Structure and process of university teaching in psychiatry: a field for methods of quality assurance and evaluation

Objective: Given the exceptional workload at a university psychiatric hospital and the current emphasis on clinical medicine and science, teaching is systematically being neglected.Methods: With the help of evaluation methods involving the completion of a questionnaire, lectures and seminars held du...

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Main Authors: Barkmann, Claus, Weidtmann, Katja, Schulte-Markwort, Michael
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2005-08-01
Series:GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2005-22/zma000060.shtml
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Summary:Objective: Given the exceptional workload at a university psychiatric hospital and the current emphasis on clinical medicine and science, teaching is systematically being neglected.Methods: With the help of evaluation methods involving the completion of a questionnaire, lectures and seminars held during one semester at the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf were assessed separately by students and lecturers in terms of form, content, lecturers, and overall assessment.Results: Despite organizational shortcomings, the lectures and seminars were rated on average as good in all four assessment areas. Using a bivariate prediction model, it was possible to explain 46% of the variance in overall assessment. A surprisingly high concordance was found between the assessments by students and lecturers.Conclusion: Continuous and systematic evaluation of lectures and seminars ensures and improves the quality of current and future teaching methods.
ISSN:1860-7446
1860-3572