Internship doctor
Anyone who wanted to be licensed as a doctor in the Federal Republic of Germany between July 1, 1988 and September 30, 2004, had to complete a period as a doctor in internship ( AiP ) after the third section of the state examination . It lasted 18 months full -time, and correspondingly longer part-time. This regulation was found in the German Federal Doctors Ordinance.
Previous regulations
Until 1970 there was the medical assistant who had also finished his studies but was not yet licensed. At that time, the practical year was introduced as part of the course between the second and third section of the state examination. The practical year is still mandatory today.
Procedure
On May 6, 2004, the German Bundestag unanimously adopted an amendment to the Federal Doctors' Ordinance to abolish internship doctors with effect from October 1, 2004. Since then, medical professionals who have successfully completed their studies have immediately received their license to practice medicine and the status of assistant doctor when they start working.
The aim of introducing the doctor to the internship was given to improve medical training. A doctor was only allowed to perform certain activities during an internship under the direct or indirect supervision of a fully licensed doctor. At the same time, the remuneration was reduced significantly to around DM 1600 to 1900 per month. For example, individual positions for assistant doctors in hospitals were often converted into two or three AiP positions. At the time, those affected criticized the fact that the lower remuneration was often not matched by better training, that doctors did the same work as interns as before.
While there were regularly many applicants for vacant training positions when they were introduced in 1988, clinics had problems filling doctor positions at the beginning of the 21st century. In order to make studying medicine and the medical profession more attractive, the abolition of the AiP period should raise the starting salary of a doctor to the level that is usual for other academics (mostly in accordance with BAT IIb).
Situation in other countries
Outside of Germany, for example, there is a comparable regulation in Great Britain (Junior House Officer). The comparable institution in Austria is the regular doctor .