title: [Development and Current Status of the Health Education Curriculum of the German Pension Insurance].
abstract: The health education curriculum of the German pension insurance comprises 27 patient education programs that are mostly indication-based. The curriculum aims to support the implementation of patient-oriented patient education in German rehabilitation centers. The effectiveness of several of the educational programs was evaluated in controlled trials with heterogeneous results. Overall, the dissemination of the evaluated programs in rehabilitation practice can be recommended. They constitute an essential part of the overall treatment concept, but are often modified in clinical practice. In particular, the physician led modules are frequently conducted in larger group settings. It is currently considered how these routine working conditions might be reflected in the quality assurance system of the German pension insurance and a cross-organizational conceptual framework.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, Berlin.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Worringen
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie, Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie, Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: Eva-Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bitzer
authors.affiliation: Institut für Alltagskultur, Bewegung und Gesundheit, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg.
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brandes
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie, Medizinische Soziologie und Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Faller
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005858:Germany; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010415:Pensions; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000193:education*