Dr. med. Dipl.-Ärztin - What is the English translation? English translators help technical English translators with the translation of Dr. med. Dipl.-Ärztin

Conges terminology question

202 months ago

Claudia C. Weberpals (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Dr. med. Dipl.-Ärztin
Context:	Offensichtlich ein Titel in der Schweiz;
Keywords:	Would "graduated doctor" be enough ???

The answer of HanoverConsulting was rated best

Dipl.Artzt is indicative of completion only of medical school and the inital State exam. An additonal pracitce of 6-8 years is required before Dr. Med may be stated (usually under the direction of a senior doctor at a hospital, just as we call them internists here in the US). In Switzerland, it appears that s person who specialized (at school) in a particular medical field (say, pediatry for example) would be Dipl-Arzt Pediarty. However, "Dr. med" indicates that the internist period of 6-8 years is over, and the doctor may now practice without supervision.

My comment:

In der Schweiz ist man nach dem mit dem Staatsexamen abgeschlossenen sechsjährigen Studium zunächst eidgenössisch diplomierter Arzt und als solcher zur Arbeit als Assistenzarzt in Krankenhäusern und Arztpraxen befugt.

My references:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzt

The asker's comment:

Thanks for the explanation. So I hope "qualified doctor" would be a good solution to translate "Dipl.-Arzt".
Best regards,
C. Weberpals