Wage increase after passing the Federal Professional Examination "Medical Practice Coordinator (FPE)"

The chances of a successful Federal Professional Examination as a medical practice coordinator leading to a pay rise are good, as we show you here using a model case.

Calculation of the possible salary increase for "Medical Practice Coordinator"

We have aExamplecalculated for you:

A 24-year-old medical practice assistant (MPA with Federal VET Diploma) has been working for four years in a family doctor's joint practice in the Basel area and earns CHF 5,008 per month. The two female doctors at the practice highly value their employee professionally and offer her the opportunity to train as a medical practice coordinator with a clinical focus. The MPA accepts the offer. She decides to complete the medical practice coordinator training in four semesters - this leaves her time for other things in addition to work and continuing education, further training. After passing the Federal Professional Examination, she will first independently advise and care for diabetics and later other long-term patients under the supervision of the practice doctors and thus also move up to a higher salary group. As this Federal Professional Examination was only introduced in 2015, the salary statistics here are not yet meaningful. However, due to the higher vocational training qualification, her Medical Practice Coordinator salary is likely to increase to around CHF 5,640, i.e. by CHF 632 per month or 13%.

Your personal salary opportunities depend on various criteria such as the region, the size of your employer company, your previous training, your professional experience and your age. With the "Salarium" salary calculator, you can calculate the potential salary of a Medical Practice Coordinator tailored to your individual situation after completing the Federal Professional Examination.

This is how it works: Click on "Salarium - Statistical wage calculator" below and then on the "Calculate wages" button:

• REGION: Select your region / place of work (in the example Northwestern Switzerland BS, BL, AG)
• INDUSTRY: Select the industry "86 Healthcare"
• PROFESSIONAL GROUP: enter "practice assistant" and Salarium will suggest the corresponding professional group: 32 healthcare assistant professions
• POSITION IN THE COMPANY: without management function
• HOURS PER WEEK: 42
• TRAINING: Higher vocational training
• AGE: Your estimated age after completing the continuing education, further training (26 in the example)
• YEARS OF SERVICE: Your number of years of service (0 in the example)
• COMPANY SIZE: Less than 20 employees
• 12/13 MONTHLY WAGE: 12 monthly wages
• SPECIAL PAYMENTS: No
• MONTHLY / HOURLY WAGE: Monthly wage

Source:"Federal Statistical Office, FSO"

Note: This sample calculation is based on data from Salarium (end of 2024). Information can be foundhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

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Provider of continuing education, further training "Medical Practice Coordinator"