Consider starting work as a doctor in France?

Before starting the actual work, here are some general facts about France’s healthcare system! The French healthcare system was considered in the year 2000 “the best overall health care provider” by the World Health Organization, and in 2005 France spent almost 12% of its GDP on healthcare. History: The current system has undergone several changes…

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German doctors consider their job fun!

Berlin – The vast majority of doctors are satisfied with their work. This is what the result from the medical monitor of Statutory Health Insurance National Physicians Association (KBV) and NAV-Virchow-Bund presented in Berlin. 98% of the 11.000 physicians interviewed by telephone consider their work useful and meaningful, 93% are making their work fun and…

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The German language is golden!

  “As a foreign doctor working in Germany, it’s not enough to know how to order a pizza”. The German doctors complain about the fact that their foreign colleagues have an insufficient vocabulary when it comes down to the German language skills. “Even if the foreign doctors have in most cases basic communication skills, these…

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European doctors ask for the hospital doctors to be rewarded with a salary at least as big as two-three national average salaries

European doctors call on governments of the European Union member countries to guarantee the minimum wage for hospital doctors, starting from no less than two to three national average salaries, and to ensure uninterrupted financing of health systems at a level comparable with the EU average. The European Association of Hospital Physicians and Medical Employees…

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Czech doctors working abroad for salaries 4 times as high

According to the Czech Television, the graduates from the Czech Faculty of Medicine choose to leave the Czech Republic and work abroad. How many? According to the official data, only last year about 172 graduates have left to work abroad, despite the success of the “DÄ›kujeme, odcházíme” (thank you, we are leaving) movement that had…

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