News

« back to home « previous news item

After receiving his degree in Pécs and continuing his training as a family doctor in Saxony, the first doctor has recently begun to work as a family doctor. He graduated from a joint training programme launched by the Ministry of Health in Saxony in cooperation with the University of Pécs Medical School and the Saxon Association of General Practitioners (KVS).

32-year-old Maximilian Braun started practicing in Mosel, located in Zwickau - reported Mfor.hu based on the news of the German n-tv highlighting the fact that the aim of the cooperation, started in 2013, is to moderate the shortage of doctors in Saxony.

40 German students are allowed to study in the programme each year, if they agree to work as general practitioners in the underserved areas of Saxony for at least five years. One semester costs 7800 euros (approximately 3,1 million forints), the tuition fee is financed by Saxony, the health insurance services and the doctors’ professional association in Saxony.

The report also revealed that 213 people are currently studying in the programme according to the doctors’ professional association in Saxony, 164 of whom are still continuing their university studies. 49 doctors graduated from Pécs have started their general practitioner training in Saxony since 2019. Although some of them dropped out, but recently graduated doctors will be able to start practicing soon.

15 years of successful cooperation between Saxony and the Medical School

It is known that the University of Pécs Medical School and the Saxon Association of General Practitioners (KVS) have been successfully cooperating since 2013. Students entirely continue and finish their studies in the German programme at the Faculty and then they return to Saxony to practice as family doctors there in exchange for support. The Ministry of Health in Saxony also joined this cooperation in 2020, Saxon Association of General Practitioners (KVS) and the Ministry of Health in Saxony finance the tuition fees for 40 students every year.

All together 309 students have already been admitted to the University of Pécs Medical School, currently 156 students have a legal relationship. 11 students graduated in 2019, and a total of 77 students have graduated within the framework of the cooperation till now.

As reported earlier, the programme serves as a model to cooperate with other partners regarding similar projects. The Medical School also collaborated with Saxony-Anhalt in the field of dentistry in 2021, and with Rhineland-Palatinate in the field of general medicine in 2023, with a total of 27 students participating in the programme each year.

Photo:

Dávid Verébi