This article analyzes a fast track language program for asylum seeking refugees with a diploma in Medicin from outside EU/EEA, 2016-17. The course was designed arund 4 months of Swedish and Medical Swedish and 5 months of courses in Medicin, combined with language support and a close contact with the professional field. The course was situated at a Swedish university (not the regular Swedish for immigrants-education) with an aim to meet the participants at their own level as qualified professionals with an academic background.
Obstacles and challenges is discussed, both from an societal, indivudial and professional angle, concerning second language aquisition and communcative demand within a professional field.