Overview
The Academy delivers the 720-hour (6-month) theoretical course component of the 60-month specialist training in Public Health Medicine, preparing physicians to lead a local health authority; courses run in Düsseldorf and Berlin, part-time alongside work.
The programme
- Focus
- Public health service medicine (Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen)
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- Course component 6 months (720 hours) within 60-month specialist training
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Kursweiterbildung per (Muster-)Weiterbildungsordnung of the Bundesärztekammer; state chamber rules may differ
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed medical degree; employment at a public health office (Gesundheitsamt) or the Bundeswehr is required to attend the theoretical training
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Registration form signed by the employer
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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