About us
School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences – comprises the departments of Human Medicine, Medical Physics and Acoustics, Neurosciences, Psychology and Health Services Research. Together with the four regional hospitals, School V forms University Medicine Oldenburg. There is also close collaboration with the University Medical Centre at the University of Groningen.

Health services research is one of the two key research focuses of School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Oldenburg. The Division of General Practice within the Department of Health Services Research is particularly dedicated to researching and further developing general practice care and its future organisation.

We are looking to strengthen our team for the newly established scientific coordination office, which aims to improve networking between medical students and academic teaching practices. The post offers the opportunity to play a part at a key interface between undergraduate studies, university teaching and general practice, and to actively develop and provide academic support for the collaboration between students and teaching practices. We are also seeking support for our teaching and research activities.

Your responsibilities

• Expanding and networking with students and academic teaching practices
• Selection, training, further qualification and supervision of teaching practices, as well as ongoing network maintenance
• Developing innovative teaching formats, including in collaboration with the Dean’s Office
• Designing and delivering teaching modules
• Supervision of qualification projects
• Initiating smaller-scale research projects with interested practices or involving them in ongoing research projects
• Academic support and evaluation
• Further exploration of your own research interests as part of your academic development

Your profile

Entry requirements:

• A completed academic degree (Diplom (Uni)/Master’s) in medicine, health sciences or a comparable discipline
• Knowledge of medical didactics and/or ‘train-the-teacher’/‘train-the-trainer’ concepts
• Experience with digital and blended learning formats
• Experience in academic research and publishing
• Proficiency in standard IT applications and a good understanding of presentation and facilitation techniques
• Very good written and spoken German and English

A general interest in general practice, as well as in teaching and research within general practice, is expected.

The following would be advantageous:

• A licence to practise medicine
• Experience in general practice
• Experience in delivering teaching sessions
• Experience in initiating, conducting and evaluating scientific studies, ideally in the context of outpatient medical care

We offer

• Remuneration in accordance with collective agreements (annual bonus, company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits), including 30 days’ annual leave
• Support and guidance during your induction period
• A family-friendly environment with flexible working hours (flexitime) and the option of working remotely on a part-time basis
• Employee health promotion services
• A comprehensive, free continuing professional development programme, as well as our own scheme to support early-career researchers (https://uol.de/medizin/nachwuchs)

Our commitment

The University of Oldenburg is committed to increasing the proportion of women in academia. Women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply. In accordance with Section 21(3) of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG), female applicants with equivalent qualifications shall be given preferential consideration. People with severe disabilities shall be given preferential consideration where they are equally qualified.

Further information

There is an opportunity to pursue your own academic qualification.

contact

For further information, please contact Prof. Michael Freitag, , 0441-798 4307.

Apply now

Please email your application by 5 October 2026 to

Please submit your complete application documents (statement of motivation, CV, certificates) under the reference ‘Coordination of Further Education’ as a single PDF file (max. 20 MB).