From niche topic to inclusion in the curriculum - design and evaluation of the elective course "climate change and health".

Objective: At the Medical Faculty of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the elective course "climate change and health" was offered to students in the clinical phase of their medical studies for the first time in the winter semester 2021/22 (any unfilled places were made available to interested students studying other subjects). Despite attracting considerable attention, this topic has not yet been incorporated into the curriculum of medical studies. Our aim was therefore to teach students about climate change and discuss its effects on human health.

"A real eye opener" - development, implementation and evaluation of a seminar on interprofessional teamwork in GP specialty training.

The successful treatment of a multitude of chronic diseases is largely dependent on effective interprofessional collaboration. In Germany, many healthcare employees feel unprepared for the challenges of interprofessional teamwork. Can a seminar designed by an interprofessional team for an interprofessional target group improve mutual understanding and provide the basis for successful interprofessional collaboration? For the development of the seminar, Kern's model for curriculum development was used, which includes the following six steps: problem identification, needs analysis, goal definition (learning objectives and learning content), educational strategies, implementation and evaluation.

[Structuring and supporting specialist training in general practice: Evaluation of a Hesse-wide mentoring program for doctors].

Introduction: Due to the growing shortage of general practitioners (GPs), solutions are being sought to improve the structure and attraction of specialist training in general practice. In 2012, the Competence Center for Specialist Training in General Practice was set up in the federal state of Hesse, Germany, in order to provide a seminar- and mentoring program to complement standard specialist training. The present paper examines whether the mentoring program, which was based on needs assessment, supports doctors in training (DiT) to become specialists in general practice.

[jeder-fehler-zaehlt.de: Content of and prospective benefits from a critical incident reporting and learning system (CIRS) for primary care].

Critical incident reporting and learning systems (CIRS) have been recommended as an instrument to promote patient safety for a long time. However, both their scientific value and their actual impact have been disputed. The nationwide German CIRS for primary care has been in operation since September 2004.