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Hi

Anybody who would like to have information concerning Medical School in Germany and what it details i can help.
I got accepted to the University of Mainz, in Mainz, Germany. I turned it down though and will be attending U of Miami for "Nurse Practitioner."

If you speak German and need some infos or help just email

Neelia :o)

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Hi
Well yeah I have a question :confused: (check out my coolo icon there by me)

Why did you give up a whole medical degree to be a nurse practioner?

No, GEEZ P L E A S E don't nobody get offended or nuthin' - there's nothing wrong with being a nurse practitioner if that's what you want to be. But yeah I'm curious what made you make that decision...

I had many reasons for choosing not to go.. First I decided I was going to go to School to be a Nurse Practitioner before i got accepted. I talked to many people, including a current medical student at the University of Mainz. I then got accepting and even debated about changing my mind back and indeed go to med school. But i just decided it was not what i wanted to do.
Some reasons:
I went to school 5 years to get my Bachelors
Even though i speak fluent German it is still difficult to read and would take me longer than typical because of this fact.
It would be another 6 or more years here in the German University of lectures and classroom work before i could even do anything.
After that you do 1.5 years or so of internships/residencies
After that you have to work for several years with another doctor before you can actually practice alone
After that you can only practice medicine in Germany or perhaps other foreign countries.

I'm just ready to start doing something besides food service. I went to school for 5 years am and EMT and right now here in Germany i can't do anything medical.
I don't want to have to wait another 6+ years to have patient interaction.
My goal is to go into Medical Missions as a career and not spend the rest of my life in school. I weighed the options and i believe i can do medically all that i want to do as a nurse practitioner. Plus i can get started a lot faster "doing something" and into the mission field faster.

If you don't mind going to school for 12+ years and speak german i would certainly recommend a German University as they are basically tution free. Its about 200 dollars a semester for student fees. The hard part is getting accepted as there only abou t 18 places for foreigners.


Hope this helps
Neelia :)

Very interesting post.

Good luck.:)