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The 5 best books for the Kenntnisprüfung

Doctors have a maximum of two attempts to pass the Kenntnisprüfung. If the doctor fails the Kenntnisprüfung the second time, the German license to practice medicine is permanently denied. Accordingly, it is all the more important for doctors to prepare for the Kenntnisprüfung with the right literature. Below we have listed the 5 best books for the medical Kenntnisprüfung:

Author: Leon Pobuda

Position: Managing Director von Approbatio

Updated: 31.07.2021

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✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 528

1. MEX Das Mündliche Examen

This is what awaits you in „MEX The Oral Exam: Internal Medicine and Surgery“:

  • This is what awaits you in „MEX The Oral Exam: Internal Medicine and Surgery“:Numerous tips and facts on the preparation and procedure of the oral practical examination, presented by the examiner and examinee.

  • Step-by-step diagnostics: from anamnesis and the most important examination methods to laboratory, ECG and imaging to the perfect report

  • systematic differential diagnostic procedure, thanks to 50 fully updated flowcharts on the most common leading symptoms

  • optimal case presentation, from analysis to lecture, with over 60 cases from internal medicine and surgery relevant to everyday life and exams, as well as typical case histories from both specialties

  • the ideal training of real exam situations according to the question-answer principle with a rigorous selection of the most important and up-to-date exam protocol questions

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 528

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 360

2. 80 Fälle Innere Medizin

80 typical case histories, just as you will encounter them on every ward and which you will have to deal with in the oral examination as well as in practice, are supplemented by true-to-the-original examination results and thus create a realistic clinical situation.

  • The cases: 80 cases that you will certainly encounter in the clinic, all important clinical pictures and symptoms. You learn focused on the relevant.
  • The 4-page principle: From the suspected diagnosis to the therapy: on the first page the case description with questions to find a solution, on the following pages the resolution with detailed explanations.
  • The authors: young physicians who know what questions are asked in tutorials, OSCEs and oral exams. This gives security for examination and practice.
  • The optimal preparation: The cases are based on the competence-oriented learning objectives catalog (NKLM) and the examination focus of the IMPP. This means that you will always know the answer to the examiners‘ questions.

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 360

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 496

3. 100 Fälle Allgemeinmedizin

Whether for specific preparation for the oral examination, on the road or as a break from the textbook – the most important cases are the optimal companion for students who want to test their knowledge, are in preparation for clinical traineeship or PJ and especially for those who want to have the relationship to the patient in mind from the beginning and not just cram abstract theory.

100 typical and real case histories, as you can encounter them in everyday medical life and which in the oral examination as in practice no way leads past, supplemented with original examination results, create a realistic practical situation.

Systematic and structured, the cases follow the same principle from suspected diagnosis to therapy.

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 496

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 224

4. Die 50 wichtigsten Fälle EKG

Do you want to be close to the action in the clinic and also shine in front of the professor and head physician? Here you go: now there is the ultimate case series for all those who want to prepare in a particularly systematic and solution-oriented way.

  • The cases: 50 cases that you are guaranteed to encounter in the clinic – we’ve tested them and left out special cases.
  • The 4-page principle: 1 page of cases plus 2 pages of ECG printouts with a solution page. Systematically according to a color-coded question scheme – from the suspected diagnosis to the therapy.
  • The highlight: you don’t need to look it up anymore – we provide the revision chapters and colored pictures with the solutions at the same time
  • The authors: We are young physicians who know how questions are asked in tutorials and oral exams.

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 224

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 220

5. Die 50 wichtigsten Fälle Bildgebende Verfahren

When textbook knowledge doesn’t help: This is how everyday clinical practice comes alive. Can you recognize osteoporosis or pulmonary embolism on X-ray? Do you know how to proceed in order to arrive at a diagnosis? Professor Oestmann – himself an experienced examiner – makes you fit in the imaging procedures! Because „The 50 Most Important Cases Imaging Procedures“ are ideal for your preparation for the oral examination. Using true-to-life X-rays, CTs, and MRIs, you’ll practice specifically how to make the diagnosis – the ideal way to transfer textbook knowledge into practice and practice!

✓ Learning level:  C1

✓ Suitable for: Doctors

✓ Pages: 220

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