As part of their medical training, students gain intensive insights into the structures, processes and working methods of outpatient care through practical placements. The network of teaching practices in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL), which is currently being set up, will cover the entire spectrum of GP care and many other outpatient specialities. In this way, students can gain experience in urban and rural practices of different sizes and specialisations as well as in medical care centres and experience the everyday life of doctors in private practice.
The medical degree programme at Bielefeld University focuses on GP care and outpatient medicine as a whole. The network of teaching practices enables students to familiarise themselves with the entire range of consultations in the outpatient sector at an early stage. Experience in communicating with patients is just as important for students as the experience of working together in an interprofessional practice team.
The following teaching formats are offered as part of this: The practical phases include the block internships, the curriculum-accompanied clinical traineeship and the practical year. Students also supervise patients over a longer period of time as part of the longitudinal patient support programme.
Haben Sie Interesse daran, sich mit lhrer Praxis als Lehrpraxis der Medizinischen Fakultät OWL einzubringen? Der Akkreditierungsprozess und die Didaktikschulungen für die hausärztlich versorgenden Praxen (Allgemeinmedizin, hausärztliche Innere Medizin und Pädiatrie) läuft seit einiger Zeit.
Wir freuen uns sehr, wenn Sie das unten auffindbare Antragsformular ausfüllen! Wir melden uns dann zeitnah bei Ihnen, um das weitere Vorgehen abzustimmen und sie in der Vorbereitung auf die Tätigkeit als Lehrpraxis der Universität Bielefeld zu unterstützen.
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Zögern Sie nicht, uns bei Fragen direkt zu kontaktieren (lehrpraxen.medizin@uni-bielefeld.de)!
Die Voraussetzungen, um Lehrpraxis zu werden, finden Sie hier.
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We will usually contact you by email within two weeks of your application and arrange an appointment for a 30-minute phone call or video conference. This will allow us to get to know each other a little better and discuss the most important aspects of your work as a teaching doctor. We will then review the documents and the results of the interview and, if all requirements are met, you will receive a contract to work as a teaching practice at Bielefeld University and a corresponding certificate. Subsequently, participation in a didactics training course is mandatory for all teaching practices. We would also be happy to visit you in your practice in order to exchange ideas with you personally. Re-accreditation usually takes place every three years.
You are a specialist in general medicine, internal medicine or paediatrics and have been working independently in primary care for at least two years. You supervise more than 500 cases per quarter. You have office hours of at least 30 hours per week. You have an additional examination room in which students can examine patients independently at least some of the time. You also have a typical GP or general paediatric spectrum in the practice without a one-sided practice orientation.
For group practices
For joint practices, we recommend that all practice partners complete the accreditation form, as this will form the basis for the subsequent issue of the certificate.
This depends, among other things, on your availability, the number of teaching physicians working in your practice and the available consultation rooms in order to ensure 1:1 supervision and to give students the opportunity to question and examine patients independently. We will be happy to advise you in accordance with the current requirements of the model degree programme.
Students are allocated to the teaching practices directly via the Medical School OWL. You will not have to spend any additional time on interviews. We will maintain a regular dialogue about your experiences with the students in your practice.
OUTLOOK: One exception to this is the practical year. Due to the intensity of this final stage of training, we would like to give you and the students the opportunity to get to know each other before you decide to work together.
We want to prepare you as well as possible for your tasks as teaching physicians. For this reason, a free training course in didactics with online and face-to-face modules totalling 3.5 hours is mandatory for accreditation. Among other things, the content of the internship phases will be discussed and special didactic skills will be taught, such as giving students structured re-enrolment (feedback). Opportunities for dialogue are also provided.
The face-to-face events are offered several times a year.
The time required depends on the teaching format and the students' level of training. The draft of the new Medical Licensing Regulations stipulates: "The teaching doctor shall spend a certain amount of time each day with the student, tailored to the training programme. During the training in the teaching practice, the students accompany the teaching doctor during patient contacts in the practice and during home visits. During the block work placement, for example, students conduct patient consultations, physical examinations and supplementary examinations independently every day where possible. Case discussions take place regularly." (ÄApprO § 34)
Just as we ask you to provide students with learning feedback, we also ask students to provide a structured evaluation of their work placement. This procedure has already proven its worth at other universities. It serves to monitor students' learning success and also supports respectful interaction between students and teaching staff, instructors, lectures. We discuss the evaluation results with colleagues at regular intervals so that you always have the opportunity to formulate your own experiences (including critical ones) and any need for support.
As teaching practice coordinator, Madita Blanke will be happy to answer your questions and provide further information.
Email: lehrpraxen.medizin@uni-bielefeld.de
Telephone number: 0521 / 106-67495
Postal address:
Teaching Practice Network OWL
Medical School OWL
Bielefeld University
University Road 25
33615 Bielefeld
As the model study programme and all processes relating to the teaching practice network are currently under construction, the information on this page will be updated regularly.