2019 Volume 39 Issue 4 Pages 400-407
I worked at the German Pediatric Heart Center and Pediatric General Hospital in Germany for six years, between March 2012 and March 2018, as a board-certified anesthesiologist. I describe some of my experiences in clinical practice as well as in daily life in Germany.
First, I will introduce the documentation and certifications that were required to apply for the license to practice medicine in Germany. Then, I will describe a number of my actual experiences in clinical practice in Germany, some of which are unimaginable in Japan and may therefore be interesting for my anesthesiologist colleagues in Japan.
I hope the information can be helpful for my colleagues not only in the field of anesthesiology but in other fields as well, to get a feel for the atmosphere of clinical practice in Germany and to become motivated and challenged to experience it for themselves, in Germany as well as in other countries.
