Approbation (Germany)

A medical license is an occupational license that permits a person to legally practice medicine. Most nations require such a license, bestowed either by a specified government-approved professional association or a government agency. Licenses are not granted automatically to all people with medical degrees. A medical school graduate must receive a license to practice medicine to legally be called a physician. The process typically requires testing by a medical board. The medical license is the documentation of authority to practice medicine within a certain locality.

Canada requires that applicants have graduated from a school registered in the World Directory of Medical Schools, and apply to sit the Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination.

China issued the <<Law on Licensed Physician>> in 1995. The law requires all newly graduated medical students to sit the National Medical Licensing Examination (NMLE), regulated by the National Medical Examination Center (NMEC), and then register with the local regulatory body. Eligibility for the exam requires that students complete a one year internship after obtaining a primary medical qualification (i.e., Bachelor of Medicine). The two-part exam includes a Clinical Skill (CS) test and a General Written (GW) test. The CS test consists of many stations, and candidates must pass the CS test to take the GW test. The GW test consists of four papers, and candidates have 2.5 hours to complete each one over two days. The CS is held in July, followed by GW in September each year.

The Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior (ICFES) and the Ministry of Education regulate the medical schools that are licensed to offer medical degrees. After completing all the schools' requirements to obtain a medical degree, physicians must serve the "obligatory social service" (in rural areas, research, public health or special populations e.g., orphan children), which usually lasts one year. After completing the social service, a doctor obtains a "medical registration" at the governor's office (Gobernación) of the Department (province/state) where they served the obligatory term. This registration is the same as a license in other countries, and authorizes the physician to practice medicine anywhere in the national territory. However, to practice in other departments requires an inscription from that department. Unlike the US, there is no official licensing exam for medical graduates in Colombia, since this responsibility is delegated to medical schools that have permission to confer medical degrees.

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