The modules

The preparation course for the specialist language examination for foreign medical professionals (m/f/d) comprises 24 modules. Each of these modules can be booked individually.
We also offer additional modules that are not part of the specialist language exam, but are nevertheless interesting for working as a doctor in Germany.

Computerscreen showing Anamnese

Module 1 - Taking a medical history (6 TE))

  • Discussion of the various anamnesis areas
  • Phrases that are frequently used in the medical history
  • Question words
  • Medical language vs. patient language (incl. colloquial language)
  • Role-playing games
  • Filling out medical history forms
  • Culturally sensitive approaches in hospitals

Module 2 - Performing the physical examination (6 TE)

  • IPPAFG
  • Vocabulary for physical examination
  • Idioms
  • Respectful formulations
  • Medical language vs. patient language
  • Role-playing games
  • Filling out medical history forms

Arzt hoert Patienten ab
Arzt-Patient Gespraech

Module 3 - Diagnostic procedures and discussion of diagnoses (6 TE)

  • Diagnostic procedures in patient language
  • Anatomy with German names
  • Idioms
  • Question words
  • Medical language vs. patient language
  • Case studies
  • Diagnostic discussions medical language vs. patient language

Module 4 - Imaging diagnostics (6 TE)

  • Apparatus medicine - medical language vs. patient language
  • Apparatus medicine in everyday working life
  • Idioms
  • Doctor's letter in relation to diagnostic imaging findings
  • Medical language vs. patient language
  • Role-playing games

MRT Geraet
Woman with pain in her back

Module 5 - Conversations about pain (6 TE)

  • Pain conditions
  • Pain vocabulary
  • Idioms
  • Naming body parts
  • Garments
  • Case studies

Module 6 - Discussion of findings and therapies (6 TE)

  • Examination methods - medical language vs. patient language
  • Means of expression
  • Vocabulary
  • Case studies
  • Dialogs

laboratory results
doctor and patient sitting in front of a computer

Module 7 - Delivering bad news (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary - medical language vs. patient language
  • Communication channels
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 8 - Talking about fears (6 TE)

  • Addressing fear
  • Means of expression
  • Vocabulary
  • Case studies
  • Dialogs

patient with doctor
Doctor talking to a woman

Module 9 - Talking to relatives about clinical pictures (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary - medical language vs. patient language
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 10 - Communication in challenging situations (6 TE)

  • Doctor-patient communication
  • Expressing feelings
  • Conversation techniques
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

angry man next to a woman in a hospital bed arguing with a doctor
medizinischer Aufklaerungsbogen

Module 11 - Medical information sessions (6 TE)

  • The different phases of the medical consultation
  • Overview of the necessary clarification meetings
  • Conversation techniques
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 12 - Conducting counseling sessions (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary - medical language vs. patient language
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

patient and doctor talking
Frau im Krankenhausbett

Module 13 - Palliative care in Germany (6 TE)

  • Overview
  • Vocabulary - medical language vs. patient language
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 14 - Communication with nursing staff on medical topics (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

doctors and nurses meeting
doctor and nurse with patient

Module 15 - Communication with nursing staff about patient care (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 16 - Medical documentation practices (6 TE)

  • Documentation obligation in Germany
  • Forms of documentation
  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

staple of medical documents
doctor talking to a patient

Module 17 - Doctor's letters and discharge interviews (6 TE)

  • Structure
  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 18 - Rounds and handovers in the team (6 TE)

  • Doctor-doctor communication
  • Infection protection in Germany
  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

drawing of books and laptop
operationroom

Module 19 - Communication in the operating room (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 20 - Presentation of cases (6 TE)

  • Doctor-doctor communication
  • SOAP-Scheme
  • Different purposes of the case presentation
  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

doctor case presentation
xray pictures and doctors

Module 21 - Konsil (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 22 - Emergencies and emergency admission (6 TE)

  • The rescue chain
  • Organ donation in Germany
  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

sign Notaufnahme
General practitioner visiting patient at home

Module 23 - Care by the family doctor (6 TE)

  • The family doctor in Germany
  • Vocabulary
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Module 24 - Neurological diseases (6 TE)

  • Vocabulary - medical language vs. patient language
  • Means of expression
  • Case studies
  • Role-playing games

Neurology

Topics not relevant to the exam

Module E1 - German health and social system (3 TE)

  • Health insurance
  • Outpatient treatment
  • Inpatient treatment

paper with Gesundheitsminister written
money with a healthcard card

Module E2 - The medical billing system (2 TE)

  • What is the GOÄ (scale of fees for doctors)?
  • What is EBM?
  • Calculation methods
  • How does billing work?

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