Medicine

About this programme

The aim is to provide students with the best preparation for entry into working life and an optimal foundation for postgraduate training in all specialist disciplines based on a broad medical education. At the same time, they should be capable of critically engaging with medical changes over the course of their working life in the sense of lifelong learning. This curriculum also incorporates postgraduate professional development content in order to create a consistent concept for the entire medical education. The objective of the Medicine Diploma program is to impart theoretical knowledge, to practice and develop psychosocial abilities and practical skills and to shape ethical behavior. It consists of a core curriculum (compulsory courses) and elective elements (compulsory electives and free electives). The core curriculum is defined on the basis of clinical presentations that are selected according to the following criteria: The learning goals of the individual clinical presentations are defined according to the biopsychosocial model of health in the following dimensions: knowledge (biomedical/psychosocial), skills/abilities (diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using the latest equipment and instruments) and attitudes. Content from the areas prevention, rehabilitation, ethics, geriatrics and palliative medicine receives in-depth treatment. With regard to medical ethics, this involves integrating ethically relevant topics into the individual modules while recognizing them as such. These topics build upon each other: