Integration of radiation oncology teaching in medical studies by German medical faculties due to the new licensing regulations
Hendrik Dapper, Claus Belka, Felix Bock, Volker Budach, Wilfried Budach, Hans Christiansen, Jürgen Debus, Luitpold Distel, Jürgen Dunst, Franziska Eckert, Hans Theodor Eich, Wolfgang Eicheler, Rita Engenhart‐Cabillic, Rainer Fietkau, Daniel F. Fleischmann, Bernd Frerker, Frank A. Giordano, Anca‐Ligia Grosu, Klaus Herfarth, Guido Hildebrandt, David Kaul, Oliver Kölbl, Mechthild Krause, David Krug, Daniel Martin, Christiane Matuschek, Daniel Medenwald, Nils Hendrik Nicolay, Marcus Niewald, Michael Oertel, Cordula Petersen, Fabian Pöhl, Annette Raabe, Claus Rödel, Christian Rübe, Claudia Schmalz, Leonard Christopher Schmeel, Diana Steinmann, G. Stüben, Reinhard Thamm, Dirk Vordermark, Hilke Vorwerk, Thomas Wiegel, Daniel Zips, Stephanie E. Combs
Abstract
The new Medical Licensing Regulations 2025 (Ärztliche Approbationsordnung, ÄApprO) will soon be passed by the Federal Council (Bundesrat) and will be implemented step by step by the individual faculties in the coming months. The further development of medical studies essentially involves an orientation from fact-based to competence-based learning and focuses on practical, longitudinal and interdisciplinary training. Radiation oncology and radiation therapy are important components of therapeutic oncology and are of great importance for public health, both clinically and epidemiologically, and therefore should be given appropriate attention in medical education. This report is based on a recent survey on the current state of radiation therapy teaching at university hospitals in Germany as well as the contents of the National Competence Based Learning Objectives Catalogue for Medicine 2.0 (Nationaler Kompetenzbasierter Lernzielkatalog Medizin 2.0, NKLM) and the closely related Subject Catalogue (Gegenstandskatalog, GK) of the Institute for Medical and Pharmaceutical Examination Questions (Institut für Medizinische und Pharmazeutische Prüfungsfragen, IMPP). The current recommendations of the German Society for Radiation Oncology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie, DEGRO) regarding topics, scope and rationale for the establishment of radiation oncology teaching at the respective faculties are also included.