title: Recommendations for undergraduate training in the primary care sector--position paper of the GMA-Primary Care Committee.
abstract: During their studies to become medical professionals, all students are obliged to become familiar with various aspects of primary care. The aim is to provide all students with a high quality training which ensures the best possible cooperation across all sectors of the medical system. Primary care comprises the primary use of the medical service by an unfiltered set of patients as well as continued patient care--including home-care. This position paper was developed together with representatives of the German Society of University Teachers of General Practice (GHA), the German Society for Ambulatory General Paediatrics (DGAAP), the German Society of General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM) and the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM). It includes recommendations for teaching in the field of primary care in four different types of internships such as preclinical work experience ("Hospitation"), 4-week clinical traineeships of a casual nature ("Famulatur") and 2-week courses of structured and assessed clinical training ("Blockpraktikum") as well as a broad-based 4-month elective clinical placement in the final year (known as a practical year, "PJ"). The recommendations encompass structural and process criteria for internships in different general practices. In addition, for the first time recommendations for teaching on campus--in the fields of general medicine, paediatrics, numerous cross-sectional areas and other clinical fields, but also for clinical skills training--are set down here. In this position paper the intention is to demonstrate the possible ways in which more aspects of primary care could be integrated into undergraduate medical training.
authors.affiliation: Universität Bochum, Abteilung für Allgemeinmedizin, Bochum, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huenges
authors.affiliation: Universität Ulm, Abteilung Allgemeinmedizin, Ulm, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulich
authors.affiliation: Uniklinik Freiburg, Lehrbereich Allgemeinmedizin, Freiburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Böhme
authors.affiliation: Facharzt für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Sinsheim an der Elzenz, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Folkert
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fehr
authors.affiliation: Universität Freiburg, Medizinische Fakultät, Studiendekanat, Freiburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Irmgard
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Streitlein-Böhme
authors.affiliation: Drensteinfurt, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rüttermann
authors.affiliation: Universität Marburg, Abteilung für Allgemeinmedizin, Marburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.affiliation: Uniklinik Freiburg, Lehrbereich Allgemeinmedizin, Freiburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Wilhelm-Bernhard
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Niebling
authors.affiliation: Universität Bochum, Abteilung für Allgemeinmedizin, Bochum, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rusche
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D058006:General Practice / Q000193:education; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care / Q000193:education*; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: Primary care sector; medical education