Table 2.

Ranking order of the 25 competencies by all participating physicians

Competency	Total (N = 202)	Hamburg (n = 76)		Oldenburg (n = 44)		Munich (n = 82)
	rank	rank	Mdn	rank	Mdn	rank	Mdn
Responsibility	1	1	5	1	5	2	5
Knowing and maintaining own personal bounds and possibilities	2	4	5	2	5	5	4
Teamwork and collegiality	3	2	4	3	4	1	5
Empathy and openness	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Structure, work planning and priorities	5	3	5	5	4	9	4
Coping with mistakes	6	6	4	7	4	8	4
Active listening to patients	7	8	3.5	6	4	4	4
Scientifically and empirically grounded method of working	8	7	4	10	4	6	4
Ethical awareness	9	10	3	8	3.5	7	4
Verbal communication with colleagues and supervisors	10	9	3	12	3	10	3
Advising patients	11	13	3	9	3	12	3
Safety and risk management	12	14	3	11	3	18	3
Active professional development	13	11	3	16	3	16	3
Coping with uncertainty	14	12	3	17	3	17	3
Handling emotions of patients and their relatives	15	18	2.5	13	3	13	3
Adapted informing of patients	16	17	3	15	3	11	3
Respecting privacy and autonomy of the patient	17	19	2.5	18	3	14	3
Attention to individual patient background	18	15	3	14	3	15	3
Written (and digital) account/report to colleagues and supervisors	19	16	3a	21	2	19	2
Attention to relatives and caregivers	20	21	2	19	2.5	21	2
Continuity in the care process	21	20	2	20	2	22	2
Attention to psychosocial aspects of health problems	22	23	2	22	2	20	2
Role differentiation	23	22	2	23	1	23	1
Active health promotion	24	24	1	24	1	24	1
Financial and social awareness	25	25	1	25	1	25	1

^a p < .05; ranks 1 – 10 are marked in bold