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German is also considerably important for foreign migration since neighbouring Germany is
becoming a frequent destination of working migrants from the Czech Republic with the
qualified workforce being no exception. Though 62% of the questioned doctors claim a
knowledge of German, the communicative level of the knowledge of the language is
considerably lower when compared to English - just under 30% of the respondents specified
this.
A relatively high number of doctors declared a knowledge of Russian, amounting to 290
people (63%) without regard to the level of knowledge. In relation to the territorial
distribution of the realistic migration flows, however, the active knowledge of Russian does
not play such an important role.
The knowledge of other investigated world languages is rare among doctors, just like in the
majority of the population. French is worth a mention, with 17% of the doctors speaking it,
though less than one tenth actively.
Table 7 The Subjective Assessment of the Doctors’ Language Skill Levels (line
percentages)
Fluent Knowledge of Active Knowledge of Passive Knowledge
the Language the Language of a Language
Cannot Use
English 21.2 48.7 23.6 6.5
German 6.3 22.9 32.7 38.1
French 2.8 4.3 10.0 82.9
Russian 5.0 27.1 30.7 37.2
Spanish 0.4 1.5 3.0 95.0
Working Contacts with Colleagues Abroad
Foreign cooperation and obtaining working contacts are closely connected with doctors
studying and working abroad. A direct link is also apparent from the perspective of
determined frequencies. One third of those asked kept working contacts with colleagues in
other countries, which is only three percentage points higher than the share of doctors
studying or working abroad.
THE MIGRATION POTENTIAL OF CZECH DOCTORS
The degree of Czech doctors that are considering working abroad is determined by the
principle question: “Are you thinking about leaving to work abroad?”
The share of positive answers is surprisingly high. Almost every other surveyed doctor is
thinking about work abroad.
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