title: German MedicalTeachingNetwork (MDN) implementing national standards for teacher training.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An increasing demand for proof of professionalism in higher education strives for quality assurance (QA) and improvement in medical education. A wide range of teacher trainings is available to medical staff in Germany. Cross-institutional approval of individual certificates is usually a difficult and time consuming task for institutions. In case of non-acceptance it may hinder medical teachers in their professional mobility.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The faculties of medicine aimed to develop a comprehensive national framework, to promote standards for formal faculty development programmes across institutions and to foster professionalization of medical teaching.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Addressing the above challenges in a joint approach, the faculties set up the national MedicalTeacherNetwork (MDN). Great importance is attributed to work out nationally concerted standards for faculty development and an agreed-upon quality control process across Germany. Medical teachers benefit from these advantages due to portability of faculty development credentials from one faculty of medicine to another within the MDN system.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The report outlines the process of setting up the MDN and the national faculty development programme in Germany. Success factors, strengths and limitations are discussed from an institutional, individual and general perspective. Faculties engaged in similar developments might be encouraged to transfer the MDN concept to their countries.
authors.affiliation: a University of Tuebingen , Germany .
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lammerding-Koeppel
authors.affiliation: b Goethe University Frankfurt/Main , Germany .
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.affiliation: c Institut fuer Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin am Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen , Germany .
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goerlitz
authors.affiliation: d Kiel University , Germany .
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karsten
authors.affiliation: e Technische Universitaet Braunschweig , Germany .
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nounla
authors.affiliation: f Charité - University Medicine Berlin , Germany .
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: g University of Cologne , Germany .
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stosch
authors.affiliation: h German Association of Medical Faculties , Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dieter
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000193:education*; D005858:Germany; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D000068616:Professionalism / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*