Die Zukunft der ärztlichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland - Positionspapier des Ausschusses Weiterbildung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA)

The German graduate medical education system is going through an important phase of changes. Besides the ongoing reform of the national Dagmar M. David Alexander Euteneier guidelines for graduate medical education (MusterweiterbildungsordMartin R. Fischer nung), other factors like societal and demographic changes, health and Eckhart G. Hahn research policy reforms also play a central role for the future and competitiveness of graduate medical education. Jonas Johannink With this position paper, the committee on graduate medical education of the Society for Medical Education (GMA) would like to point out some central questions for this process and support the current discourse. Katharina Kulike Robert Lauch As an interprofessional and interdisciplinary scientific society, the GMA has the resources to contribute in a meaningful way to an evidencebased and future-oriented graduate medical education strategy. Elmar Lindhorst Michael Noll-Hussong Severin Pinilla In this position paper, we use four key questions with regards to educational goals, quality assurance, teaching competence and policy requireMarkus Weih ments to address the core issues for the future of graduate medical Vanessa Wennekes education in Germany. The GMA sees its task in contributing to the necessary reform processes as the only German speaking scientific society in the field of medical education. 1 Dusseldorf, Deutschland