Support for the training of general practitioners In 2010 Germany implemented a training program for General Practitioners, with the pure goal of constant further training for physicians and a good collaboration between the hospitals and private practices. Â Berlin 04.04.2012 The leading associations of statutory health insurance (SHI), the German Hospital Union (DKG) and…
As Germany suffers from a shortage of highly skilled workers, the parties in the German government state that they have come to an agreement regarding a new set of rules that would make it easier for companies to hire qualified foreigners. A lack of doctors, computer scientists, mathematicians and engineers is having a negative…
As a great proportion of our candidates here at EGV Recruiting are pursuing medical careers in Germany, a particular question seems to always pop up: “I have small children, how does the education system in Germany work?†For those who follow our posts regularly, you know that it’s not uncommon for us to go…
After conducting a research in 119 countries that involved about 141 000 respondents regarding the population’s willingness to work in foreign countries, Gallup came to the stunning conclusion that the global population aged between 15 and 26 consider taking a fixed term work abroad. In other words, 1.1 billion people consider working abroad for a…
In Lithuania, the constitutional right to free medical treatment is just a formality. In fact much of the health care services provided are paid from the pockets of the patients. The fact that medical institutions are illegally robbing the funds allocated for healthcare is no secret for the family members of the ill, to the…
 As a leading healthcare recruiting firm, EGV Recruiting, has helped a great number of doctors to start their medical careers in Germany. The following article underlines the guidelines for immigrants in general to climb up the career ladder in Germany by following some simple steps. These general principles apply to any career and…
Assisted suicide is the common term for actions by which an individual helps another person voluntarily to bring about his or her own death. “Assistance†may mean providing one with the means (drugs or equipment) to end one’s own life, but may extend to other actions. It differs to euthanasia where another person ends the…
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…
Like in most European countries, individuals have the right to choose their own family doctor and medicine, but for some reason the Lithuanian Ministry of Health does not believe that patients should have the right to choose medical care providers such as hospitals. Nearly two years ago the Ministry of Health changed the prescription drug…
We decided to publish this article regarding the medical migration trend in Romania, so that we can come to a mutual agreement about why medical specialists choose to leave their country in order to practice medicine abroad. Before giving our own insights we present to you this article from the Adevarul newspaper:…