• Introduction
The medical language exam is required without any exceptions for all foreign medical doctors wanting to work in Germany. This article will give you powerful tips for preparing for the exam. In another article, we explained this exam in detail (requirements, content, where to do it, etc.):
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If you have any doubts or need more clarification, feel free to ask any time in the main group of Facharzt JETZT on Facebook and Telegram (all Telegram groups will be added as a folder). This article is a guide to enhance your understanding of the topic; however, it should not be your sole resource. Always consult official websites for the most accurate and up-to-date information (you can read our full disclaimer here).
• Learn the German language well from the beginning
This exam is not that much different from the everyday German language. The grammar is at least the same whether it is a B2 exam or a medical language exam.
But be selective in what you learn. Rather than starting reading novels in German, start reading medical books (best is to start with internal medicine books). Instead of listening to a podcast about a political discussion, listen to German medical podcasts. Instead of reading the news, read the “medical news” (like from Google News in German or Medscape in German).
We wrote an article giving tips to doctors for learning the German language:
🇩🇪 Sources to learn German for foreign doctors going to Germany
• Identify the exam requirements
Visit the website of the medical license authority and find out what is required for the exam and what parts the exam consists of (there are few differences among the different authorities). Moreover, there is sometimes a specific document for taking history. Download it and practice filling in the history using it. This will help you on the exam day. Everything will be like autopilot. You can concentrate on other things during the exam.
• Read what is being tested in the exam
For any exam in the world, read previous exam questions. In many Facebook and Telegram groups, people post what questions and medical cases they got in their FSP exam. So, reading these summaries of the exams would help you understand exactly what to learn. There are differences among the medical license authorities in what is being tested. Moreover, in some authorities, some cases and questions will be repeated 🥳🥳
The following website is for free and has hundreds of examples: http://approbations.info
• Follow Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube pages with free material
Nowadays, there is a lot of free material on the internet. Nonetheless, having a reference book as a summary or one of the many PDF summaries for the exam would be best. You can find some free ones in the files section of our Telegram group: “Fachsprachenprüfung (FSP) JETZT!”. These free summaries are sometimes better than books.
• Join our MCQ-Group for the FSP on Telegram
The group has more than 500 MCQs in preparation for the FSP. It is undoubtedly for free: https://t.me/fsptest
• Join interactive free groups for preparation for the exam
This is the best method to train for the FSP. Live training! Learning by doing! Join the FSP group of Facharzt JETZT and start training for the exam in live simulation events. Choose a date and time for the event and start organizing an event where you probably speak the most: https://t.me/fspjetzt
• Buy a book for the exam
There are many books on Amazon (link). You can read their reviews, or you can ask in our main groups on Facebook and Telegram about which book is the best. But seldom do doctors use books to prepare for the exam. Instead, use the free material in our Telegram groups. For each German state, doctors who took the exam prepared specific files and documents. Finally, you can book an online course for the exam. They have their learning material if you booked the one mentioned below. Do not forget to use our discount code to get a price reduction.
• Take a special preparatory course for the Fachsprachenprüfung (FSP)
The Fachsprachenprüfung courses are much different from standard German courses. In them, you can, for example, learn how to make history, and you will train this in groups. Moreover, you are asked to write about history in Germany, and a teacher will correct that for you.
The courses cost from about 300–1000 Euros. This depends on how long they are and where you take them. We suggest courses for about 400–500 Euros. You can find cheap courses in the Volkshochschule (What is the Volkshochschule?).
Since Corona, there have been some online live courses. You can stay in your home country and study for the exam. We write about them below.
• Get funding to do courses in Germany for free
If you come to Germany, you can get free funding for the courses. We wrote an article on how to do that:
• Online courses for the FSP
There are some recorded online courses for the Medical Language Exam. A very well-prepared one, where you can start learning from outside Germany at your own pace, and a relatively cheap one, is from a German company called MEDDEOnline. What is good about this subscription, too, is that it is for one whole year.
This is an example Video. The following video also shows a tour of their beautiful website.
Members of our community, Facharzt JETZT, can get a 10% discount on all courses when they click first on this link and then use the following code: facharzt10. Enter the code in the place called “Gutschein”. You will immediately see the 10% reduction in the price.
• Try to take a medical training (eine Hospitation)
For all details about Hospitation and how to apply for it:
🇩🇪 What is Hospitation? (🇺🇸 medical training/observership/clinical attachment)
• To train for the FSP, follow “Fachsprachenprüfung (FSP) JETZT”
Telegram: www.t.me/fspJETZT
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