If you drive through Germany and explore its cities and towns, you will experience that many cities are scattered throughout the country. There are however large German cities like Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne, as well as a lot of towns and villages. Germany has about 82 million inhabitants. In the largest city, Berlin, live…
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…
 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…
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…
 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…
Ulm – About declining numbers of graduates in Gastroenterology reports the Association of Established Gastroenterologists. “The long training period, the intensive professional need and the risk of establishment apparently scares the young doctorsâ€, said the chairman of the association, Huppe Dietrich, as a result of the analysis that was conducted in 14 states in…