title: Twelve tips for successfully implementing logbooks in clinical training.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Logbooks are widely used to set learning outcomes and to structure and standardize teaching in clinical settings. Experience shows that logbooks are not always optimally employed in clinical training. In this article, we have summarized our own experiences as well as results of studies into twelve tips on how to successfully implement logbooks into clinical settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted both a workshop concerning the importance of logbook training to exchange experiences in teaching practice, organization, didactic knowledge and a literature research to compare our own experiences and add additional aspects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tips include the process of developing the logbook itself, the change-management process, conditions of training and the integration of logbooks into the curriculum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Logbooks can be a valuable tool for training in clinical settings, especially when multiple sites are involved, when you take our tips into consideration.
authors: a Heidelberg University , Germany .
authors: Katrin
authors: K
authors: Schüttpelz-Brauns
authors: a Heidelberg University , Germany .
authors: Elisabeth
authors: E
authors: Narciss
authors: b University of Freiburg , Germany .
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Schneyinck
authors: b University of Freiburg , Germany .
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Böhme
authors: b University of Freiburg , Germany .
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Brüstle
authors: c University of Tubingen , Germany.
authors: Ulrike
authors: U
authors: Mau-Holzmann
authors: c University of Tubingen , Germany.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Lammerding-Koeppel
authors: a Heidelberg University , Germany .
authors: Udo
authors: U
authors: Obertacke
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration