The predictive validity of admission criteria for the results of clinical competency assessment with an emphasis on family medicine in the fifth year of medical education: an observational study.

Background: In many countries, the number of applicants to medical schools exceeds the number of available places. This offers the need, as well as the opportunity to medical schools to select those applicants most suitable for later work as a doctor. However, there is no generally accepted definition of a 'good doctor'.

[The "Allgemeinarztbarometer A" - an instrument to assess primary care competencies during medical education and training].

Introduction: The primary goal of medical education and training is to develop clinical competencies. Competency-based curricula exist for both medical education which - once the current reform is implemented - will be geared more towards primary care, and specialty training for General Practice. The "Allgemeinarztbarometer" is a German-language instrument to assess primary care competencies during specialty training and has so far been mainly used as a self-assessment tool.

Do Medical Students in Their Fifth Year of Undergraduate Training Differ in Their Suitability to Become a "Good Doctor" Depending on Their Admission Criteria? A Pilot Study.

Background: In Germany, the pre-university grade point average (pu-GPA) has to be the main criterion for medical school applicant selection. This is also mandatory in the university-specific selection procedures (Auswahlverfahren der Hochschulen [AdH]). The admission framework has now been reworked following a judgement by the German Federal Constitutional Court.