Fifteen years of the cologne medical model study course: has the expectation of increasing student interest in general practice specialization been fulfilled?

2019/10/15 by Heike Zims, Yassin Karay, Zims, Heike +7
Medicine · Social Sciences · #610 Medical sciences #Allgemeinmedizin #Approbationsordnung #Diversity and Career in Medicine #GP shortage #Hausarztmangel #Innovations in Medical Education #Medical Education and Admissions #Medical Licensure Act #Medicine #Modellstudiengang #Regelstudiengang #general practice #model study course #standard degree course

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001266

openalex publication_date 2019/10/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19

Abstract

The Cologne Model Study Course in Human Medicine has increased awareness of the subject of General Practice among students through a large number of curricular changes. The fact that only marginal effects can be demonstrated shows once more the strong dependence of choosing General Medicine as a career path on other factors (such as gender or the presence of positive role models) and emphasizes the necessity of promoting General Practice student education not only through increased curricular mapping but by additional innovative concepts to maximize the status of General Practice from the perspective of students.

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