Der klinische Forscher in der psychosomatischen Medizin

TY - JOUR

T1 - Der klinische Forscher in der psychosomatischen Medizin

T2 - Status, Kompetenzen und Leistungen

AU - Hartmann, Mechthild

AU - Wild, Beate

AU - Herzog, Wolfgang

AU - Nikendei, Christoph

AU - Zipfel, Stephan

AU - Henningsen, Peter

AU - Löwe, Bernd

PY - 2008/6

Y1 - 2008/6

N2 - OBJECTIVE: Even though there is a high need of clinical research for the medical and psychotherapeutic practice in Germany, the interest in clinical research seems to be decreasing. The aim of this study was to assess the circumstances under which clinical research in psychosocial medicine is performed and to identify opportunities for improvement.METHODS: n = 53 residents of the departments for Psychosomatic Medicine of the University Hospitals of Heidelberg and Tübingen and of the Technical University of Munich were asked about their research activities, their subjective research skills, and their productivity in clinical psychosocial research. In addition, objective research knowledge was investigated using a multiple-choice test.RESULTS: Both, subjective research skills and objective research knowledge were relatively low. The percentage of correct answers in the multiple choice test was 33 %. Subjective problems were predominately stated regarding "biostatistics" and "study design". In terms of research productivity, 33 % of residents had published as first authors of an original journal article, and 12 % had submitted a successful grant proposal.DISCUSSION: Altogether, there is a high need of training in the field of clinical psychosomatic research. We are presenting a training model that is adapted to the conditions of young clinicians and that addresses both general clinical research and specific psychosocial clinical research.

AB - OBJECTIVE: Even though there is a high need of clinical research for the medical and psychotherapeutic practice in Germany, the interest in clinical research seems to be decreasing. The aim of this study was to assess the circumstances under which clinical research in psychosocial medicine is performed and to identify opportunities for improvement.METHODS: n = 53 residents of the departments for Psychosomatic Medicine of the University Hospitals of Heidelberg and Tübingen and of the Technical University of Munich were asked about their research activities, their subjective research skills, and their productivity in clinical psychosocial research. In addition, objective research knowledge was investigated using a multiple-choice test.RESULTS: Both, subjective research skills and objective research knowledge were relatively low. The percentage of correct answers in the multiple choice test was 33 %. Subjective problems were predominately stated regarding "biostatistics" and "study design". In terms of research productivity, 33 % of residents had published as first authors of an original journal article, and 12 % had submitted a successful grant proposal.DISCUSSION: Altogether, there is a high need of training in the field of clinical psychosomatic research. We are presenting a training model that is adapted to the conditions of young clinicians and that addresses both general clinical research and specific psychosocial clinical research.

KW - Clinical Competence

KW - Curriculum

KW - Focus Groups

KW - Humans

KW - Psychosomatic Medicine

KW - Research

KW - English Abstract

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-986181

DO - 10.1055/s-2007-986181

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

C2 - 17899496

VL - 58

SP - 230

EP - 237

JO - PSYCHOTHER PSYCH MED

JF - PSYCHOTHER PSYCH MED

SN - 0937-2032

IS - 6

ER -