[Current Research Activities on Person-Centered Medicine in Academic Institutes of General Practice in Germany and Austria].

Aim Of Study: Person-centered medicine (PCM) with its focus on humanistic-biographical-oriented medicine and integrated, positive-salutogenic health is a central aspect in the patient-physician relationship in general practice. The objective of this analysis is to assess the prevalence and type of research project in academic institutions of general practice in Germany (Ger) and Austria (At) and the thematic priorities of the projects in the areas PCM, health promotion (HP), prevention (PRE) and conventional medicine (CM).

Methods: A search was conducted (September-December 2015) on the websites of 30 institutes and divisions of general medicine for their current research projects.