Experience heart medicine up close
Clinical traineeships and practical year (PJ) at the DHZC
Are you interested in completing a clinical traineeship or your ‘internal’ or surgical final year clinical traineeship in one of Germany's leading centres for cardiac medicine? Then you've come to the right place – and welcome!
The following applies:
Clinical traineeships can be applied for individually and easily at any time. Simply send an email to the respective clinic; you will find the addresses below.
Our final-year placements are allocated via the portal www.pj-portal.de. We currently offer the following final-year placements:
- Five places in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
- One place in the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Campus Benjamin Franklin
- One place in the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Campus Charité Mitte
- one place in the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Campus Virchow-Klinikum
- one to two places in the Department of Congenital Heart Desease – Pediatric Cardiology
The practical year (PJ) in the winter semester begins in November, and the PJ in the summer semester begins in May.
Within a surgical or cardiological tertial, rotations in our Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery are possible. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer complete tertials in this clinic.
In paediatric cardiology, you can apply for half a tertial in paediatric cardiology via the PJ portal. You will then be assigned to ward WD4 or ward 24i.
Content, processes, opportunities
The final year of the PJ is based on a pre-defined rotation plan: This should give you the opportunity to get to know all areas of the respective clinics:
- In surgery, the WDH1 and WD2 wards, our transplant ward WD3, the intensive care units, outpatient clinics and, of course, the eight operating theatres.
- In cardiology, the nursing ward WDK1, the outpatient clinic and the numerous functional areas such as the cardiac catheter and electrophysiology laboratories.
In each area, you will have a permanent point of contact and a clear workload of opportunities and duties.
Once a week, there is a special class for final-year students. Of course, you are also invited to participate in the clinics' regular continuing education events.
And last but not least: lunch in our staff restaurant is on the house for ‘PJler:innen’!
As a general rule, we welcome initiative and flexibility! Particularly in the surgical field, large numbers of staff have to be called upon or rearranged at short notice for unplanned procedures such as a transplant or for emergencies such as an aortic dissection.
Contacts
| Clinic | Options | Contact | E-Mail-Adresse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chirurgie | Famulatur/PJ | Sümeyra Inal | herzchirurgie@dhzc-charite.de |
| Kardiologie CBF | Famulatur/PJ | Selin Kiratli, Sabine Grams | kardio-cbf@dhzc-charite.de |
| Kardiologie CCM | Famulatur | Diana Noguera Cender | kardiologie@dhzc-charite.de |
| Kardiologie CVK | Famulatur/PJ | sekretariatkardiologie@dhzc-charite.de | |
| Kinderkardiologie | Famulatur/PJ | kika-personal@dhzc-charite.de | |
| Kinderherzchirurgie | Famulatur | Daniela Peters | kinderherzchirurgie@dhzc-charite.de |
| Kardioanästhesiologie | Famulatur | Kerstin Pauli, Linda Bille | caiteam@dhzc-charite.de |
Further interesting links for the practical year
General information from LaGeSo about the practical year:
https://www.berlin.de/lageso/gesundheit/berufe-im-gesundheitswesen/akademisch/aerztin-arzt/artikel.114543.php
Information for Charité students about the final year:
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