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…
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…
Doctors in London are currently trialing “touchless†technology often used in TV games, to help them carry out delicate keyhole surgery. The link between this: and this: The system allows them to manipulate images with their voice and hand-gestures rather than using a keyboard and a mouse. The surgeons currently working on perfecting the…
“As a foreign doctor working in Germany, it’s not enough to know how to order a pizzaâ€. 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…
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…
July brings Hungary the first online national waiting list registration system, a system that is meant to be easy to keep track of, highlighting the number of people waiting for various operations throughout the country. Zsolt Kiss, the National Health Insurance Fund Strategic Head of the Division of MTI, stated that the new system is…
So let’s say you recently decided to move to Norway. Here are some things you should know about: Insurance When you work in Norway, you automatically become a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme from your first day of work. You will not become a member though, if you are working…
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, odcházÃme†(thank you, we are leaving) movement that had…
Good training is a key to entering the work force. So why do many European countries have such high youth unemployment rates, despite graduating many well-trained people? And why is Germany different? It is not especially surprising that the unemployment rate of young people in most countries is higher than general unemployment. But what…
The German parliament has voted to make it easier for skilled workers from non-EU countries to work in Germany. The Blue Card, an EU-wide work permit, allows highly skilled applicants to seek work across the bloc. In the future there will be fewer bureaucratic hurdles for skilled workers seeking employment in Germany. The new legislation…