Medizinischpsychologische Lehre im Zeichen der neuen
Approbationsordnung für Ärzte – Ergebnisse einer Befragung von
universitären medizinpsychologischen Einrichtungen
Affiliations: Institut und Poliklinik für Medizinische
Psychologie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum
Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Gebäude S 35, 20246 Hamburg
Note: [] Korrespondenzadresse: Dr. Stefan Dietsche, Institut und
Poliklinik für Medizinische Psychologie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale
Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52,
Gebäude S 35, 20246 Hamburg. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Medical Psychology within the new legislation on licensure
requirements for physicians – an empirical ananlysis of the
implementation process With a new legislation on licensure requirements for physicians
(ÄAppO, 2002) coming into force, German Universities have been given the
task of restructuring their preclinical and clinical programs of medical
studies. Since these new licensure requirements for physicians were announced,
a discussion has been going on about the involved chances and risks for the
psycho-social curriculum. In a survey on behalf of the DGMP (Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Medizinische Psychologie; German Society for Medical Psychology) the directors
of institutes for medical psychology at German universities were asked about
their experience with the implementation of the new ÄAppO. The institutes report on advantages as well as disadvantages.
Advantages are a) the improved integration of medical psychology and other
psycho-social and medical subjects and b) the increased impact of mediccal
psychology in the course of the study. Disadvantages are particularly a) the
increased stress students and lecturers are subjected to due to the new
comprehensive curriculum and b) the omission of the oral examination in medical
psychology in the first part of the examination. Implementing the new ÄAppO the institutes for medical
psychology initiated various changes in their medical curriculum, nevertheless
its full potential seems to be not fully tapped yet.
Keywords: education in human medicine, licensure requirements for physicians, medical psychology, curriculum
