Kenntnisprüfung für ausländische Ärzte — VIP Practice Certification Exam

Kenntnisprüfung für ausländische Ärzte — The Kenntnisprüfung für ausländische Ärzte is a state-level medical licensing knowledge examination (Approbationsprüfung) administered by the Landesärztekammern (state medical chambers) of Germany's 16 federal states; it evaluates whether foreign-trained physicians possess medical knowledge equivalent to German graduates, typically using IMPP-style multiple-choice clinical case questions across all major medical disciplines, with passing thresholds set by each state (most commonly 60% correct) and written sittings lasting 3–4 hours covering up to 200 questions.