Integrative medicine and health in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education
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Integrative medicine and health in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education
Abstract
Background and objective: Integrative Medicine and Health (IMH) is a theory-based paradigm shift for health, disease and health care, which can probably only be achieved by supplementing medical roles and competences. Definition of IMH: The definitions of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicineand Health 2015 and the so-called Berlin Agreement: Self-Responsibility and Social Action in Practicing and Fostering Integrative Medicine and Health Globally are used. The basic features of evidence-based Integrative Medicine and Health (EB-IMH) are based on the recommendations on EBM by David L. Sackett. Global State of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education (UG-PGME) for IMH: The USA and Canada are most advanced in the development of IMH regarding practice, teaching and research worldwide. Despite socio-cultural peculiarities, they can provide guidance for Europe and especially for Germany. Of interest here are competences for UG-PGME in IMH in primary care and in some specialist disciplines (e.g. internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, geriatrics, oncology, palliative care). For these specialties, the need for an interprofessional UG-PGME for IMH was shown in the early stages of development. UG-PGME for IMH in Germany: In the course of the development of the new Medical Licensure Act in Germany (ÄApprO), based on a revision of the National Competence-based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Medicine (NKLM 2.0) and new regulations for Postgraduate Medical Education in Germany, suggestions for an extension of UG-PGME are particularly topical. To some extent there are already approaches to IMH. Old and new regulations are set out and are partly compared. As a result, some essential elements of IMH are mapped in the new ÄApprO. The new regulations for Postgraduate Medical Education do not mention IMH. Conclusion: The development of medical competences for IMH in the continuum of the UG-PGME could be supported by the coordinated introduction of appropriate entrustable professional activities (EPA) and IMH sub-competences combined with appropriate assessment.
Hintergrund und Zielsetzung: Die Integrative Medizin und Gesundheit (IMG) ist ein theoriegeleiteter Paradigmenwechsel für Gesundheit, Krankheit und Gesundheitswesen, der vermutlich nur durch eine Ergänzung ärztlicher Rollen und Kompetenzen geleistet werden kann.Definition von IMG: Es wird die Definition des „Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health 2015“ und die sogenannte „Berliner Vereinbarung für Eigenverantwortung und Handlungen der Gesellschaft für eine globale Praxis und Förderung der IMG“ verwendet. Die Grundzüge dieser evidenz-basierten Integrativen Medizin und Gesundheit (EB-IMG) orientieren sich an den Empfehlungen zur EBM von David L. Sackett.Globaler Stand der ärztlichen Aus- und Weiterbildung (AuWB) für IMG: Die USA und Canada sind in der Entwicklung der IMG für Praxis, Lehre und Forschung weltweit am weitesten fortgeschritten. Trotz sozio-kultureller Besonderheiten können sie Orientierungshilfen für Europa und speziell für Deutschland bieten. Von Interesse sind hierbei insbesondere Kompetenzen für eine AuWB in IMG in der Primärversorgung und in einigen Spezialdisziplinen (z. B. Innere Medizin, Gynäkologie, Pädiatrie, Geriatrie, Onkologie, Palliativmedizin). In diesen hat sich früh der Bedarf einer interprofessionellen AuWB gezeigt.AuWB für IMG in Deutschland: Im Zuge der Entwicklung einer neuen ärztlichen Approbationsordnung (ÄAppO), einer dieser zugrunde liegenden Weiterentwicklung des Nationalen Kompetenzbasierten Lernzielkatalogs (NKLM 2.0) und einer neu verabschiedeten (Muster)-Weiterbildungsordnung in Deutschland sind Überlegungen für eine Erweiterung der ärztlichen Aus- und Weiterbildung (AuWB) besonders aktuell. Teilweise gibt es schon Ansätze dafür. Alte und neue Ordnungen werden dargelegt und zum Teil verglichen. Im Ergebnis werden in der neuen ÄAppO wesentliche Elemente der IMG abgebildet. In der Novelle der (Muster-)Weiterbildungsordnung ist die IMG nicht berücksichtigt.Schlussfolgerung: Für die Entwicklung der ärztlichen Kompetenzen für IMG im Kontinuum der AuWB könnte die abgestimmte Einführung entsprechender Anvertraubarer Professioneller Tätigkeiten (APT), IMG-Teilkompetenzen und angemessener Prüfungen geeignet sein.
Keywords: Medical Licensure Act in Germany (ÄApprO); National Competence-based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Germany (NKLM 2.0); evidence-based healthcare; evidence-based medicine; integrative medicine and health; medical competences; medical roles; postgraduate medical education; undergraduate medical education.
Copyright © 2021 Hahn.
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The author declares that he has no competing interests.
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