Development and validation of satisfaction with clinical practice questionnaire for mentors and students.

Objectives: To develop and validate a questionnaire on satisfaction with clinical practice for mentors (QSCP-M) and a questionnaire on satisfaction with clinical practice for students (QSCP-S).

Methods: Two versions of the questionnaires were constructed: a version for mentors and a version for students. Both surveys were conducted at two time points.

[Multimodal selection of medical students: The predictive power of individual process components in the two-stage selection process at Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H)].

Objective: According to the legislator's ideas, the selection of medical students in Germany should no longer be based on the Abitur grade alone. This approach has already been implemented in the two-stage selection process at Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H) using several criteria. On the one hand, the present study aims to determine the prognostic value of the procedural components for the overall performance on the selection day.

[How important is an academic career in medicine today? A survey among medical students in Germany: Results of study arm XIII of the KARiMED study].

Objective: Academic careers still play a significant role in medicine. Although the doctorate remains interesting for many students, there are no data available from medical students, for example, with regard to the interest in habilitation. In parallel, a good work-life/family balance is a key career element for young medical professionals.

Designing Categories for a Mixed-Method Research on Competence Development and Professional Identity through Collegial Advice in Nursing Education in Germany.

Background: The aim of nursing education in Germany is the development of different competences, including professional identity. To promote this, the use of collegial consultation in the form of collegial advice is recommended. How collegial advice affects the development of competences and professional identity, and which didactic and organizational framework conditions are favorable for this have not yet been conclusively clarified.

Bad things can happen: are medical students aware of patient centered care and safety?

Objectives: Quality and safety in healthcare are of the utmost importance, but little is known about whether undergraduate students are aware of patient safety concepts. The objectives of our study were to assess the perception of medical students of challenges in patient safety, and collect their perceptions of error management and prevention.

Methods: This study used an exploratory mixed method strategy.

Clothes Make the Man-What Impact Does the Dress of Interprofessional Teams Have on Patients?

Physicians' attire seems to play an important role in the success of patient treatment. The classic doctor's white coat initiates a strong signal to the patient and can have a determining effect on a successful doctor-patient relationship. In a quantitative online questionnaire study comprising 52 questions, participants were shown four photos of an interprofessional German family medicine team in varying attire.

Millennials Medical Students Generation at the Crosswalks: Motivations and Attitudes Towards Study and Future Career - A Mixed-Method Study.

Background And Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate in the millennium medical student generation the influence of the curriculum (problem-based curriculum [PBC] vs science-based curriculum [SBC]), gender and semester level on medical students' motives to study medicine, their attitudes toward their career and in this regard their view about their study condition in university.

Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews with 28 medical students were performed and analyzed using Mayring's content analysis. Based on these results, a quantitative questionnaire for a nationwide survey was developed using a mixed-method-approach and send to most medical faculties in Germany.

Mental Stress in Medical Students during the Pandemic and Their Relation to Digital and Hybrid Semester-Cross-Sectional Data from Three Recruitment Waves in Germany.

Background: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, students had to interrupt their regular studies, and universities changed their teaching formats. The aim of this study was to analyze medical students' stress perception, wellbeing, life and work satisfaction, and cool down reactions, and to compare the survey data of online and hybrid semesters with pre-pandemic education formats in-person.

Methods: Cross-sectional surveys at three time points enrolling 1061 medical students (58% women; 24.

Germany-wide evaluation of residency in neurological intensive care medicine.

Background: Neurointensive medicine is an important subspecialization of neurology. Its growing importance can be attributed to factors such as demographic change and the establishment of new therapeutic options. Part of the neurological residency in Germany is a six-month rotation on an intensive care unit (ICU), which has not yet been evaluated nationwide.

Medical Students' Perceptions towards Digitization and Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Digital technologies in health care, including artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, constantly increase. The aim of this study was to explore attitudes of 2020 medical students’ generation towards various aspects of eHealth technologies with the focus on AI using an exploratory sequential mixed-method analysis. Data from semi-structured interviews with 28 students from five medical faculties were used to construct an online survey send to about 80,000 medical students in Germany.

[How does a patient-centered, future-oriented medical curriculum look like? The patients' view].

Aim Of The Study: Medical training in Germany is in a state of flux. Medical education must be adapted to fit the changing health care needs of future societies. This study aims to gain the patients' perspective on the education of medical students to improve future curricula.

The prognostic validity of the formative for the summative MEQ (Modified Essay Questions).

The purpose of formative examinations is that students and lecturers receive an early feedback regarding the success of learning behavior and teaching methods. These also serve as practice for later summative exams. The aim of this paper is to investigate to what extent the result of the formative MEQ* at the end of the first semester at Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H) in the study program human medicine can be used as a predictor for the summative MEQ-1 at the end of the second semester which is part of the equivalence examination replacing the state examination.

[Child and Career, but When? Mixed Methods Research on Starting a Family During Student Years vs. after Graduation from Medical School].

Background: More and more women are studying medicine these days. They often face a conflict between having children and pursuing a career. Thus, a challenging question arises for a new generation of young doctors: How can children and career be reconciled? Also, the right time to start a family plays an important role.

Selection procedure human medicine and psychology at the University of Witten/Herdecke: adaptation to the virtual zoom room.

For the selection of students for the winter semester 2020/21, the established selection procedure of the University of Witten/Herdecke (UW/H) was adapted to the virtual space in view of the current contact ban and recommended keeping of distance. The three stations in the second step of the procedure, the biographical one-on-one interview, presentation and discussion on a subject-specific topic as well as multiple mini interviews (MMI) on the social skills of the applicants were audiovisual and in real time in zoom meetings. The medical, psychological and student reviewers were prepared for the virtual selection procedure in training sessions.

Spontaneously retrievable knowledge of German general practitioners depending on time since graduation, measured with the progress test medicine.

General practitioners and general internists occupy a key position in German and Austrian healthcare systems. They provide primary care and act as gatekeepers between medical disciplines and sectors of care. Their explicit medical knowledge levels, however, can be quite disparate.

Comparison of the evaluation of formative assessment at two medical faculties with different conditions of undergraduate training, assessment and feedback.

Both formative and summative assessments have their place in medical curricula: formative assessment to accompany the learning process and summative assessment to ensure that minimum standards are achieved. Depending on the conditions of undergraduate training, assessment and feedback, students place more or less importance on formative assessment, and thus the fulfilment of its function may be questionable. This study describes how the low-stakes formative Berlin Progress Test (BPT) is embedded at two medical faculties with partially different framework conditions and what effects these have on the students' testing efforts and the evaluation of the test, especially the perception of its benefits and (intangible) costs, such as non-participation in contemporaneous activities and emotional impairments.

Cystic fibrosis and career counselling.

Objective: Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects mostly lungs but also other organs. Modern treatment has transformed once fatal disease of childhood into the chronic disease of adulthood. Hence more patients enter the job market.

Institutional strategies related to test-taking behavior in low stakes assessment.

Low stakes assessment without grading the performance of students in educational systems has received increasing attention in recent years. It is used in formative assessments to guide the learning process as well as in large-scales assessments to monitor educational programs. Yet, such assessments suffer from high variation in students' test-taking effort.

Media Use Among Students From Different Health Curricula: Survey Study.

Background: Mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers enable users to search for information and communicate with others at any place and any time. Such devices are increasingly being used at universities for teaching and learning. The use of mobile devices by students depends, among others, on the individual media literacy level and the curricular framework.

Qualitative Studies on Implicit Criteria during the Individualized Selection Procedure for Medical Studies at Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H).

The individualized two-stage selection procedure for medical studies at Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H) has been in use for more than 30 years and comprises explicit and implicit selection criteria. This analysis aims at identifying the implicit criteria and answering the question whether an internal consistency of these implicit criteria may be verified for the different phases of the selection procedure (when evaluating the statements of purpose, during the selection weekend and during the concluding discussions of assessors). Three qualitative studies on all phases of the selection procedure at UW/H have been conducted for determining the implicit assessment criteria of assessors: statements of purpose in extreme group comparison (12 admissions versus 18 rejections); semi-structured expert interviews (N=25) on the selection weekend; focus group analysis of the concluding discussions on two selection weekends (N=16).

[Nationwide survey of postgraduate medical training in clinical neurology].

Background: Currently, no data are available, which reflect the situation of medical doctors specializing in neurology in German hospitals. In order to secure the high standard of neurological patient care it is essential to evaluate the working conditions and the specialty training in neurology.

Objective: This nationwide survey was conducted throughout Germany with the aim to address problems and to give suggestions for improvements in neurological training curricula.

Enhancing medical students' reflectivity in mentoring groups for professional development - a qualitative analysis.

Background: Professional competence is important in delivering high quality patient care, and it can be enhanced by reflection and reflective discourse e.g. in mentoring groups.

Development and validation of a computer-based situational judgement test to assess medical students' communication skills in the field of shared decision making.

Objective: To develop a computer-based test (CBT) measuring medical students' communication skills in the field of shared decision making (SDM) and to evaluate its construct validity.

Methods: The CBT was developed in the context of an experimental study comparing three different trainings for SDM (including e-learning and/or role-play) and a control group. Assessment included a CBT (Part A: seven context-poor questions, Part B: 15 context-rich questions) and interviews with two simulated patients (SP-assessment).

The Questionnaire D-RECT German: Adaptation and testtheoretical properties of an instrument for evaluation of the learning climate in medical specialist training.

Aim: Boor et al developed and validated the questionnaire D-RECT (Dutch Residency Educational Climate Test ) to measure the clinical learning environment within the medical specialist training. In this study, a German version of this questionnaire (D-RECT German) is analyzed regarding testtheoretical properties.

Problem: Are the results of Boor et al replicable as a proof for validity of the questionnaire D-RECT?

Material & Methods: The study was performed as online survey using the questionnaire D-RECT German (50 items in 11 subscales).