Additional Designation Immunology Further Education

The additional designation immunology (Zusatz-Weiterbildung [ZWB] Immunologie) was included for the first time in November 2018 in the new (model) further training regulations (MWBO) of the German Medical Association (BÄK). Legal validity for physicians will only arise through implementation in the individual federal states.

In the meantime, the ZWB Immunology has come into force in all federal states, with the exception of Berlin and Saarland. Examiners have been appointed in many federal states and the first examinations have taken place. The first recognised training centre is the Institute for Molecular and Clinical Immunology at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg/Faculty of Medicine.

If you have a specialist title and are interested in this additional title, please contact your respective medical association. Here is some basic information:

Definition
The additional designation immunology comprises, in addition to a specialist competence, the specialist clinical diagnosis and therapy of immunodeficiencies and immunodysregulation syndromes including immunodiagnostic methods.

Minimum requirements according to § 11 MWBO
Specialist qualification and in addition 12 months of immunology under authorisation at further training institutions, 6 months of which must be completed in the immunology laboratory

Further training content
The text contained in the MWBO is only of a recommendatory nature. The version applicable to you, please contact your state medical association for this.

Adressen der Landesärztekammern

Bundesärztekammer

For the coordination with the state medical associations, but also as a contact for interested doctors, the DGfI has defined contact persons who will be happy to answer any questions:

https://dgfi.org/weiterbildung/zwb-immunologie/