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Kenntnisprüfung preparation: The 4 best courses

The Kenntnisprüfung is used to check whether the specialist knowledge of foreign doctors, dentists, pharmacists and nurses is comparable with German standards. Proper preparation for the language test is the key to success. After all, passing the Kenntnisprüfung right on the first try saves a lot of time, nerves and, above all, money. But which are the best providers for a perfect preparation for the Kenntnisprüfung? Language schools that offer online or face-to-face preparation courses for the Kenntnisprüfung are a dime a dozen. Therefore, we have informed ourselves, compared numerous providers with each other and selected the best preparation courses for the Kenntnisprüfung, which we can recommend.

The best language schools

Alpha Aktiv

Language school from Heidelberg

maxQ.

maxQ. Kiel

Language school from Kiel

EZPLUS

Language school from Stuttgart

SL Sprachlabor Hannover

Language school from Hannover

The right preparation for the Kenntnisprüfung not only helps you pass the equivalency test. The right preparation course also makes it easier to enter professional life in Germany. The better your medical knowledge, the better your chances of getting a good job with a reputable employer. In addition, the knowledge test is necessary for doctors, dentists, pharmacists and nurses to be able to treat and advise patients in the best possible way. When it comes to learning German, it all depends on the teacher. We all know it from school, the better the teacher can convey the contents of the lesson, the better we can learn. Therefore, it is important to make the right choice when looking for a suitable preparation course for the knowledge test.

Alpha Aktiv

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✓ Setting: Online & classroom

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Alpha Aktiv

Welcome to our language school Alpha Aktiv Heidelberg! We work according to the following motto: Languages are paths to the future. From autumn 2022, we will also offer you preparation for the knowledge examination (Kenntnisprüfung). Please contact us for further information.

✓ Learning level: From C1

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✓ Setting: Online & classroom

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maxQ. Kiel

maxQ.

✓ Learning level: From C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Duration: 12 weeks + 12 weeks internship

✓ Teaching units: 440

✓ Setting: Online & classroom

✓ Participant: 13 – 16

maxQ. Kiel

At maxQ. in Kiel, doctors receive excellent preparation for the Fachsprach- and Kenntnisprüfung. For this purpose, the educational institution offers different, subsidized formats. The training center is equipped with modern facilities, and the specialist lecturers are highly qualified and experienced in teaching. The knowledge examination in medicine is prepared and registered during the course, and the examination is taken after the course before the Medical Association of Schleswig-Holstein. maxQ. Kiel stands for quality, best service and very satisfied course participants. Since 2017, around 200 foreign doctors have thus been successfully guided to German licensure.

✓ Learning level: From C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Duration: 12 weeks + 12 weeks internship

✓ Teaching units: 440

✓ Setting: Online & classroom

✓ Participant: 13 – 16

EZPLUS

✓ Learning level: From C1 medicine

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Duration: 12 weeks

✓ Teaching units: 610

✓ Setting: Online & classroom

✓ Participant: max. 24

EZPLUS

At the EZplus language school in Stuttgart, doctors, dentists and pharmacists receive excellent preparation for the Kenntnisprüfung. In addition, the education provider supports its students in integrating quickly, finding accommodation in Germany and preparing for the recognition procedure in Germany. In addition to the face-to-face classes in Stuttgart, it is also possible to complete the preparation course online.

✓ Learning level: From C1 medicine

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Duration: 12 weeks

✓ Teaching units: 610

✓ Setting: Online & classroom

✓ Participant: max. 24

SL Sprachlabor

✓ Learning level: From C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses

✓ Duration: 4 – 12 weeks

✓ Teaching units: 160 – 445

✓ Setting: Online & classroom

✓ Participant: n.a.

SL Sprachlabor Hannover

Pharmacists, nurses and dentists who have applied for their license to practice medicine (approbation) or professional recognition in Lower Saxony are in the right place at the language school „Sprachlabor“. The goal of the prestigious language school is to promote the integration of the participants on a professional, private and social level. Accordingly, the language school supports its participants not only in the preparation for the Kenntnisprüfung, but also in the job search, housing search and bureaucratic processes (e.g. visas).

✓ Learning level: From C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses

✓ Duration: 4 – 12 weeks

✓ Teaching units: 160 – 445

✓ Setting: Online & classroom

✓ Participant: n.a.

Book recommendation for the preparation for the Kenntnisprüfung

✓ Pages: 528

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

MEX Das Mündliche Examen

Darum Empfehlen wir diese Literatur für die Vorbereitung auf die Kenntnisprüfung:

  • Zahlreiche Tipps und Fakten zur Vorbereitung und Ablauf der mündlich-praktischen Prüfung, präsentiert von Prüfer und Prüfling
  • Diagnostik Schritt für Schritt: Von der Anamnese und den wichtigsten Untersuchungsmethoden über Labor, EKG und Bildgebung zum perfekten Bericht
  • systematisch differenzialdiagnostisches Vorgehen, dank 50 vollständig aktualisierter Flussdiagramme zu den häufigsten Leitsymptomen
  • die optimale Fallpräsentation, von Analyse bis Vortrag, mit über 60 alltags- und prüfungsrelevanten Fällen der Inneren Medizin und Chirurgie sowie typischen Fallgeschichten beider Fachrichtungen
  • das ideale Training der realen Prüfungssituationen nach dem Frage-Antwort-Prinzip mit einer strengen Auswahl der wichtigsten und aktuellsten Prüfungsprotokollfragen

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✓ Suitable for: Doctors

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