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GMS Journal for Medical Education (GMS J Med Educ) – formerly GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung – publishes scientific articles on all aspects of undergraduate and graduate education in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and other health professions. Research and review articles, project reports, short communications as well as discussion papers and comments may be submitted. Manuscripts may be submitted in English or German. Each Articles will be translated into the other language respectively. GMS Journal for Medical Education is published regularly as an unrestricted open access journal with at least four issues per year. In addition, special issues on current topics in medical education research are also published.
The journal is the organ of the German Association for Medical Education (GMA) (http://www.gma-dach.org). Until 2015 the journal was published under its German name GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung.
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Recent Publications
GMS Journal for Medical Education
Volume 40
Issue 3: Planetary Health and Climate Medicine/Planetare Gesundheit und Klimamedizin
The climate crisis and planetary health in teaching
Nikendei C, Kühl SJ, Bugaj TJGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc39 (20230515)
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Initiatives promoting planetary health education in Germany: An overview
Schwienhorst-Stich EM, Wabnitz K, Geck E, Gepp S, Jung L, Mumm A, Schmid J, Simmenroth A, Simon J, Eichinger MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc38 (20230515)
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Climate change and health in international medical education – a narrative review
Boekels R, Nikendei C, Roether E, Friederich HC, Bugaj TJGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc37 (20230515)
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Integrating climate change and health topics into the medical curriculum – a quantitative needs assessment of medical students at Heidelberg University in Germany
Rybol L, Nieder J, Amelung D, Hachad H, Sauerborn R, Depoux A, Herrmann AGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc36 (20230515)
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Planetary health as a main topic for the qualification in digital teaching – a project report
Flägel K, Manke M, Zimmermann K, Wagener S, Pante SV, Lehmann M, Herpertz SC, Fischer MR, Jünger JGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc35 (20230515)
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Elective course “Climate-sensitive health counselling” – prevention as an opportunity for people and planet? An interactive, student-led project focusing on prevention and agency in physician’s climate communication
Fülbert H, Schäfer LN, Gerspacher LM, Bösner S, Schut C, Krolewski R, Knipper MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc34 (20230515)
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Concept and implementation of the longitudinal mosaic curriculum planetary health at the Faculty of Medicine in Würzburg, Germany
Schmid J, Mumm A, König S, Zirkel J, Schwienhorst-Stich EMGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc33 (20230515)
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Climate change and health: Changes in student environmental knowledge and awareness due to the implementation of a mandatory elective at the Medical Faculty of Ulm?
Müller L, Kühl M, Kühl SJGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc32 (20230515)
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From niche topic to inclusion in the curriculum – design and evaluation of the elective course “climate change and health”
Lemke D, Holtz S, Gerber M, Amberger O, Schütze D, Müller B, Wunder A, Fast MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc31 (20230515)
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The impact of climate change on the medical profession – a newly implemented course on medical ecology
Gundacker C, Himmelbauer MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc30 (20230515)
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Students experience the effects of climate change on children’s health in role play and develop strategies for medical work – an interactive seminar
Jonas F, Hagen A, Ackermann BW, Knüpfer MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc29 (20230515)
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Global health – spread it with comics!
Praschinger A, Koblizek R, Kutalek R, Masel EKGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc28 (20230515)
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A hidden curriculum for environmental topics in medical education: Impact on environmental knowledge and awareness of the students
Straßer P, Kühl M, Kühl SJGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc27 (20230515)
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Initiative for the implementation of planetary health in postgraduate medical training and continuing medical education in Switzerland
Rieser R, Weil B, Jenni N, Brodmann Maeder MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc26 (20230515)
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Christoph Nikendei, Till Johannes Bugaj, Anna Cranz, Alina Herrmann, Julia Tabatabai: Heidelberger Standards der Klimamedizin – Wissen und Handlungsstrategien für den klinischen Alltag und die medizinische Lehre im Klimawandel
Morschek LGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(3):Doc25 (20230515)
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Issue 2
“Where my responsibility lies”: Reflecting on medicine during the Holocaust to support personal and professional identity formation in health professions education
Riesen MS, Kiessling C, Tauschel D, Wald HSGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc24 (20230417)
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Understanding of professionalism among medical students in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic – a qualitative monocentric study
Prade A, Keis O, Sebastian T, Öchsner WGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc23 (20230417)
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Medical students’ perspectives on racism in medicine and healthcare in Germany: Identified problems and learning needs for medical education
Gerhards SM, Schweda M, Weßel MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc22 (20230417)
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental burden and quality of life in medical students – results of an online survey
Halfmann M, Wetzel L, Castioni N, Kiefer F, König S, Schmieder A, Koopmann AGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc21 (20230417)
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Interteam PERINAT – interprofessional team collaboration in undergraduate midwifery and medical education in the context of obstetric emergencies: Presentation of simulation scenarios and empirical evaluation results
Tauscher A, Stepan H, Todorow H, Rotzoll DGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc20 (20230417)
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Virtual reality against Zoom fatigue? A field study on the teaching and learning experience in interactive video and VR conferencing
Speidel R, Felder E, Schneider A, Öchsner WGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc19 (20230417)
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Immersive training of clinical decision making with AI driven virtual patients – a new VR platform called medical tr.AI.ning
Mergen M, Junga A, Risse B, Valkov D, Graf N, Marschall B., medical tr.AI.ning consortiumGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc18 (20230417)
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“Fit for the finals” – project report on a telemedical training with simulated patients, peers, and assessors for the licensing exam
Harendza S, Bußenius L, Gärtner J, Heuser M, Ahles J, Prediger SGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc17 (20230417)
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Development and evaluation of a virtual reality training for emergency treatment of shortness of breath based on frameworks for serious games
Rickenbacher-Frey S, Adam S, Exadaktylos AK, Müller M, Sauter TC, Birrenbach TGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc16 (20230417)
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OPEN Hackathon at the TUM School of Medicine, Germany
Mosene K, Kleinesper C, Prokop G, Caroli F, Teufel D, Berberat PO, Wijnen-Meijer MGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc15 (20230417)
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Norbert Donner-Banzhoff: Die ärztliche Diagnose: Erfahrung – Evidenz – Ritual
Harendza SGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(2):Doc14 (20230417)
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Issue 1
JME has impact beyond the Impact Factor!
Fischer MR, Fabry GGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc13 (20230215)
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A simulation-based OSCE with case presentation and remote rating – development of a prototype
Bußenius L, Harendza SGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc12 (20230215)
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How to: Success factors for the implementation and establishment of the “longitudinal curriculum” on communicative competencies at the Medical Faculty Mannheim
Strohmer R, Linder U, Kaden JJGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc11 (20230215)
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“And how am I going to ask about this?” – introducing the course “sexual anamnesis” in peer teaching for medical students in Würzburg
Ruck J, Pramberger M, Späth I, Simmenroth A, Zirkel JGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc10 (20230215)
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From summative MAAS Global to formative MAAS 2.0 – a workshop report
Stamer T, Essers G, Steinhäuser J, Flägel KGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc9 (20230215)
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Immersive medium for early clinical exposure – knowledge acquisition, spatial orientation and the unexpected role of annotation in 360° VR photos
Speidel R, Schneider A, Walter S, Grab-Kroll C, Oechsner WGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc8 (20230215)
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Implicit expression of uncertainty in medical students during different sequences of clinical reasoning in simulated patient handovers
Harendza S, Bacher HJ, Berberat PO, Kadmon M, Gärtner JGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc7 (20230215)
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Final-year information on didactic and organizational issues for students and supervising physicians – project report on the development and implementation of the cross-site website PJ-input
Homberg A, Narciß E, Thiesbonenkamp-Maag J, Heindl F, Schüttpelz-Brauns KGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc6 (20230215)
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Some residents drop out of specialty training. How important is prior clinical experience? A survey among residents in the Netherlands
Querido SJ, de Rond ME, Wigersma L, ten Cate OGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc5 (20230215)
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Is COVID-19 perceived as a threat to equal career opportunities amongst Swiss medical students? A cross-sectional survey study from Bern and Geneva
Wohlfarth B, McConnell MM, Huguenin-Dezot M, Nendaz M, Kaderli RMGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc4 (20230215)
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Development of a project for interprofessional collaboration between medical and pharmacy students to improve medication safety in polypharmacy (PILLE)
Gehrke-Beck S, Petersen M, Herrmann WJ, Zimmermann N, Daub E, Seeger J, Schulz J, Czimmeck C, Lauterbach N, Peters H, Kloft C, Schulz M, Siebenbrodt I, Behrend RGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc3 (20230215)
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Friedrich Edelhäuser: Wahrnehmen und Bewegen – Grundlagen einer allgemeinen Bewegungslehre
Scheffer CGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc2 (20230215)
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Acknowledgement to the reviewers of GMS Journal for Medical Education
Fischer MR, Fabry GGMS J Med Educ 2023; 40(1):Doc1 (20230215)
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