Quality Criteria
Quality Criteria for Hand Surgery
Sabine Schneider · June 12, 2025

The quality criteria for the hand surgery specialty can be found here. The number of cases is transparently published by members on their respective profiles.
| Membership in the German Society for Hand Surgery (DGH) | Yes | |
| Holds the additional specialty designation in hand surgery | Yes | |
| Participation in DGH continuing education seminars | At least 6 | |
| At least one presentation on hand surgery at a DGH annual conference or continuing education seminar | Yes | |
| Number of days of full-time observation (24 hours total) in the practice or at the clinic of a DGH-certified expert in hand surgery | At least 3 days | |
| Number of practical courses recognized by the DGH Certification Commission for this purpose, totaling 24 hours in duration | At least 2 |
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