dumbododo
06.09.2020, 04:44
My name is Mahmoud Hamed. I'm currently a first year medical student in Egypt and I plan to move to Germany to continue my medical education (Human Medicine) there. I had a few specific inquiries which I can receive the answers to only from current Medical students in Germany. I want to know more about some specific details of German medical courses since all German institutions tend to usually address the topic in broad terms and discuss general details (length of course, accreditation, phases and exams, etc.) and ignore more-precise details. My questions are as follows:
1- How differently do Medical Schools / Colleges educate their students in Germany? Here in Egypt, the system and blueprint are common among all Medical Faculties (Integrated Modular Teaching). Is it the same in Germany, or does every college act on its own? I've heard that the universities of Berlin, Hamburg, along with a few others have the Module System, too.
2- How clear is the content to-be-studied made? I heard from a German medical student once, that Professors tend to 'recommend' books to students with no real identified section / portion to be studied for each topic. Students do the studying from various sources and references on their own. Here in Egypt, it's quite the opposite. We study from identified Presentations (in the form of PDF) that the Professors make and less occasionally specified portions / chapters from books and references.
3- How much material is presented to students? Studying medicine in 5 years is tough. How do they manage that? Do they just throw a ton of material at students and let them deal with the pressure or do they present a reasonable amount of material to be studied over the course of the five years?
4- How much do professors and tutors care to actively guide their students? Do they use efficient presentation and education methods with proficiency or do they just bluntly give out the bundles of information they're supposed to? Do they exert effort into showing students clear lines to walk on or do they just leave them float?
I know that my questions might seem very hazy and unclear (and I apologize if they seem naive) but I honestly tried my best to communicate them as best as I could. Also, I know that these questions can have majorly varying answers, most of which are "it depends," but I hopefully plan to hear from multiple students so that I can make an overall deduction that would hopefully give me a broad idea of how the educational environment in medical schools in Germany generally is structured. Thanks!
1- How differently do Medical Schools / Colleges educate their students in Germany? Here in Egypt, the system and blueprint are common among all Medical Faculties (Integrated Modular Teaching). Is it the same in Germany, or does every college act on its own? I've heard that the universities of Berlin, Hamburg, along with a few others have the Module System, too.
2- How clear is the content to-be-studied made? I heard from a German medical student once, that Professors tend to 'recommend' books to students with no real identified section / portion to be studied for each topic. Students do the studying from various sources and references on their own. Here in Egypt, it's quite the opposite. We study from identified Presentations (in the form of PDF) that the Professors make and less occasionally specified portions / chapters from books and references.
3- How much material is presented to students? Studying medicine in 5 years is tough. How do they manage that? Do they just throw a ton of material at students and let them deal with the pressure or do they present a reasonable amount of material to be studied over the course of the five years?
4- How much do professors and tutors care to actively guide their students? Do they use efficient presentation and education methods with proficiency or do they just bluntly give out the bundles of information they're supposed to? Do they exert effort into showing students clear lines to walk on or do they just leave them float?
I know that my questions might seem very hazy and unclear (and I apologize if they seem naive) but I honestly tried my best to communicate them as best as I could. Also, I know that these questions can have majorly varying answers, most of which are "it depends," but I hopefully plan to hear from multiple students so that I can make an overall deduction that would hopefully give me a broad idea of how the educational environment in medical schools in Germany generally is structured. Thanks!