Sede electrónica

Description

Once residents have completed their training and have achieved a passing grade in their final assessment, an “Awarding Order” must be issued. This process firstly allows for the “Awarding Order” of Health Science Specialist Qualifications to be obtained. Then, once the relevant fee has been paid, applications for issuance of the corresponding qualification can be processed.

It is very important to understand the details of the procedure in order to correctly complete it. To this end, please read the “Instructions for Starting the Process” section to understand how to carry out the different steps.

Intended applicants

Residents who are currently studying for, and will complete, their last year of specialist training from May 2020 onwards, in any of the Healthcare Science specialisms, by means of the residence or studies system, as listed in annex I of Spanish Royal Decree 183/2008, of 08 February.

Requirements

Residents may register on the website before completing their last year of specialised healthcare training, but may not obtain the specialist qualification Awarding Order until they have fully completed this training in accordance with the established training programmes, and have passed the corresponding evaluations.

Regulations

• LAW: Spanish Law 44/2003, of 21 November, on management of the healthcare professions.
• ROYAL DECREE: Spanish Royal Decree 183/2008, of 08 February, determining and classifying the Healthcare Science specialisms and implementing certain aspects of the specialised healthcare training system.
• ORDER: Order ECD/855/2014, of 23 May, regulating the procedure for obtaining awarding orders and issuance of Healthcare Science Specialist qualifications, and establishing the mandatory nature of communication by electronic means for applicants.

Further information

The process for issuing the Awarding Order will begin once the Teaching Committees have informed the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare of your final evaluations, for their registration in the National Register of Specialists in Training, and this Ministry, in turn, has notified the Ministry of Universities.

The Specialist qualification will take full effect on the training programme completion date (reference regulation: article 3.1.d) of Spanish Royal Decree 183/2008, of 08 February, modified by the third additional Provision to Spanish Royal Decree 1002/2010, of 05 August).

Instructions for beginning the process

Please follow these steps in the order detailed below to apply for the Awarding Order. Once you have obtained the Awarding Order, you may begin the process for issuing your Healthcare Science Specialist qualification (under no circumstance may issuance be requested before the Awarding Order is obtained):

1. Register for the procedure (it is very important for your application’s status to show as “confirmed”).
2. Wait to receive an email informing you that the Awarding Order can now be downloaded (this process depends on the dates that the Ministry of Universities receives the official communications of training period completion and, therefore, it will be from approximately July onwards).
3. Download the Awarding Order from the website following the instructions in the email.
4. Once you have obtained the Awarding Order, you may begin the process for issuing your Healthcare Science Specialist Qualification 

Instructions for residents and students who completed their training prior to the current call for applications

• Residents who completed their specialist training in any period between 2014 and this call for applications, and who applied online for the Awarding Order for their qualification but never downloaded the Order file in PDF format, paid the fees or requested issuance of the qualification, may do so at any time. To do so, they should access the website using the following URL https://sede.educacion.gob.es/portada.html and go to “MY RECORDS”.
• Residents who completed their specialist training in any period between 2014 and this call for applications, but did not apply online for the Awarding Order via the website, awarded Healthcare Science Specialist qualifications are published, depending on the year, in one of the following Orders. If your awarded qualification features in any of these Orders, you may proceed to process its issuance. 
  • Order UNI/822/2021, of 22 July
  • Correction of Errors in Order UNI/1270/2020, of 11 December (Official State Gazette of 08 June 2021)
  • Correction of Errors in Order UNI/1270/2020, of 11 December (Official State Gazette of 30 January 2021)
  • Order UNI/1270/2020, of 11 December (Official State Gazette of 28 December 2020)
  • Correction of Errors in Order UNI/528/2020, of 11 June (Official State Gazette of 26 December 2020)
  • Correction of Errors in Order CNU/901/2019, of 23 July (Official State Gazette of 23 November 2020)
  • Order UNI/528/2020, of 11 June
  • Order CNU/901/2019, of 23 July
  • Order CNU/864/2019, of 23 July
  • Order CNU/1211/2018, of 30 October
  • Order CNU/1210/2018, of 30 October
  • Order CNU/1209/2018, of 30 October
  • Order ECD/1076/2017, of 26 October
  • Order ECD/627/2017, of 16 June
  • Order ECD/607/2017, of 16 June
  • Order ECD/606/2017, of 16 June
  • Order ECD/129/2017, of 10 February
  • Order ECD/102/2017, of 01 February
  • Order ECD/103/2017, of 01 February
  • Order ECD/1001/2016, of 10 June
  • Order ECD/798/2016, of 13 May
  • Order ECD/799/2016, of 13 May
  • Order ECD/1735/2015, of 7 August
  • Order ECD/1343/2015, of 18 June

• Residents who completed their residency prior to the 2014 call for applications. All residents who completed their training prior to May 2014 were notified by post of their specialist qualification Awarding Order.

Deadline for submitting applications

• From 15 May 2020
• To 15 April 2021

Queries regarding the procedure may be sent via any of the means found on the Administrative Information page