Figure 1. The structure of medical study in Germany according to subjects and state exams.

Notes: Left column: medical licensure regulations up to 2002 (ÄVP:= preliminary medical exam, M1:= first part of the state medical exam, M2-old:= second part of the state medical exam, M3-old:= third part of the state medical exam); middle column left of center: a regular curriculum in compliance with the medical licensure regulations between 2003 and 2013 (M1-new:= first part of the state medical exam, M2-new:= second part of the state medical exam); middle column right of center: a regular curriculum in compliance with the medical licensure regulations since 2013 (M1:= first part of the state medical exam, M2-new:= second part of the state medical exam, M3:= third part of the state medical exam; right column: the model curriculum HannibaL at MHH (M1*:= alternative exams in the model study program instead of the central M1, M2:= second part of the state medical exam, M3:= third part of the state medical exam).