Teaching practice network
Teaching practice network
Strong network for outpatient training
The model degree programme in Medicine focuses on intensive practical training from the very first module – both at the University Medicine Oldenburg’s partner hospitals and in outpatient care.
During the first three years of study, students spend a total of six weeks on outpatient placements as part of their integrated internships, four of which are in general practice. In the fourth and fifth years, students gain predominantly practical experience in clinical settings, in line with the curriculum.
To ensure this training – which continues later in the block lab course in general practice (years 4/5) and the clinical year (Year 6), University Medicine Oldenburg can draw on a large network of private medical practices in north-west Germany, which participate in the training and are prepared and supported in this by the Department of General Practice. The teaching practice network brings the practical realities of everyday outpatient medicine into the degree programme.
We are not yet a teaching practice and would like to be part of it!
If you are interested in working as a teaching practice, please contact Renate Kettmann:
The Department of General Practice regularly organises the so-called "Teaching Doctors' Day". This gives you the opportunity to obtain comprehensive information and training so that you can supervise medical students in Oldenburg in the future.
You can also find more information here: https://uol.de/allgemeinmedizin/lehrpraxen-netzwerk
Information for existing teaching practices
We offer training sessions for our teaching practices to ensure they are prepared for all clinical placements, the block lab course and the practical year.
Since 2018, we have been organising the allocation of observation placements and places for the block lab course via the university’s own tool (Stud.IP).
If you wish to make any changes to the details regarding your practice (staff, equipment, etc.), please let us know by email:
Criteria for teaching physicians and teaching practices at the University of Oldenburg
The three-stage Oldenburg training model
Stage 1:
The GP must complete a questionnaire and attend a training session (3 double lessons), during which they are taught the content covered in the internships. Following the initial training, they are designated as a ‘supervising GP’ and are authorised to supervise students during clinical placements in the first three years of their degree.
Specific features:
Course content for clinical placements (logbooks):
1. Introduction and the musculoskeletal system
2. Medical history and examination for diseases of the internal organs
3. Chronic diseases of the internal organs, prevention, and medical ethics and law
4. Counselling, disability and patients in care homes
Due to the nature of the course content, an ultrasound scanner is required for the third clinical placement.
Stage 2:
Those who have gained experience with students during clinical placements may, following further training on block lab courses in general practice, also supervise students during the two-week block lab course in general practice (years 4/5). The practice may now call itself an ‘Academic Teaching Practice’, although this status is linked to the teaching doctor who has attended the training.
Stage 3:
To supervise final-year students, one must have gained experience with the block lab course. The practice retains its status as an academic teaching practice.
The practice should have an additional room or consultation room available where students can talk to and examine patients on their own.
Medical Centre/Joint Practice:
- The GP should be committed to working as a teaching doctor in the long term, as the role of a teaching practice is tied to the individual.
- Doctors can share the training responsibilities. However, if a doctor moves to another practice, they may need to catch up on or supplement their training.
Otherwise, the requirements are similar to those for recognition as a training centre by the Medical Association:
- As comprehensive a range of GP care as possible
- a broad patient base
- Home visits
- Care for care home residents
- Conventional medical approach
For teaching practices that are not located close to students’ homes: it is desirable to provide support in organising their stay so that students are more likely to choose that practice. Ideally, the local authority should be able to provide a guest room. Some support for travel expenses is available from the districts.