STRUCTURE OF THE KNOWLEDGE EXAM (KENNTNISPRÜFUNG):
1. the clinical examination (approximately 60 minutes):
1a. Anamnesis (approx. 15 - 25 minutes): With a trained acting patient.
*Important: Adequate communication with the patient, focused anamnesis (no FSP!), clinical reasoning.
1b. Physical examination (approximately 15 - 25 minutes): Verbally formulated, e.g. I auscultate heart & lungs, I perform the following orthopedic functional tests, etc.
*Important: Adequate and focused description of common clinical examination techniques.
1c. Physician Report (up to 30 minutes):
On the history, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, prognosis, treatment plan and epicrisis of the case.
*Important: Application of common medical terminology, recording of the patient's pathologies, differential diagnostic investigations and necessary therapies.
Arztbrief (Example)
Untersuchungsbogen (Example)
2. oral-practical examination (up to 90 minutes):
2a. Patient presentation (Up to 10 minutes) to the board of examiners.
*Important: Brief, concise, and accurate. Application of common medical terminology, collegiality, therapeutic concepts for the patient, proper structure and wording.
2b. Questions (up to 80 minutes) from the subjects:
Internal medicine
Surgery
Emergency medicine
Clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy
Imaging procedures
Radiation protection
Forensic Medicine
*Important: Correct interpretation of diagnostic instruments (laboratory findings, ECG, X-ray..) and knowledge of: Patients' rights, medical confidentiality, living wills, prescription of drugs, radiation protection ordinance, failure to render assistance, Heilberufsgesetz, professional codes, the German Narcotics Act, intentional or negligent homicide, transfusions, transplants, penal code, bodily injury and physician euthanasia, among others).
