Remaining doubts

[Popota]

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Hello!

I´m new in the forum but I´m very happy to have found it! Thank you Google =)

I´ve read many, many discussions but I´ve remained with some doubts...

1 - I´ve finished the medical career last year and now I´m rotating in different specialities, in one year of internship. After this year I could start the speciality in Portugal, but is it enough to start in your countries? With this year I get one paper that says I have the "basic medical formation", is it enough?

2 - I didn´t understand exactly how does the appliance for a residency works in Ireland, England, Switzerland, Germany, Austria,... I mean, how do I know the residencies and places available?? And how do I apply from here?

3 - I don´t know yet wich speciality I want.. Maybe dermatology, endocrinology, alergology or reumatology, is it difficult to get in in your countries?

Thanks for your help! 🙂

 

[mmmiles]

Here are my answers regarding Germany:

1) This depends on where you did you studies. It is much easier to transfer between EU contries than in from a non-EU country. The "equivalency" of your degree is determined on an individual basis (sometimes this includes an oral exam). Of course, fluency in the German language is a requirement (I imagine native fluency will be the requirement in any country you wish to work in).

2) There is no central "match" process. Candidates apply directly to the hospitals that they are interested in, for the specific position that they want. Once there is a hospital willing to hire you, you can go about obtaining a "Berufserlaubnis" (permit to practice).

3) Dermatology is one of the more competitive fields in Germany. Internal medicine is less competitive. In general, it is also easier to get positions in more rural areas and some parts of former eastern germany than in the urban university clinics.