When international medical doctors are available in Saxony-Anhalt If you wish to work, you have to cross a German language take a look at. Just lately, the variety of medical doctors who’ve accomplished such a take a look at has decreased. Because the Saxony-Anhalt Medical Affiliation introduced when requested, 264 preliminary examinations have been taken final yr. In 2024 there have been 307, in 2023 a complete of 315. There have been additionally repeat assessments. The failure fee will not be insignificant: final yr it was 30 %, and in 2024 it will likely be 32.8 %.
This yr there are indicators of an additional decline in exams: “We’re presently recording a decline of virtually 19 % in comparison with the earlier yr,” stated a chamber spokeswoman.
The German take a look at for international medical doctors was launched in the beginning of 2015. The goal was to look at the language expertise of international medical doctors extra intently. Till the assessments, the medical doctors solely needed to show a sure language degree earlier than being admitted.
That is how the examination works
The technical language take a look at consists of 4 sections. On the one hand, the medical doctors need to have a doctor-patient dialog. The second half is about coping with affected person information, making a telephone name and the corresponding vocabulary. As well as, the medical doctors should formulate a remaining abstract evaluation of the course of the illness or remedy and at last have a doctor-to-doctor dialogue. When requested why most medical doctors fail, a spokeswoman for the Medical Affiliation defined: “That is particular person and really completely different. There aren’t any clear developments concerning the extent of issue.”
The place do the international medical doctors come from?
The most typical nations of origin of the examinees have been Azerbaijan, Syria, Ukraine and Russia, it stated. Based on the Medical Affiliation, Azerbaijanis are the most important international medical group. On the finish of 2025, there have been 164 medical doctors with a share of 8 %, adopted by 159 Ukrainians (7.8 %), 153 Syrians, 152 medical doctors from the Russian Federation and 151 Romanians. Many have been working in Saxony-Anhalt for years. On the query of whether or not the language take a look at is adequate to keep away from communication issues in on a regular basis life, the spokeswoman for the Medical Affiliation defined: “There may be suggestions from clinics and medical doctors’ practices, principally benevolent. Apparently, qualitative variations in communication expertise are noticeable in particular person instances. This additionally relies upon, for instance, on which federal state they arrive to us from.”
Round 1,900 working medical doctors from overseas
Based on the Saxony-Anhalt Medical Affiliation, there are a complete of round 10,300 working medical doctors, together with round 1,900 from overseas. Only a few of the international medical doctors work as practising physicians: on the finish of 2025 there have been round 90. Based on the data, round 1,600 international medical doctors labored in hospitals or rehabilitation clinics, and round 180 have been employed in a department or a medical care heart (MVZ).
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