What do international health electives and state examination scores have in common? – A cohort study to compare the results of written medical licensing examinations with the participation in international health electives during the final year of undergraduate medical education in Germany

2018/11/30 by Sylvère Störmann, Störmann, Sylvère, Matthias Angstwurm +1
Health Professions · Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Auslandspraktikum #Global Health Workforce Issues #Global Health and Surgery #Innovations in Medical Education #Medicine #Praktisches Jahr #final year undergraduate medical education #international health electives #medical licensing examination #Ärztliche Prüfung

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001200

openalex publication_date 2018/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19

Abstract

Students with higher GMLE1 scores go abroad during PY more often. Beyond that, students who pursue international health electives achieve higher GMLE2 scores than those who stay in Germany during PY. There is an unmet need for additional research to identify which factors make these students perform better and what motivates them to go abroad.

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• International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective
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• The Final Oral/Practical State Examination at Freiburg Medical Faculty in 2012 – Analysis of grading to test quality assurance
• Qualitätsmanagement der klinisch-praktischen Ausbildung im Praktischen Jahr des Medizinstudiums – Vorschlag eines Kriterienkatalogs der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung

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