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Finnish Medical Association
Mäkelänkatu 2
00500 Helsinki
P.O.Box 49
FI-00501 Helsinki
Phone +358 9 393 091
Fax +358 9 393 0794
fma@laakariliitto.fi

ORGANISATION AND MEMBERSHIP

The President of the Association is Ms. Raija Niemelä and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Heikki Pälve.

FMA membership is voluntary, but nearly all doctors who practise in Finland choose to be members. Entire classes of medical students join the Association after their fourth year of study, i.e. when they can practise medically for the first time. Doctors from abroad can join the Association if they have a licence to practise medicine in Finland and the senior doctor in their place of employment recommends them for membership.

The highest FMA decision-making body is the 60-member Delegate Committee, which is elected by members every three years. The Delegate Committee decides the main policies of the Association and approves its budget. It also elects the Chairman and other Board members.

The practical work of the Association is directed by the Board, which has 10 members. The Chairman of the Board is the FMA president. The Board is assisted by a number of committees, which deal with issues relating to members’ interests, health policy, medical education, ethics and finances.

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