First, the conditions for studying for a doctorate in Germany
1. You need a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in domestic medicine.
Is there a bachelor's or master's degree in clinical medicine in Germany? German clinical medicine is equivalent to six-year undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, but after graduation, there is no professional title, and only after passing the national examination can you qualify for medical practice. After that, if you participate in the project, complete the doctoral thesis and pass the defense, you can get a new degree.
If medical students in China want to study clinical medicine in Germany, one way is to study for six years and take the German national examination, but this method is very difficult. In Germany, undergraduate medicine is a "restricted major", which means it is almost impossible for foreign students to study; Another way is to go to med or Ph.D after finishing my master's degree in medicine in China.
You need to be able to communicate normally in English.
Many people have a misconception that they must learn German before they can go to Germany. In fact, German children begin to learn English as soon as they go to school. German universities teach in pure English with a wide range of majors, especially professors in universities, whose English is very good. Moreover, German doctors have tutors to guide their studies and do not need to teach in large classes. Therefore, as long as you can communicate with your tutor in English, studying and living in Germany is basically no problem.
When applying for a school, as long as you can communicate with your boss normally, you don't even need any language certificate. Of course, as long as you have time to learn German, a living language, and there is no pressure, it will be fine. It is also advantageous to know some small languages when you return to China for employment in the future.
You need to know basic scientific research.
Such as cell culture, PCR, immunohistochemistry, western blot, etc. These common experimental skills are the key points for the tutor to decide whether to admit you or not. When you go to Germany to study for a PhD, whether you are a doctor or a doctor, you will spend a lot of time in the laboratory. Therefore, both domestic tutors and German tutors are unwilling to admit a classmate who doesn't understand basic scientific research at all to teach. Therefore, those students who have forgotten these common experimental skills in clinic can pick up these skills again through videos, teachers and seniors if they have the ambition to go abroad for further study.
Second, the difference between German doctor of medicine and doctor's degree.
Dr.med is a doctor's degree for medical students with clinical medical background, and Ph.D is a doctor's degree for students with natural science background. Under the coordination of German tutors, medical doctor students have the opportunity to observe clinical practice, and very few medical students with clinical medical background can also have the opportunity to study for a doctorate. Doctors with natural science background can only study for a doctorate, which has nothing to do with clinical medicine. In terms of experiments, the doctoral program is relatively basic and takes a long time, 3-5 years, and the doctoral program is generally 2-3 years.
German doctors of medicine don't just write graduation thesis.
Getting a doctorate in Germany requires two tasks: one is to do experiments and write a graduation thesis; The second is to participate in the thesis defense. Thesis defense is dialectical to the content of the thesis, which is very similar to the domestic way. It is also the school that invites several professors of related majors to ask questions and questions about the content of your thesis. Therefore, it is enough for Dr. med to complete his graduation thesis, and some universities will request it to be published. Doctoral dissertations tend to be basic science, which is generally deeper than med doctoral dissertations which tend to be clinical.