialist license in physiotherapy - Requirements for knowledge, skills and competence of specialists.
Physiotherapy specialists
The Director of Health publishes its license register on the website. There, you can access information about all those who have received a specialist license.
