The FSP Guide
For everyone on the road to becoming a doctor in Germany: clear, experience-based writing on the Fachsprachprüfung, the Approbation and medical German.
What Is the FSP? Where and How Do You Take It?
The 3 parts of the exam, the differences between states (Ärztekammer) and a 4-step preparation strategy.
Read →How Is the FSP in Each State? (16-State Comparison)
2026 fee, format and application differences across 17 Ärztekammer — Bayern, NRW, Berlin and all the rest. A dedicated page for every state.
Read →How to Write an Arztbrief (Template + Example)
The discharge-letter structure: Anamnese → Diagnose → Therapie → Procedere. Konjunktiv I patterns and a sample letter.
Read →FSP Anamnesis Patterns: The German Sentences You Ask Patients
Chief complaint, pain character, vegetative history, medication-allergy and empathy — memorizable German question patterns.
Read →FSP or Kenntnisprüfung? What's the Difference?
The difference between the language approval and the professional-knowledge exam, when each is required, and where they sit in the Approbation path.
Read →telc Medizin Exam or the Kammer FSP?
Format, fee and recognition differences between telc Deutsch B2·C1 Medizin and the Kammer FSP — which one in which state.
Read →The 10 Most Common FSP Mistakes
Medical-term slips, Konjunktiv I, empathy, time management — the mistakes that cost the most points, and how to fix them.
Read →Finding a Doctor Job in Germany: When, Where, and With Which Documents?
Germany's 35,000-doctor shortage, starting early with a Berufserlaubnis instead of waiting for the Approbation, where to apply, and the Assistenzarzt salary framework.
Read →The Approbation Process in Germany
Equivalence (Gleichwertigkeit), Berufserlaubnis, the order of FSP and Kenntnisprüfung, documents, timeline and cost — a step-by-step licensing guide.
Read →Visa & Residence Permit (§16d)
Which visa/permit for a doctor in Germany? The §16d recognition visa, work visa and Blue Card; application, documents, work permit and family reunification.
Read →Hospitation Guide: The Observership
An observership at a German hospital: what it gives you, how to find one, which documents/insurance you need, is it paid, and how it turns into a job offer.
Read →Assistenzarzt Salary: Tarifvertrag & Steps
What sets the salary (Tarifvertrag), the step system, on-call (Bereitschaftsdienst) pay, gross vs net, and how to read an offer.
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