The Physician-Patient Interaction in Family Practice – a Qualitative Study
Background: The personal contact between physician and patient and their interaction is an essential aspect in family practice. The evaluation of communication skills...
Eine Übersicht zu bestehenden und geplanten allgemeinmedizinischen Förderangeboten
Get Out to the Countryside during Medical Education
An Overview of all Established and Proposed Rural Medical ProgramsBackground: Primary health care in Germany is having enormous problems recruiting young doctors. The...
Ein Vergleich von hausärztlichen Forschungspraxen mit einer bundesweiten Zufallsstichprobe
Family Practitioners’ Views on Colorectal Cancer Screening
A Comparison of Research Practices with a Nationwide Sample of Family PractitionersBackground: Research practices enable health services research in a real family...
Piloting the Nephrology Awareness Program “niere.schützen” in Austrian Family Practices
Background: In January 2016 a campaign to raise nephrology awareness (“niere.schützen”) was launched in Styria, Austria. The aim was the early detection of patients at...
Making a Case for the DEGAM Position Paper on the Future of Family Medicine by Means of an Actual Doctor-Patient Encounter
Summary: The position paper on the future of family medicine by the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM) is used to analyze an actual...
Narrative Medicine: A Pilot Project at the Skills Lab of the University Medical Center Mainz
Summary: This article examines how the liberal arts and humanities can be interwoven with university education and continuing education for medical practitioners. Based...
