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GMS Journal for Medical Education

Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA)

ISSN 2366-5017

About JME (ZMA)

Aims & Scope

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. There is a special focus on empirical studies which are methodologically sound and lead to results that are relevant beyond the respective institution, profession or country. Please feel free to submit qualitative as well as quantitative studies. We especially welcome submissions by students.

It is the mission of GMS Journal for Medical Education to contribute to furthering scientific knowledge in the German-speaking countries as well as internationally and thus to foster the improvement of teaching and learning and to build an evidence base for undergraduate and graduate education. To this end, the journal has set up an editorial board with international experts. All manuscripts submitted are subjected to a clearly structured peer review process. All articles are published bilingually in English and German and are available with unrestricted open access. Thus, GMS Journal for Medical Education is available to a broad international readership.

GMS Journal for Medical Education is published 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.

Until 2015 the journal was published under its German name GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung. By changing its name to GMS Journal for Medical Education, we wish to underline our international mission.

GMS Journal for Medical Education is part of the non-commercial portal German Medical Science (GMS) which is run by the Board of the Scientific Medical Organizations in Germany (AWMF) in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences. The journal is the organ of the DACH Society for Medical Education (GMA).

The journal is indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed and its articles are hosted at the PubMed Central repository. It is also covered by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) of the Web of Science, since 2023 it has a Journal Impact Factor.

Peer review process

The review process aims to ensure that only high-quality scientific and innovative manuscripts will be published, which provide new and interesting information to the readers. The process is based on a form of peer review, whereby the submitted manuscript is assessed by experts, who are well versed in the relevant field. The experts remain anonymous towards the author, but also towards each other.  

Numerous experts work as reviewers for GMS Journal for Medical Education. All experts publish scientifically and have expertise in the field of medical education research and possibly also in other fields of science. Normally two experts are asked to give their opinion about the submitted manuscript. The period for preparing the review is 21 working days. The experts are reminded if they do not adhere to the set time limit.

For the review there is an online form available for detailed criticism and modification requests for the manuscript. The author receives these comments in an anonymous form. The review closes with a classification of the work into one out of four categories:

  1. Accepted in the present form
  2. Revision necessary
  3. Rejected, resubmission possible
  4. Rejected

If the assessments of both reviewers lead to a result which indicates the first or second category, the procedure follows the results, as long as the assigned editor or the editors-in-chief do not have any fundamental reservations. The work will be accepted for publishing, when the expectations of the reviewers or the editors will be fulfilled.
If the manuscript is rejected unanimously by the reviewers, the authors regain their works with the detailed comments of the reviewers, in order to make transparent, why the manuscript was rejected. The assigned editor or the editors-in-chief reserve the right to modify the procedure.
In case of substantially differing reviews, i.e. if only one of the experts speaks for the acceptance, then a third review will be obtained. Taking the editor’s opinion into account a decision is made. This decision normally represents the majority of the three reviewers. It can occur that the expert who voted for rejection will be overruled. In that case this reviewer receives the favorable reviews of his two colleagues in an anonymous form including an accompanying letter, which state precisely why the work was accepted for publication despite his rejection. This is crucial to not create the impression of ignoring the founded critique of one of the experts. Besides GMS Journal for Medical Education offers to write an invited comment, which will be published with the work. Also in case of non-controversial manuscripts invited comments are very valuable, in order to evaluate new methods and stimulate the scientific discussion.

The overall goal of all efforts is to make the review of scientific submissions for GMS Journal for Medical Education as transparent as possible and as critical as necessary. 

For the authors:
Experience has shown that two points are frequently criticized: On the one hand it is lacking or inadequate reference to already existing research works or established theories and on the other hand deficiencies in presenting statistical data. In cases of doubt the assistance of a statistician is recommended before submitting the work.
Generally delays are often caused by submitted manuscripts, which do not comply with the formal requirements of GMS Journal for Medical Education, because e.g. tables or the abstract are missing. A strict compliance with the authors’ guidelines is strongly recommended.

Editorial Board

Schriftleiter/Chief Editor:

Prof. Dr. med. Martin Fischer, MME (Bern)
Klinikum der Universität München, LMU München
Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin (DAM)
Pettenkoferstr. 8a
80336 München
Germany
E-Mail: Prof. Dr. med. Martin Fischer

Stellvertretender Schriftleiter/Assistant Chief Editor:

Dr. med. Götz Fabry, MHPE
Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie
Rheinstraße 12
79104 Freiburg/Breisgau
Germany
E-Mail: Dr. med. Götz Fabry

Redaktionsbüro/Editorial Office:

Beate Hespelein
Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA)
Redaktionsbüro GMS Journal for Medical Education
Henkestr. 91
91052 Erlangen
Germany
Phone: +49 9131 92634 09
E-Mail: ZMA Redaktionsbüro/Editorial Office
URL: http://www.gma-dach.org

Herausgebergremium/Editorial Board:
Prof. Dr. med. Attila Altiner
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Abteilung Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung
Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
E-Mail: attila.altiner@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Dr. med. Iris Demmer, MME
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Institut für Allgemeinmedizin
Humboldtallee 38
37073 Göttingen
Germany
E-Mail: iris.demmer@med.uni-goettingen.de
   

Prof. Dr. med. vet. Jan P. Ehlers
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Fakultät für Gesundheit
Didaktik und Bildungsforschung im Gesundheitswesen
Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50
58448 Witten
Germany
E-Mail: jan.ehlers@uni-wh.de

Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Gerhard-Szép, MME
Goethe-Universität
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Carolinium Zahnärztliches Universitäts-Institut GGmbH
Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltung
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
Haus 29
60596 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
E-Mail: s.szep@em.uni-frankfurt.de
 
Prof. Dr. med. dent. Rainer Haak
Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
Universitätszahnmedizin Leipzig
Poliklinik für Konservierende Zahnheilkunde und Parodontologie
Liebigstr. 10-14
04103 Leipzig
Germany
E-Mail: rainer.haak@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Wolfgang Hampe
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Institut für Biochemie II
Molekulare ZellbiologieZentrum für Experimentelle Medizin
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail: hampe@uke.de
   

Prof. Dr. med. Sigrid Harendza, MME
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
III. Medizinische Klinik
Arbeitsbereich Ausbildungsforschung
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail: harendza@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Prof. Dr. med. Wolf Hautz, MME
Inselspital Bern
Universitäres Notfallzentrum
Freiburgstr. 16c
3010 Bern
Switzerland
E-Mail: wolf.hautz@insel.ch
   
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Herzig, MME
TH Köln
Claudiusstr. 1
50968 Köln
Germany
E-Mail: stefan.herzig@th-koeln.de
Assoc. Prof. Laura Hirshfield, Ph.D
University of Illinois
College of Medicine
Department of Medical Education
Dr. Georges Bordage Medical Education Faculty Scholar
808 S Wood St
Chicago, IL 6061
USA
E-Mail: lhirshf@uic.edu
 
Prof. Dr. med. Sören Huwendiek, MME
Universität Bern
Medizinische Fakultät
Institut für Medizinische Lehre
Abteilung für Assessment und Evaluation AAE
Mittelstr. 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland
E-Mail: soeren.huwendiek@unibe.ch
Prof. Dr. med. Jana Jünger, MME
Institut für Kommunikations- und Prüfungsforschung gGmbH
Wieblinger Weg 92a
69123 Heidelberg
Germany
E-Mail: j.juenger@cares.institute
   
Prof. Dr. med. Martina Kadmon, MME
Universität Augsburg
Medizinische Fakulät
Dekanat
Universitätsstr. 2
86159 Augsburg
Germany
E-Mail: martina.kadmon@med.uni-augsburg.de
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kiessling
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Fakultät für Gesundheit
Department für Humanmedizin
Lehrstuhl für die Ausbildung personaler und interpersonaler Kompetenzen im Gesundheitswesen
Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50
58448 Witten
Germany
E-Mail: claudia.kiessling@uni-wh.de
   
Dr. rer. biol. hum. Katja Kühlmeyer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Institut für Ethik, Geschichte und Theorie der Medizin
Lessingstr. 2
80336 München
Germany
E-Mail: katja.kuehlmeyer@med.uni-muenchen.de

Prof. Dr. Susanne Michl
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften
Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Ethik in der Medizin
Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF)
Thielallee 71
14195 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: susanne.michl@charite.de

 

 
Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Nikendei, MME
Universität Heidelberg
Medizinische Universitätsklinik
Im Neuenheimer Feld 410
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
E-Mail: christoph.nikendei@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Dr. John J. Norcini, PhD
Foundation for Advancement of International 
Medical Education and Research
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2685
USA
E-Mail: jnorcini@faimer.org

 
Dr. Michal Nowakowski, PhD
Jagiellonian University 
School of Medicine
ul. sw. Anny 12
31-008 Kraków
Poland
E-Mail: mmnowakowski@gmail.com
Assoc. Prof. Hyunmi Park, MBChB, FRCS, Ph.D.
Korea University
College of Medicine
Department of Medical Education
Seoul
Republic of Korea (South)
E-Mail: hyunmipark@korea.ac.kr
   
Assoc. Prof. Tracy de Peralta, DMD, Ph.D, MClinEd
University of Colorado
School of Dental Medicine
Restorative Dentistry
13065 East 17th Avenue
Aurora CO 80045
USA
E-Mail: tracy.deperalta@cuanschutz.edu
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Rotthoff, MME
Universität Augsburg
Medizinische Fakultät
Lehrstuhl für Medizindidaktik und Ausbildungsforschung
Stenglinstr. 2
86159 Augsburg
Germany
E-Mail. thomas.rotthoff@med.uni-augsburg.de
   
Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Schäfer, MME
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Medizinische Fakultät
Zentrum für Medizinische Lehre
Stiepeler Straße 129
44780 Bochum
Germany
E-Mail: Thorsten.Schaefer@rub.de
Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Schelling
Hausärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis Martinsried
Röntgenstr. 2
82152 Planegg
Germany
E-Mail: prof.dr.schelling@icloud.com
 
Dr. med. Christian Schirlo, MME
Universität Luzern
Fakultät Gesundheitswissenschaften und Medizin
Studienzentrum
Frohburgstr. 3
6002 Luzern
Switzerland
E-Mail: christian.schirlo@unilu.ch
Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Schmidmaier
Klinikum der Universität München
Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV
Ziemssenstr. 1
80336 München
Germany
E-Mail: ralf.schmidmaier@med.uni-muenchen.de
   
Dr. med. Kai Schnabel, MME
Universität Bern
Institut für Medizinische Lehre (IML)
Abteilung für Unterricht und Medien
Mittelstr. 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland
E-Mail: kai.schnabel@unibe.ch

PD Dr. rer. nat. Katrin Schüttpelz-Brauns
Universitätsmedizin Mannheim (UMM)
Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg
Geschäftsbereich Studium und Lehrentwicklung
Abteilung Medizinische Ausbildungsforschung
Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3
68167 Mannheim
Germany
E-Mail: katrin.schuettpelz-brauns@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

 
Dr. med. Thomas Shiozawa-Bayer, MME
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Anatomisches Institut
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 8
72076 Tübingen
Germany
E-Mail: thomas.shiozawa-bayer@uni-tuebingen.de
Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Siebeck, MME
LMU Klinikum
Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin (DAM)
Pettenkoferstr. 8a
80336 München
Germany
E-Mail: msiebeck@lmu.de
 

Dr. h.c. (RUS) Christoph Stosch, MME
Universität zu Köln
Medizinische Fakultät
Studiendekanat
Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9
50931 Köln
Germany
E-Mail: c.stosch@uni-koeln.de

Dr. Daniel Tolks
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Am Wilschenbrucher Weg 84a
21335 Lüneburg
Germany
E-Mail: daniel.tolks@leuphana.de
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8597-5189
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielTolks

   
Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Michaela Wagner-Menghin
Medizinische Universität Wien
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie
Währinger Gürtel 18-20
1090 Wien
Austria
E-Mail: michaela.wagner-menghin@meduniwien.ac.at
Prof. Dr. Ursula Walkenhorst
Universität Osnabrück
FB 8 – Humanwissenschaften
Institut für Gesundheitsforschung und Bildung (IGB)
Abteilung Didaktik der Humandienstleistungsberufe
Nelson-Mandela-Str. 13
49076 Osnabrück
Germany
E-Mail: ursula.walkenhorst@uni-osnabrueck.de
   
Prof. Dr. Marjo Wijnen-Meijer
Technische Universität Dresden
Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus
Professur für Medizindidaktik
Fetscherstr. 74
01307 Dresden
Germany
E-Mail: marjo.wijnen-meijer@tu-dresden.de
Dr. Tegbar Yigzaw, PhD
Jimma University
Adjunct Faculty
378 Jimma University
Ethiopia
E-Mail: tegbar.yigzaw@jhpiego.org

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