Table 2

Planned curricular changes in Germany related to family medicine

Major topicPoint
(1) Competency orientation

  • Strengthen competency-based curricula

  • Further elaborate NKLM with all stakeholders

  • NKLM-based final exams

(2) Practical orientation

  • Integration of PC practices in medical education

  • Final exam in GP practice

(3) Longitudinal tracks

  • Scientific reasoning

  • Communication

  • Interprofessionalism

  • Family medicine

(4) Better representation of family medicine in the curriculum

  • Obligatory part of the medical licensure exam.

  • One quarter of the practical (final) year in ambulatory PC care.

  • Establishment of PC research networks.

  • Family medicine chairs in all universities.

  • GP, general practitioner; NKLM, National competency-based catalogue of learning objectives in medicine.; PC, Primary Care.