Greece, they can not find easily a job in research, because research in our country is not
financed by companies. In addition, the prospects of working in public and private education
are negative for biologists, because there is not a big demand for them in the educational
system, as biology is considered to be a less significant lesson.
More information is available at the following websites:
http://www.pev.gr/
http://www.env.gr
Doctors
Doctors are graduates of the relevant Faculties of Medicine, which are among the first
choices of teenagers and their parents in Greek society. The graduates of Medicine are
obliged to work in a cottage hospital at least for a year after their studies and, after that year,
they can get their specialization by working in a hospital. In Medicine, there are officially
37 specializations, which are divided in four basic factors: pathology, surgery, laboratory
medicine and psychiatry. Doctors have the opportunity to work in hospitals (only if they have
completed their specialization), in health centers, in their own private office, in volunteer or-
ganizations etc. Doctors face two big problems in Greece nowadays: a) there is a very long
time waiting in order to get their specialization (from 3 to 10 years) and b) the occupational
prospects are quite negative for doctors who work in big cities, because their proportion to
patients is enormous. On the other hand, the occupational prospects are positive for doc-
tors who work in the countryside.
More information is available at the following websites:
http://www.pis.gr
http://www.who.int/en/
http://www.mohaw.gr/gr/inex_html
Veterinarians
Veterinarians are graduates of the relevant Faculties, which are situated in only two cities,
Karditsa and Thessaloniki. They are obliged to have a practical training in order to work in
both public and private sector. According to a survey carried out by the faculty of Thessalo-
niki, there are very positive occupational prospects for veterinarians in the labor market.
More information is available at the following websites:
http://www.geotte.gr
http://www.hva.gr
http://www.hvms.gr/eke/eke.html