Due to the fact that most of our candidates apply for medical careers in Germany, we have decided to post on our blog a short article about the importance of constant training and learning. At the end of the article you will also find the Fort- und Weiterbildungskalender for 2012 in Germany. The…
There is no need to point out the fact that there is a doctor shortage in Germany. This is a well-known fact that we have already covered in previous articles. Through this article we want to highlight the fact that serious studies underline the fields of psychiatrics and psychosomatic as the specialties with the…
Introduction: World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. It is led by the Union for International Cancer Control, a global consortium of more than 470 cancer-fighting organizations in over 120 countries. World Cancer Day targets the public through global communications, and…
 In this article we highlight some aspects regarding the benefits of the German living standards, regarding aspects such as: top best-cities in the world, job security, a good healthcare, subsidized education, paid leave and working hours.   German-speaking cities occupy top places in best-cities survey 30 November 2011: Vienna has again been named…
Technical expert or a philanthropist, entrepreneur or an altruist? When asked what makes a good doctor, there is no clear answer. Nevertheless, any doctor asks himself this question someday. Charity and humanity: such concepts fitted into stories, go to the heart. For the health care system they seem to play no role. In a system…
For many years now, Norway is well known for attracting foreign doctors. Due to chronical shortage of doctors, the country has been quite eager to attract doctors from abroad, mainly specialist doctors, to fill vacant positions in the constantly expanding health care sector. Long before the existence of the European Union, the Nordic countries have…
Germany is making progress when it comes to integrating people with immigrant backgrounds. The government in Berlin has released its latest study on the matter – showing considerable improvement, if not equality. The government’s second “integration indicators report†– the first appeared two years ago – focused on integration in Germany between 2005 and 2010.…
Berlin – under the motto “40 years – 40.000 fans,†the aid agency, Doctors Without Borders launched an online initiative to attract more supporters. On the site www.mein-profil-fuer-msf.net , Facebook users can sign up and for 24 hours they can promote the organization’s activity on their wall. The overall goal is to make your Facebook…
Given the fact that you considered our previous comparison study: “The cost of living comparison between Germany and Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania†useful, here, we present you the sequel. Continuing on the same idea, you are a specialist doctor (because France only recruits specialists), you like the French lifestyle, culture, language and everything France…
I bet that when most of you think of hospitals and food at the same time, you can only think of well… hospital food. And I bet that hospital food is never on someone’s favorite dish list… Well, things just got interesting… In Latvia, more specifically in Riga, there is such a restaurant in which…