Guest Resident

M. Zarzo
Project and Quality Management
Department of Ophthalmology

Universitäts-Augenklinik

Schleichstr. 12, 72076 Tübingen -Germany

All positions for guest residents are currently filled. 

The earliest time to start working at our hospital is in 2017.

• Letter of motivation (please state why you would like to train in Tübingen - maximum 1 page).
• CV (Curriculum vitae - with your complete first- and surename and your date of birth).
• Official medical school transcript (including a detailed summary of the subjects that were taught at your medical school and extent of training received).
• Two letters of recommendations of attending physicians or faculty members who have worked with you.

Please note: Incomplete applications will not be processed and will not receive a response.

In addition you may add the following documtes to your application (not required, but these may strengthen your application):

• Copies of international examinations that you have possibly been taken (e.g. USMLE, ICO-Exam, EBO-Diploma or Clinical Skills Test (CS)).
• Copy of your specialist certificate.
• Documentation of prior electives in Ophthalmology.
• Language certificates showing your proficiency in German.

Interested applicants have to send their complete application material (by e-mail or mail) to M. Zarzo by October 31 2012.

Selected candidates will be invited to visit Tübingen University Eye Hospital for a period of two weeks (before that we will contact you and ask you to complete an interview through Skype or on the phone with us).

During your stay in Tübingen you will have the opportunity to observe the work in the hospital and talk to the chairman Prof. Bartz-Schmidt, attending physicians and fellow residents. Furthermore, you should use these two weeks to explore Tübingen and the greater Stuttgart area because you are willing to spend a significant time of your life here.

Within three or four months after your visit in Tübingen we will notify you wether you can work and train as a guest resident at our eye hospital.

Requirements and conditions after acceptance: Guest residents won´t receive a salary.

After your acceptance:

Please stay in regular contact with M. Zarzo in order to obtain all the regular documents and to ensure all necessary arrangements for a smooth start in Tübingen. The process of obtaining all documents and language skills may take up to one year or even longer.

Once you have started in Tübingen the following requirements apply:

• To get the German "Facharzt" you do have to follow our rotation-system and pass the "Kenntnissprüfung" (equivalent to the German medical state examination) during the first one and a half years of the residency training.

Guest residents who do not pass the "Kenntnisprüfung" within this time will be required to leave the programm.

• The time spent at our hospital for the training before passing the "Kenntnisprüfung" most likely will be recognized for the complete training period. Thus, if you do pass the "Kenntnisprüfung" within the provided time, you should be able to obtain your "Facharzt" within 5 to 6 years after your arrival.

• You are going to have the same hands-on experience, clinical exposure, on call and teaching as your fellow German doctors as soon as you are able to speak German accurately and are able to conduct adequate conversations with our patients and staff.

However, you should be aware that German and guest residents (with the exception of the intravitreal injections) are not taught advanced intraocular surgery during these five years (e.g. you will not be able to learn and to perform cataract surgery during residency - in Germany training in intraocular surgery requires the completion of post residency fellowships).

^{Letzte Änderung: 07.05.2012}

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