Success stories - business and management

Pelşin Bars studied medicine in Turkey. In Turkey there were barely any training places on offer for the speciality of dermatology. This was why she came to Germany in 2016. She received approbation following a knowledge test. Today, Pelşin Bars works as a junior doctor specialising in dermatology.

In 2020, Izabela Trzeszczkowska came to Berlin from Poland. She wanted to work as a midwife. She quickly obtained her recognition thanks to support from Club Dialog e.V. And today she is working at the Charité in Berlin.

Galina Batt worked in Russia as a “feldsher”. Because this occupation does not exist in Germany, she completed an adaptation period. Since receiving recognition, she's been working in a hospital in Bergisch Gladbach.

Edchel Grace Cortez came to Germany from the Philippines in 2020. Following a successful recognition process, today she works as a general nurse in Alzey.

Mohammad Ebrahim brought with him professional experience as a medical laboratory assistant in radiology from Syria. Thanks to recognition, he is working today in a radiation therapy practice in Neuwied.

Ahmad Rez had his own pharmacy in Syria. Even before he fled Syria, he was determinedly learning German. Thanks to recognition, the family man now works as a pharmacist in Lahnstein.

The trained physiotherapist Andelina Budimir left her home country of Croatia in 2014 in order to seek out new professional opportunities in Germany. She obtained full recognition of her qualification in January 2016 and is permanently employed at the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Clinic.

Lidia Skurat, a registered general nurse, arrived in Germany in 2013. She was without a job here initially—but thanks to recognition she's now working again on a full-time basis in her occupation.

Faisal Hamdo left Syria in 2014 to escape the war in his country. He built a new life for himself in Germany and now has a permanent contract as a physiotherapist at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Lama Al Khouja actually only intended to complete her master's degree in Germany. But the war in Syria changed everything. Having successfully obtained recognition, she now works at a pharmacy in Thuringia.