List of medical specialties

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This list is intended to provide information about the technical and content-related differentiations in human , dental and veterinary training in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

German subject areas (sample advanced training regulations, November 2018)

The individual areas are partially divided into different specialist areas and focal points (SP):

1. General medicine
2. Anesthesiology
3. anatomy
4. Occupational medicine
5. Ophthalmology
6. biochemistry
7. surgery
   1. General surgery
   2. Vascular surgery
   3. Cardiac surgery
   4. Pediatric surgery
   5. Orthopedics and trauma surgery
   6. Plastic , reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
   7. Thoracic surgery
   8. Visceral surgery
8. Gynecology and Obstetrics
   1. SP Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine
   2. SP Gynecological Oncology
   3. SP Special Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine
9. Otorhinolaryngology
10. Skin and venereal diseases
11. Human genetics
12. Hygiene and environmental medicine
13. Internal Medicine
    1. Internal Medicine
    2. Internal medicine and angiology
    3. Internal medicine and endocrinology and diabetology
    4. Internal medicine and gastroenterology
    5. Internal medicine and hematology and oncology
    6. Internal medicine and cardiology
    7. Internal medicine and nephrology
    8. Internal medicine and pulmonology
    9. Internal medicine and rheumatology
14. Paediatrics
    1. SP Children's Hematology and Oncology
    2. SP Children's Cardiology
    3. SP Neonatology
    4. SP Neuropaediatrics
15. Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy
16. Laboratory medicine
17. Microbiology , virology and infection epidemiology
18. Oral and maxillofacial surgery
19. Neurosurgery
20. neurology
21. Nuclear medicine
22. Public healthcare system
23. pathology
    1. Neuropathology
    2. pathology
24. pharmacology
    1. Clinical pharmacology
    2. Pharmacology and toxicology
25. Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology
26. Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine
27. physiology
28. Psychiatry and psychotherapy
    1. SP Forensic Psychiatry
29. Psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy
30. radiology
    1. SP Pediatric Radiology
    2. SP Neuroradiology
31. Forensic medicine
32. radiotherapy
33. Transfusion medicine
34. urology

Additional training

1. Medical quality management
2. acupuncture
3. Allergology
4. Andrology
5. Balneology and Medical Climatology
6. Company medicine, see company doctor
7. Dermatopathology
8. Diabetology
9. Nutritional medicine
10. Aviation Medicine
11. geriatrics
12. Gynecological exfoliative cytology
13. Hemostaseology
14. Hand surgery
15. homeopathy
16. immunology
17. Infectious diseases
18. Intensive care
19. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
20. Child and Adolescent Endocrinology and Diabetology
21. Pediatric gastroenterology
22. Child and Adolescent Nephrology
23. Children and youth orthopedics
24. Child and Adolescent Pneumology
25. Child and Adolescent Rheumatology
26. Clinical acute and emergency medicine
27. Hospital hygiene
28. Magnetic resonance tomography - subject-specific -
29. Manual medicine (chiropractic)
30. Drug tumor therapy
31. Medical informatics
32. Naturopathic treatment
33. Emergency medicine
34. Nuclear medical diagnostics for radiologists
35. Orthopedic rheumatology
36. Palliative medicine
37. Phlebology
38. Physical therapy
39. Plastic and aesthetic operations
40. Proctology
41. Psychoanalysis
42. Psychotherapy - subject-specific -
43. Rehabilitation
44. X-ray diagnostics for nuclear medicine specialists
45. Sleep medicine
46. Sexual medicine
47. Social medicine
48. Special cardiology for adults with congenital heart defects (GUCH)
49. Special child and adolescent urology
50. Special orthopedic surgery
51. Special pain therapy
52. Special trauma surgery
53. Special visceral surgery
54. sports medicine
55. Basic addiction medical care
56. Transplant medicine
57. Tropical medicine

Federal specialist title (advanced training regulations, Dec. 2007)

According to Art. 5 of the EU Directive (in all member countries)

1. General medicine
2. Anesthesiology
3. surgery
4. Gynecology and obstetrics
5. Internal Medicine
6. Paediatrics
7. Neurosurgery
8. neurology
9. Ophthalmology
10. Orthopedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system
11. Oto-rhino-laryngology
12. pathology
13. Pulmonology
14. Psychiatry and psychotherapy
15. urology

According to Article 7 of the EU Directive (in at least two member countries)

1. Allergology and Clinical Immunology
2. Occupational medicine
3. Dermatology and venereology
4. Endocrinology / Diabetology
5. Gastroenterology
6. hematology
7. Cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery
8. cardiology
9. Jaw and facial surgery
10. Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy
11. Pediatric surgery
12. Clinical pharmacology and toxicology
13. radiology
14. Nuclear medicine
15. Radiation Oncology / Radiation Therapy
16. Nephrology
17. Physical medicine and rehabilitation
18. Plastic , reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
19. Preventive Medicine and Healthcare
20. rheumatology
21. Tropical and travel medicine

Other specialist titles

1. General medicine
2. Angiology
3. Infectious diseases
4. Intensive care
5. Human Genetics # Medical Genetics
6. Medical oncology
7. Pharmaceutical medicine
8. Forensic medicine

Professional qualifications from the FMH

1. Specialist in hand surgery
2. Specialist in neuropathology

Focus

1. to general medicine: geriatrics
2. on surgery: general and trauma surgery , vascular surgery , thoracic surgery , visceral surgery
3. on gynecology and obstetrics: gynecological oncology , obstetrics and feto-maternal medicine , reproductive medicine and gynecological endocrinology
4. on cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery: vascular surgery , thoracic surgery
5. on internal medicine: geriatrics
6. on pediatric and adolescent medicine: pediatric endocrinology-diabetology , pediatric gastroenterology , pediatric cardiology , neonatology , pediatric nephrology , neuropediatrics , pediatric oncology-hematology , pediatric pulmonology
7. to ophthalmology: ophthalmic surgery
8. on oto-rhino-laryngology: neck and face surgery , phoniatrics
9. on pathology: cytopathology , molecular pathology
10. to Mental Health: geriatric psychiatry and age Psychotherapy
11. on radiology: diagnostic neuroradiology , invasive neuroradiology , pediatric radiology
12. on urology: Operative urology

Skills certificates

1. Acupuncture - Traditional Chinese Medicine (ASA)
2. Anthroposophically Extended Medicine (VAOAS)
3. Delegated Psychotherapy (FMPP)
4. Electroencephalography (SGKN)
5. Electroneuromyography (SGKN)
6. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ERCP (SGG)
7. Gastroscopy (SGG)
8. Homeopathy (SVHA)
9. Hip sonography according to Graf for newborns and infants (SGUM)
10. Interventional pain therapy (SSIPM)
11. Laser treatments of the skin and mucous membranes close to the skin (FMCH)
12. Manual medicine (SAMM)
13. Medical hypnosis (SMSH / GHypS)
14. Neural Therapy (SANTH)
15. Emergency doctor (SGNOR)
16. Phlebology (USGG)
17. Practice laboratory (KHM)
18. Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine (APPM)
19. Expertise for dose-intensive X-ray (KHM)
20. Expertise for dose-intensive examinations and therapeutic interventions in angiology (USGG)
21. Expertise for dose-intensive X-ray examinations in cardiology (SGK)
22. Pregnancy ultrasound (SGUM)
23. Sports Medicine (SGSM)
24. Sonography (SGUM)
25. Diving Medicine (SUHMS)
26. Medical Consultant (SGV)
27. Cerebrovascular Diseases (SGKN)

Austrian medical specialist title (training regulations, July 2006)

1. General medicine

Special subjects

1. Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
2. anatomy
3. Occupational medicine
4. Ophthalmology and Optometry
5. Blood group serology and transfusion medicine
6. Surgery and additional subjects: vascular surgery , intensive care medicine , sports traumatology , visceral surgery
7. Gynecology and Obstetrics and additive specialist Cytodiagnosis
8. Forensic medicine
9. Ear, nose and throat diseases and phoniatrics as an additive subject
10. Skin and sexually transmitted diseases and angiology as an additive subject
11. Cardiac surgery and additive subjects vascular surgery , intensive care medicine
12. Histology and embryology
13. Hygiene and microbiology and additive subject infectiology and tropical medicine
14. immunology
15. Internal medicine and additional subjects angiology , endocrinology and metabolic diseases , gastroenterology and hepatology , hematology and internal oncology , infectiology and tropical medicine , intensive care medicine , internal sports medicine , cardiology , clinical pharmacology , nephrology , rheumatology
16. Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine
17. Pediatric and adolescent medicine and additional subjects Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine , Neuropediatrics , Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology , Pediatric Hematology and Oncology , Pediatric Cardiology , Pediatric Pulmonology
18. Child and adolescent psychiatry and additional subject neuropediatrics
19. Lung Diseases and Additional Subjects Intensive Care Medicine and Cytodiagnostics
20. Medical biophysics
21. Human Genetics # Medical Genetics
22. Medical and chemical laboratory diagnostics and additional subject cytodiagnostics
23. Medical exercise physiology
24. Mouth, jaw, and facial surgery
25. Neurobiology
26. Neurosurgery and intensive care medicine as an additive
27. Neurology and additional subjects, intensive medicine , neuropediatrics
28. Neuropathology
29. Nuclear medicine
30. Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery and additional subjects rheumatology , sports orthopedics
31. Pathology and additional subject cytodiagnostics
32. Pathophysiology
33. Pharmacology and toxicology
34. Physical medicine and general rehabilitation and additive subjects physical sports medicine , rheumatology
35. physiology
36. Plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery and intensive care medicine as an additive subject
37. Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine
38. radiology
39. Social medicine
40. Specific prophylaxis and tropical medicine and an additive subject in infectious diseases
41. Radiation Therapy - Radiation Oncology
42. Thoracic surgery and additive subjects vascular surgery , intensive care medicine
43. Trauma surgery and additional subjects, intensive medicine , sports traumatology
44. urology
45. virology

German dental specialties

The dental associations assign the following specialty names:

1. dentist
2. Specialist dentist for oral surgery
3. Specialist dentist for orthodontics
4. Public Health Dentist
5. Specialist dentist for periodontics (only in Westphalia-Lippe )

Austrian dental specialties

• Specialist in dentistry, oral medicine and maxillofacial medicine (training: full medical degree and specialist training - no longer possible since 1998)
• Dentist (education: degree in dentistry - possible since 1998)
• (Dentist (training: special training based on dental training, alternating with practical and theoretical content - no longer possible since 1975))

German veterinary specialties

The veterinary associations publish the following specialties and additional designations .

Specialist veterinarian

1. Specialized veterinarian for anatomy
2. Fish veterinarian
3. Specialized veterinarian for poultry
4. Specialized veterinarian for small animals
   1. Subspecialty surgery
   2. Dermatology branch
   3. Internal medicine branch
   4. Cardiology branch
5. Veterinarian for clinical laboratory diagnostics
6. Food veterinarian
   1. Food toxicology branch
7. Specialized veterinarian for microbiology
   1. Branch Bacteriology and Mycology
   2. Virology branch
8. Specialized veterinarian for milk hygiene
9. Specialized veterinarian for parasitology
10. Specialized veterinarian for pathology
    1. Branch Toxikopathologie
11. Specialized veterinarian for horses
    1. Subspecialty surgery
    2. Internal medicine branch
    3. Orthopedics branch
    4. Subfield of reproductive medicine
12. Specialized veterinarian for pharmacology and toxicology
13. Specialized veterinarian for physiology and physiological chemistry
14. Specialized veterinarian for reproductive medicine
15. Veterinarian for cattle
16. Specialized veterinarian for small ruminants
17. Veterinarian for pigs
18. Veterinarian specialized in animal nutrition and dietetics
19. Veterinarian specialized in animal hygiene
20. Veterinarian for animal welfare
21. Veterinarian for animal behavior
22. Specialized veterinarian for tropical veterinary medicine
23. Specialized veterinarian for laboratory animals
24. Specialized veterinarian for wild animals
    1. Local game sub-area
    2. Sub-area zoo animals
25. Specialized veterinarian for public veterinary services
26. Specialized veterinarian for molecular genetics and genetic engineering
27. Specialized veterinarian for epidemiology
28. Specialized veterinarian for meat hygiene
    1. Food toxicology branch
29. Specialized veterinarian for meat hygiene and meat technology

Additional designations

In certain areas that are not areas, additional designations indicate that additional knowledge is available.

1. acupuncture
2. homeopathy
3. Hygiene and quality management in the food sector
4. Physical therapy
5. Reptiles / amphibians
6. Veterinary herd care and quality assurance on the farm - beef
7. Veterinary herd care and quality assurance on the farm - pig
8. Veterinary care of equestrian events
9. Behavior therapy
10. Pets and ornamental birds
11. Ophthalmology in small animals
12. Horse ophthalmology
13. Small animal dentistry
14. Horse dentistry

Austrian veterinary specialties

In Austria, specialist veterinary areas have no longer been determined by the Chamber of Veterinarians since 2006 , but by the Federal Ministry for Health and Women or the Federal Ministry for Health .

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• Model professional regulations of the German Dental Association (PDF)
• Sample advanced training regulations - Orthodontics and Oral Surgery - of the German Dental Association (the advanced training regulations of the respective State Dental Association are binding) (PDF)
• Sample advanced training regulations - dentist for public health - of the Federal Dental Association (the advanced training regulations of the respective State Dental Association are binding) (PDF)

• Austrian training regulations: aerztekammer.at
• Swiss further education regulations: fmh.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ (sample) further training regulations 2018 November 2018, table of contents, section B, pp. 3–5; Document server of the German Medical Association . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
2. ↑ (sample) further training regulations 2018 November 2018, table of contents, section C, pp. 5–6; Document server of the German Medical Association . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
3. ↑ Sexual medicine education, training and further education at the Charité Berlin  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Austrian Veterinary Association ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.