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GMS Journal for Medical Education__BAI_3
Volume 35 (2018)
Issue 5: International medical students/internationale Medizinstudierende
- editorialInternational medical students
International students – support and integration initiatives at Medical Faculties in Germany
Huhn D, Nikendei CGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc62 (2018-11-30) - articleComment
On center field or at the sidelines? – A plea for a multimodal approach between medical schools and medical student communities while integrating international medical students
Astfalk T, Zhang D, Pérez Anderson RP, Alhalabi OT, Schulze HGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc61 (2018-11-30) - articleStart of studies
Studienstart International of the University of Cologne: The closely supervised semester of study entry for students from third countries using the example of the model degree program for human medicine
Karay Y, Restel K, Marek R, Schlüter de Castro BGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc60 (2018-11-30) - articleStart of studies
Welcome, Orientation, Language Training: a project at the Charité for new international medical students
Marmon W, Arnold U, Maaz A, Schumann M, Peters HGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc59 (2018-11-30) - articleNetworking
Same same but different – A qualitative study on the development and maintenance of personal networks among German and international medical students
Astfalk T, Müller-Hilke BGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc58 (2018-11-30) - articlePAL-program
Interactive peer-guided examination preparation course for second-year international full-time medical students: quantitative and qualitative evaluation
Huhn D, Al Halabi K, Alhalabi O, Armstrong C, Castell Morley A, Herzog W, Nikendei CGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc57 (2018-11-30) - articlePAL-program
International Peer-teaching: the LernKlinik Leipzig “Erasmus-Week” for Incoming Erasmus Students
Rotzoll D, Wiemer S, Zimmermann A, Alex P, Meixensberger JGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc56 (2018-11-30) - articleSupport in clinical semesters
An equal opportunity for everyone?! Supporting international students of medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich
Lenz H, Paik WG, Jacobs FGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc55 (2018-11-30) - articleGerman students abroad
What do international health electives and state examination scores have in common? – A cohort study to compare the results of written medical licensing examinations with the participation in international health electives during the final year of undergraduate medical education in Germany
Störmann S, Angstwurm MWGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc54 (2018-11-30) - articleNationwide networking
Symposium “International Medical Students – Support Programs in Practical Application”: Networking, best-practice examples and local representation
Schulze H, Zhang D, Pérez Anderson RP, Alhalabi O, Huhn D, Astfalk TGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(5):Doc53 (2018-11-30)
Issue 4
- editorialCompetence-based assessment
To trust? Or to verify?
Harendza SGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc52 (2018-11-15) - articleAssessment
A pilot survey of student perceptions on the benefit of the OSCE and MCQ modalities
Müller S, Settmacher U, Koch I, Dahmen UGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc51 (2018-11-15) - articleFamily Medicine
Barriers to practicing General Practice in rural areas – Results of a qualitative pre-post-survey about medical students during their final clinical year
Ludwig K, Machnitzke C, Kühlein T, Roos MGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc50 (2018-11-15) - articleAssessment
Dealing with flawed items in examinations: Using the compensation of disadvantage as used in German state examinations in items with partial credit scoring
Möltner AGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc49 (2018-11-15) - articleAssessment
Pilot evaluation of an objective structured assessment of technical skills tool for chest tube insertion
Friedrich M, Ober J, Haubruck P, Bergdolt C, Bruckner T, Kowalewski KF, Kadmon M, Müller-Stich BP, Tanner MC, Nickel FGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc48 (2018-11-15) - articleFeedback
Examining the nature of feedback within the Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX): an analysis of 1427 Mini-CEX assessment forms
Soemantri D, Dodds A, Mccoll GGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc47 (2018-11-15) - articleDisaster Medicine
Crisis on the game board – a novel approach to teach medical students about disaster medicine
Drees S, Geffert K, Brynen RGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc46 (2018-11-15) - articleQualitative Research
Teaching Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health and Medicine: a research oriented module
Pfadenhauer LM, Coenen M, Kühlmeyer K, Odukoya D, Schunk M, von Unger HGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc45 (2018-11-15) - articleEmergency Medicine
Development, implementation and first insights of a time- and location-independent longitudinal postgraduate curriculum in emergency medicine
Sauter TC, Exadaktylos A, Krummrey G, Lehmann B, Brodmann-Maeder M, Hautz WEGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(4):Doc44 (2018-11-15)
Issue 3
- editorialDigitization
Digital Teaching and Digital Medicine: A national initiative is needed
Haag M, Igel C, Fischer MR, G, JGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc43 (2018-08-15) - articlePrimary Care
How can General Practice be incorporated longitudinally in medical studies? Students’ views on the development of a new rural health program
Barthen L, Ravens-Taeuber G, Paulitsch MA, Gerlach FM, Sennekamp MGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc42 (2018-08-15) - articleClinical Reasoning
How case representations of medical students change during case processing – Results of a qualitative study
Braun LT, Lenzer B, Kiesewetter J, Fischer MR, Schmidmaier RGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc41 (2018-08-15) - articleSimulation
Simulation centres in German hospitals and their organisational aspects: Expert survey on drivers and obstacles
Rampel T, Gross B, Zech A, Prückner SGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc40 (2018-08-15) - articleClinical Rotations
Successful completion of clinical electives – Identification of significant factors of influence on self-organized learning during clinical electives with student focus groups
Rausch N, Harendza SGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc39 (2018-08-15) - articlePhysical Examination
“Heidelberg Standard Examination” – Final year students' experiences with a handbook and instructional videos to improve medical competence in conducting physical examinations
Knauber J, König AK, Herion T, Tabatabai J, Kadmon M, Nikendei CGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc38 (2018-08-15) - articleCompetency-based Education
Physicians’ roles in competency-based teaching: Do students recognize them?
Pippel E, Narciß E, Obertacke U, Strohmer R, Schüttpelz-Brauns KGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc37 (2018-08-15) - articlePractical Training
Self-evaluation of present clinical skills by medical students in the years 3 to 6 – a pilot study in four European countries
Westermann L, Zisimidou B, Simons M, Zellweger R, Baschera DGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc36 (2018-08-15) - articleSimulation
Just watching is not enough: Fostering simulation-based learning with collaboration scripts
Zottmann JM, Dieckmann P, Taraszow T, Rall M, Fischer FGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc35 (2018-08-15) - articleDigitization
Teaching load – a barrier to digitalisation in higher education? A position paper on the framework surrounding higher education medical teaching in the digital age using Bavaria, Germany as an example
Müller C, Füngerlings S, Tolks D, EGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc34 (2018-08-15) - articleInterprofessional Education
Heidelberger Interprofessionelle Ausbildungsstation (HIPSTA): a practice- and theory-guided approach to development and implementation of Germany’s first interprofessional training ward
Mihaljevic AL, Schmidt J, Mitzkat A, Probst P, Kenngott T, Mink J, Fink CA, Ballhausen A, Chen J, Cetin A, Murrmann L, Müller G, Mahler C, Götsch B, Trierweiler-Hauke BGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc33 (2018-08-15) - articleSocial Media
Development and initial Experience of an online Exchange Platform on Sex and Gender Aspects in Medicine: “GenderMed-Wiki”
Schreitmüller J, Becker JC, Zsebedits D, Weskott M, Dehghan-Nayyeri M, Fegeler C, Heue M, Hochleitner M, Kindler-Röhrborn A, Pfleiderer BGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc32 (2018-08-15) - articleMedical Errors
Risks and errors in medicine. Concept and evaluation of an optional study module with integrated teaching of ethical, legal and communicative competencies
Schildmann J, Salloch S, Peters T, Henking T, Vollmann JGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc31 (2018-08-15) - articleStudent Selection
From HAM-Nat to the “Physikum” – Analysis of the study success parameters before and after the introduction of a science test in the approval procedure
Werwick K, Winkler-Stuck K, Robra BPGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc30 (2018-08-15) - commentaryCompetency based assessment
Standing up for Subjectivity in the Assessment of Competencies
Rotthoff TGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc29 (2018-08-15) - position paperCultural Competence/Global Health
Cultural Competence and Global Health: Perspectives for Medical Education – Position paper of the GMA Committee on Cultural Competence and Global Health
Mews C, Schuster S, Vajda C, Lindtner-Rudolph H, Schmidt LE, Bösner S, Güzelsoy L, Kressing F, Hallal H, Peters T, Gestmann M, Hempel L, Grützmann T, Sievers E, Knipper MGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(3):Doc28 (2018-08-15)
Issue 2
- editorialEducation Research
The Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA) celebrates 40 Years of Education Research
Shiozawa-Bayer T, Schäfer TGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc26 (2018-05-15) - articleWritten Assessment
Illustrated versus non-illustrated anatomical test items in anatomy course tests and German Medical Licensing examinations (M1)
Bahlmann OGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc25 (2018-05-15) - articleEvidence Based Medicine
Critical appraisal of RCTs by 3rd year undergraduates after short courses in EBM compared to expert appraisal
Buchberger B, Mattivi JT, Schwenke C, Katzer C, Huppertz H, Wasem JGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc24 (2018-05-15) - articleFeedback
Does it matter who writes down the feedback? A comparison of teacher- vs. student-completed clinical encounter cards during clinical rotations in veterinary studies
Buchner HHF, Burger C, Ehlers JPGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc23 (2018-05-15) - articleCurriculum
The impact of the program structure at Hannover Medical School on academic success in medical studies
Fischer V, Dudzinska A, Just IGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc22 (2018-05-15) - articleOnline Media
Medical Education for “Generation Z”: Everything online?! – An analysis of Internet-based media use by teachers in medicine
Vogelsang M, Rockenbauch K, Wrigge H, Heinke W, Hempel GGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc21 (2018-05-15) - articleScientific Competences
Investigation on the acquisition of scientific competences during medical studies and the medical doctoral thesis
Epstein N, Huber J, Gartmeier M, Berberat PO, Reimer M, Fischer MRGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc20 (2018-05-15) - articleCounseling Students
Research into finding a stable prognosis parameter for the detection of students in need of guidance – Realization of equal opportunities through a diversity-oriented study guidance
Karay Y, Hallal H, Stosch CGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc19 (2018-05-15) - articleCommunicative Competences
Does teaching social and communicative competences influence dental students’ attitudes towards learning communication skills? A comparison between two dental schools in Germany
Lichtenstein NV, Haak R, Ensmann I, Hallal H, Huttenlau J, Krämer K, Krause F, Matthes J, Stosch CGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc18 (2018-05-15) - articleCompetency Based Assessment
Ward rounds in internal medicine: Validation of an Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) observation checklist
Schmelter V, März E, Adolf C, Wölfel TL, Lottspeich C, Fischer MR, Schmidmaier RGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc17 (2018-05-15) - articleLearning Objectives
Perceived usability of the National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education by medical educators at the Hannover Medical School
Steffens S, Paulmann V, Mecklenburg J, Büttner K, Behrends MGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(2):Doc16 (2018-05-15)
Issue 1
- articlePatient Safety
How could the topic patient safety be embedded in the curriculum? A recommendation by the Committee for Patient Safety and Error Management of the GMA
Kiesewetter J, Drossard S, Gaupp R, Baschnegger H, Kiesewetter I, Hoffmann SGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc15 (2018-02-15) - articleClinical Electives
How the Start into the Clinical Elective Year Could be Improved: Qualitative Results and Recommendations from Student Interviews
Beck S, Schirlo C, Breckwoldt JGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc14 (2018-02-15) - articleInterprofessional Education
A model of interprofessional problem-based learning for medical and nursing students: Implementation, evaluation and implications for future implementation
Dreier-Wolfgramm A, Homeyer S, Oppermann RF, Hoffmann WGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc13 (2018-02-15) - articleClinical Reasoning
Advancing clinical reasoning in virtual patients – development and application of a conceptual framework
Hege I, Kononowicz AA, Berman NB, Lenzer B, Kiesewetter JGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc12 (2018-02-15) - articleOutpatient Clinic
Integrating teaching into routine outpatient care: The design and evaluation of an ambulatory training concept (HeiSA)
Hundertmark J, Apondo SK, Schultz JHGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc11 (2018-02-15) - articlePhysiotherapy
Case-oriented selection of investigation methods in direct access: A comparison between physiotherapy trainees at professional colleges and in bachelor's study courses
Konrad R, Geraedts MGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc10 (2018-02-15) - articleMedical Biometry
Effect of data self-collection as an activating teaching method in a statistical software course in medical biometry – a pilot study
Mayer B, Braisch U, Meule M, Allgoewer A, Richter S, Muche RGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc9 (2018-02-15) - articleNational Examination
Factors that Affect the National Student Performance Examination Grades of Brazilian Undergraduate Medical Programs
Neto TA, da Silva Fucuta Pereia P, Nogueira ML, Pereira de Gody JM, Moscardini ACGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc8 (2018-02-15) - articleMentoring
Peer-mentoring Program during the Preclinical Years of Medical School at Bonn University: a Project Description
Lapp H, Makowka P, Recker FGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc7 (2018-02-15) - articleOutpatient Clinic
Competency-based learning in an ambulatory care setting: Implementation of simulation training in the Ambulatory Care Rotation during the final year of the MaReCuM model curriculum
Dusch M, Narciß E, Strohmer R, Schüttpelz-Brauns KGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc6 (2018-02-15) - book reviewPatient Safety
Michael Rosentreter: Patientensicherheit lehren. Bedarfsanalyse und Konzeption eines integrierten Lehrprojekts für die medizinische Ausbildung
Quandt CGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc5 (2018-02-15) - book reviewLife Sciences
Susanne Kühl, Michael Kühl: Die Abschlussarbeit in den Life Sciences
Schmitz DGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc4 (2018-02-15) - book reviewHealth Care
Interdisziplinäres Autorenteam Witten (Hrsg.): Heal Your Hospital. Studierende für neue Wege der Gesundheitsversorgung
Störkel FGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc3 (2018-02-15) - conference reportInterprofessional
Interprofessional teaching and learning in the health occupations – A conference developed by and for young scientists in the field of education
Wild H, Thierfelder IGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc2 (2018-02-15) - thanksAcknowledgement
Acknowledgement to the Reviewers of GMS Journal for Medical Education
Fischer MR, Fabry GGMS J Med Educ__BAI_3. 2018;35(1):Doc1 (2018-02-15)
