| General |
| Aim of survey |
Information about the career perspectives of medical students and the currently perceived hindrances for later clinical work |
| Planning and execution of survey, analysis |
University of Trier |
| Survey period |
14 June to 9 July 2010 |
| Type of survey |
Online survey with the support of the deans (or deans of students) of the medical schools in Germany |
| Link |
www.unipark.de/uc/medizinstudierende/ |
| Target group |
All medical students nationwide |
| Survey phase |
| End of March 2010 |
First questionnaire conference at the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians |
| Beginning of April 2010 |
Revision of the questionnaire |
| Mid-April 2010 |
The deans of the medical schools are informed of the survey by post and asked for their support. In parallel, the 17 regional associations of statutory health insurance physicians are informed of the project, also by post. |
| End of April 2010 |
First follow-up: e-mails are sent to the deans (or deans of students) of the medical schools that have not yet offered support. |
| Mid-May 2010 |
The Medical Faculty Conference is involved in the design of the questionnaire. |
| Second follow-up: telephone calls to the deans (or deans of students) of the medical schools that have still not offered support. At the same time, regional associations of statutory health insurance physicians are asked to contact the medical schools that have not yet agreed to participate. |
| Beginning of June 2010 |
Before the start of the survey the article "Ärztemangel: Was tun wenn der Nachwuchs ausbleibt?” (“Not enough doctors: what if too few new physicians enter the medical profession?"), announcing the survey, appears in Deutsches Ärzteblatt. |
| E-Mail reminders to all participating universities that the survey starts on 14 June. |
| 14 June 2010 |
The survey starts. |
| End of June 2010 |
By the end of June 2010, around 6600 medical students have already completed the questionnaire and sent it in. Depending on the number of responses, the universities are contacted again in a third follow-up:
more than 300 respondents (n = 9) : university receives e-mail of thanks between 50 and 299 respondents (n = 15): university receives e-mail of thanks with additional request to remind the students fewer than 50 respondents: (n = 10): university is contacted in person and also receives a reminder by e-mail
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| 9 July 2010 |
The survey ends. Around 12 500 medical students have taken part. |
