“Personality counts!” This is the motto for how we select our students. Not the grade average of the school-leaving certificate decides whether an applicant can start studies of medicine, psychology or dental medicine, but personal criteria like motivation, work experience and character. Right from the start, our courses combine theoretical knowledge with practical skills in accordance with licensing regulations. Based on latest research results the MHB teaches not only sound scientific and theoretical knowhow; across all semesters, particular emphasis is placed on communicative competences such as conversational skills, teamwork and self-reflection specifically in interaction with patients – a concept which in this form is unique in Germany.
Since it was founded the MHB has had a large network of cooperating clinics and academic teaching practices. With the university hospital group comprising Universitätsklinikum Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg, Universitätsklinikum Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Universitätsklinikum Ruppin-Brandenburg and Universitätsklinikum Brandenburg an der Havel and a current total of approximately 30 cooperating clinics and over 200 teaching practices, the MHB sees its mission in responding to changed requirements and challenges of health care provision in the State of Brandenburg and comparable regions.
Starting with the first semester, students are instructed in clinical and therapeutic facilities. Practice Days form integral parts of training at a very early stage in the curriculum. Medical students observe and acquire practical skills in weekly work shadowing periods with resident physicians. Clinic Days for psychology students – also unique in Germany - offer the chance to develop psychotherapeutic expertise in close contact with patients and clinical settings. Small learning groups, the innovative format of Problem Oriented Learning, and TRIK seminars for exchange under professional supervision are further elements of our practice-based study concept.
Courses at the MHB each conclude with an examination regulated by uniform national standards and a qualified license to practice. Graduates of medicine, psychology and dental medicine subsequently undergo a five-year phase of full-time further education and professional specialization during which they are in regular employment and paid according to scale.
MHB courses of medicine, psychotherapy and dental medicine are free from numerus clausus restrictions and comply with licensing regulations. The idea is to establish formats of practice-oriented and science-based training with head, heart and hand which meet patients’ needs and help to master the challenges of medicine, psychology and dental medicine today and in future. We want to improve the professional and personal qualifications of prospective physicians, dentists and psychotherapists in preparation for their future working life and thus to ensure excellent patient care in all health-related fields. In Brandenburg and beyond.
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