Living in Germany medical onboardingWelcome to Germany! germany !Herzlich willkommen in Deutschland!Bienvenido a Alemania!

Welcome in GermanyYour right of free movement as a European citizenThe EU-Commission has initiated a wide range of measures designedto make the right of free movement a practical reality.The right of free movement can be enjoyed by citizens of the EuropeanUnion and members of their families.The right of free movement of persons is complemented by the mutualrecognition of vocational qualications, the right to buy property and thecoordination of the Social Insurance System.As European Citizen you are entitled to vote or to be elected in the medical onboardingcommunity or City you live in. germanyuseful link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/el/index.htm 2 /17

OverviewGermany - Key Facts Capital: Berlin National Holiday: 3. Oktober (German Unication Day) Inhabitants: 82,5 Millions Location: in the heart of Europe climate: temperate seasonal climate in which humid westerly winds predominate medical onboarding germanyuseful links: http://www.deutschland-reise.de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany 3 /17

Politics and governmentKey Facts Governm. System: Parliamentary democracy since 1949 Constitution: Grundgesetz (Basic Law) of 1949 Federal President: Bundesprsident Joachim Gauck Parliament: Bundestag Chancellor: Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel Federal Structure: Germany is divided into 16 counties, each of them with own parliament and authority over educational and cultural decisions medical onboarding germanyuseful links: http://www.bundestag.de http://www.bundesrat.de 4 /17

Economical situationSolid and firm - shortage of specialised staffGermany is one of the largest economies in the world. The servicesector is growing steadily, but also the manufacturing sector,particularly the automotive industry continues having a large share ofthe economic growth.Agricultural production is coined very regional. Cereals, wine, beer,meat and milk production are typical sectors. Nearly one third of theFederal Republic is forested and is used by the forestry industry.The German labour market is stable, but for years, there hat been ashortage of doctors, engineers and professionals. medical onboarding germany 5 /17

Working in GermanyContributions and taxes deducted from your salary Health and care/nursing Insurance (15,5%*, **) Unemployment Insurance (3%*) Retirement/Pension insurance (26 %*) Taxes - depending on your salary and tax classication (up to 42%) Church Tax - if you ar e a member of a state church (8% up to 9% from your salary tax)* half of which are paid by employees and half by employers. medical onboarding** The Health insurance is compulsory in Germany. Up from a salary germanyof more than 50.850 you can become a member of a private healthinsurance and choose between different and more variable contributionsuseful links: http://www.lohnsteuer-kompakt.de http://www.steuerzahler.de http://www.nettolohn.de 6 /17

Health System in GermanyNational costs and hospital landscape Number of employees working in the health system: about 4 Mio. Number of Doctors working in Hospitals: about 158.000 Number of Hospitals: 2.064 (2011); 2.242 (2000) Hospitals according to ownership categories: public 45,4% charitable 38,7% private 15,9% medical onboarding germany Research of RWI Essen National costs of german health system 245 Bil. (10,6% BIP) Money spent in the Hospital sector: > 60 Bil. Money due to medical staff: between 75,2% (private Hospitals) and 62,2% (public Hospitals) of total cost 7 /17

Average salary structurePre- and after tax-income of hospital doctors... pre- and after tax-income of german hospital doctors career level pre-tax salary in after-tax salary in from to from to entry 3-5 years of professional experience 5-8 years of professional experience 8-12 years, particularly in a leading position source: kpmg auditing company 2011...depending on different collective wage agreements, e.g. TV-rzte/VKA (public hospitals) medical onboarding TV-rzte (university hospitals) germany AVR-Caritas/AVR-Diakonie (hopitals in parochial ownership) TV-rzte Asklepios (wage agreement of private companies, here: Asklepios) further agreements, more or less according to the previous 8 /17

Take your ChanceWorking as a Doctor in GermanyAs a European citizen you have the same access to practice yourmedical profession like german doctors. You need a licence to practisemedicine. You dont need a residence title or working permission.In Germany the admission of medical doctors is under federal supervi-sion. Each doctor has to be a mandatory member of the medical coun-cil of his or her county (Landesrztekammern).The acceptance of your medical graduations is possible. It depends onyour equivalent professional knowledge, which has to be recognizedthrough the ofcial medical council of your county. medical onboardinguseful links: http://www.bundesaerztekammer.de/ germany http://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de http://www.anabin.de - Stichwort zustndige Stellen http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/nn_575128/Navigation/Dienststellen/ besondere-Dst/ZAV/arbeiten-in-deutschland/DE/bewerben/ anerkennung-beruicher-abschluesse/anerkennung-nav.html 9 /17

Take your ChanceGrowth of foreign doctors working in Germany medical onboarding germany 10/17

Usual BusinessWhat will determine your working practice german language (Level b) teamwork in a setting with doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers and administrational staff working in a hierarchy with the medical director and consultants following a strong documentation-system of the treatments as the basic for funding (DRG-based funding system) recognition and willingness to take economical facts into consideration when treating patients medical onboarding germany 11/17

Quality ManagementMonitoring, management, regulations strict quality management has been installed in almost every level of hospital structures within the last 10 years a quality report has to be published by each hospital every year the monitoring systems that have been installed are comparable to those of large multinational companiesuseful links: http://www.mydrg.de/ http://www.ktq.de/ http://www.g-ba.de/ medical onboarding http://www.gqmg.de/ germany http://www.bqs-institut.de/ http://www.ak-qualitaetssicherung.de/ http://www.sqg.de/startseite ... 12/17

LanguageIts complicated...There are at least 10 different regional phrases to say good bye:ofcially:Auf Wiedersehencommonly spoken:tschssi, ciao, ciao ciao, servus, alla, ade, adieu, tsch, tschs, fatdi, aide - ciaoBut dont worry - just follow these links. medical onboardinguseful links: http://www.goethe.de germany http://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/ath/deindex.htm http://de.pons.eu/deutsch-griechisch http://www.derweg.org http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/home/ 13/17

Culture, living, participationWhat we can offer you good infrastructur and public transit system lots of good schools, free of charge social networks and advisory service in your community/city credible health system lots of sportive an cultural offers, you can participate museums, orchestras, theatres in almost every town private greek schools, greek orthodox religious communities and lots of our beloved greek restaurants!useful links: http://www.ellines.de/ (here youll nd your fellows) http://www.festivalhopper.de medical onboarding germany http://www.buchmesse.de http://webmuseen.de http://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de http://www.berlinale.de http://www.litrix.de http://www.veranstaltungen-in-deutschland.de 14/17

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