Julika Loss
Professor of Medical Sociology at Universität Regensburg
Julika Loss is a medical doctor by training. She has been a Professor of Medical Sociology for ten years, focusing on qualitative studies among health care professionals.
They’ve come a long way – to be confronted with an even longer licensure process in Germany: Syrian doctors in Germany
Germany, like many other regions around the world, relies on international doctors to supplement its locally trained medical staff and support their health care system. However, Syrian doctors who have immigrated to Germany have reported being confronted with a convoluted and difficult application procedure to obtain their medical licenses. Professor Julika Loss and colleagues, at the University of Regensburg, interviewed Syrian doctors, who had immigrated to Germany, to report on their experience of the medical license application system. In this blog, Professor Loss tells us more about their study, published this week in BMC Health Services Research.
Tens of thousands of Syrian war refugees are currently being trapped between Turkey and Greece or interned in deplorable and dramatic conditions on Greek islands [1]. This drama painfully reminds us that the conflict in Syria continues to be the biggest driver of migration. Since 2015, hundreds of thousands of Syrian migrants have crossed into Europe. Syrians are now the third-largest group of people with a foreign nationality in Germany, and among Syrian immigrants, there are comparatively many well-educated and trained health care professionals, e.g. some 3,000-4,000 medical doctors [2]. Not all of them have fled their country as refugees; many have been granted visas, as Germany is principally welcoming Syrian doctors.
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