Clinical work, ECTS credits and recognition

As a PJ student or clinical trainee, you will work in a hospital from Monday to Friday. In Germany, there is no exact number of hours per week specified for clinical traineeships in the Medical Licence Regulations (ÄAppO). 
However, according to the information sheets issued by the state examination offices (LPA), the clinical traineeship must be completed on a full-time basis and under medical supervision. In practice, this means that it is based on the full-time weekly working hours of the respective hospital or practice, usually between 38.5 and 40 hours per week. Please note that work hours can vary depending on the department (for example, surgical departments usually start somewhat earlier).

Cave: Weekend and night-time work is not required. You will NOT be paid and, unlike the Cologne degree students, you will NOT be given a study day. 

You will receive 2 ECTS credits per week during your traineeship (both PJ and Famulatur).

At the end of your stay, please ask your supervisor to confirm the completion of your traineeship (e.g. "Praktikumsnachweis (PJ-Abschnitt/Famulatur)"). After showing ZIB Med the aforementioned document, we will issue a Transcript of Records of your completed traineeship, certifying/documenting when it was carried out and how many ECTS credits were allocated. Because of the varying work hours of the different departments (see above), it is not possible to certify the exact number of hours.