News
July 1, 2005
"E-learning: Status quo and chances in general practice" now online
A national symposium for innovations in medical teaching
The new approbation terms for medical practitioners have led to a considerable increase of teaching tasks - very often with the same human resources. E-learning is: "A desirable change, supported by information and communication technology, in the individual's capabilities" (Wallin 2004). How can E-learning support the education and the advanced training in general practice?
E-learning shall be tested for its didactic applicability in general practice, chances and limitations will be discussed to provide a suitable perspective in the frame of education, advanced and continuing training. On July 8 / 9, 2005 this topic will be debated at a symposium with national and international speakers, hosted by the Institute for General Practice at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt (director: Professor Ferdinand M. Gerlach, MD, MPH) in cooperation with the German Association for General Practice (DEGAM) and the universities of Marburg, Ulm and Witten-Herdecke. "A professional exchange with colleagues and experts shall be initiated and the manifold activities shall be brought together", says Jochen Gensichen, MD, MPH, MSE, Senior Researcher at the Institute for General Practice in Frankfurt and one of the hosts of the symposium.
The abstracts of the meeting are now available here on German Medical Science.
