With which level of competence do young medical professionals take up their career? - A survey among postgraduate trainees in Bavaria

Schneider D, Roos M, Steinhäuser J (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen Elsevier BV

Book Volume: 115-116

Pages Range: 79-84

DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2016.08.001

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Undergraduate training aims to enable medical students to become fully qualified physicians. The aim of the study was to explore the competences that newly graduated doctors (beginners) bring along from medical school into their postgraduate training. In this way areas can be identified that need to be better addressed during either under- or postgraduate training. METHODS: Competencies were assessed using a paper-based questionnaire that was sent out to 405 physicians in Bavaria being in the possession of a postgraduate training license in internal medicine, surgery and anaesthesiology. The questionnaire included items exploring the fields of competencies outlined in the CanMeds role descriptions. The results were analyzed using descriptive and exploratory methods. RESULTS: 190 of 405 questionnaires (47 %) were returned. 96 % of the participants were male, the average age was 54 years. The results indicated that most young medical professionals had the necessary theoretical knowledge to take up postgraduate training. However, putting theory into practice does not work well enough from the physician's point of view. DISCUSSION: An approach to further support the transfer of enormous amounts of theoretical knowledge acquired during years of study into medical expertise is needed. In this respect, recently published competence-based curricula for under- and postgraduate training might prove useful.

Authors with CRIS profile

Marco Roos Institute of General Practice

Involved external institutions

Koordinierungsstelle Allgemeinmedizin (KoStA) DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Schneider, D., Roos, M., & Steinhäuser, J. (2016). With which level of competence do young medical professionals take up their career? - A survey among postgraduate trainees in Bavaria. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen, 115-116, 79-84. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2016.08.001

MLA:

Schneider, Dagmar, Marco Roos, and Jost Steinhäuser. "With which level of competence do young medical professionals take up their career? - A survey among postgraduate trainees in Bavaria." Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen 115-116 (2016): 79-84.

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