Spontaneously retrievable knowledge of German general practitioners depending on time since graduation, measured with the progress test medicine

2020/09/15 by Michaela Zupanic, Zupanic, Michaela, Jelena Kreuer +9
Health Professions · Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Hausärzt*innen #Health and Medical Research Impacts #Healthcare cost, quality, practices #Innovations in Medical Education #Medicine #Progress Test Medizin #Replikationsstudie #Wissensentwicklung #general practitioners #knowledge development #lebenslanges Lernen #life-long learning #progress test medicine #replication study

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001342

openalex publication_date 2020/09/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Recent graduates performed better in the PTM-GP; a doctor's licensing examination grade as well as training at a university hospital correlated positively with PTM-GP performance. A general doctor's knowledge level is moderately influenced by exam grades, time since graduation, the institutional affiliation of postgraduate training and medical specialisation. Individual changes in knowledge over time have to be deliberately considered in lifelong learning. In consequence, the on-going teaching of medical knowledge should be integrated mandatory and verifiable into general doctors' everyday practices, e.g. through repetitive knowledge tests with individual feedback and recommendations for further continuing medical education (CME).

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