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On March 19, we discussed training in the practices with more than 40 teaching physicians and took the opportunity to provide information about the block internship and the PJ in general medicine.
The 11th Scientific Working Days of the Research Working Group of the German Society for Palliative Medicine (DGP) took place on March 14 and 15 in Essen under the motto "Knowledge creates participation". To the DGP press release
We were awarded the MHH Jury Teaching Prize 2024 for case-based learning. Congratulations to our teaching team and the other award winners! To the press release
The symposium took place on 23.11.24 at the Medical Association of Lower Saxony. 100 students from Göttingen, Hanover and Oldenburg discussed the prospects for GP care. To the ÄKN press release
In this episode of the Thieme Group's "Ruhepuls" podcast, Florentine Kleemann and Prof. Dr. Olaf Krause talk about co-design options in continuing medical education and training.
A good thirty physicians in further training took part in the training on August 9 and 10 and exchanged ideas with each other.
From January 24 to 26, 2025, scientific and medical staff can exchange ideas about their careers in general medicine. Information on registration can be found on the flyer.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Olaf Krause was honored by the students at the annual summer reception of the AstA for his excellent teaching in the 5th year of geriatrics.
We are currently accepting applications for the PJ elective in general medicine. Please register by 22.11.2024. This deadline also applies to students from other universities!
Our PhD student Jannik Tielker defended his medical dissertation on "Primary palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic" and received a "summa cum laude".
120 applicants took part in a selection process organized by the Medical Association of Lower Saxony and proved themselves at four stations.
The 11th Symposium Palliative Medicine & Citizens' Forum took place on 06.06. and the meeting of the Palliative Medicine Working Group in the CCC network sponsored by German Cancer Aid took place on 07.06.24 in Erlangen.
Our doctoral student Louisa Grütering successfully defended her medical dissertation on "General outpatient palliative care" on April 8th and received a "Magna cum laude"!
A complete success: our General Practice Day took place with more than 200 participants. The broad spectrum of general practitioner care became visible in 18 workshops.
Impressions of the TdA (movie)
COFONI is funding 14 collaborative projects for interdisciplinary research into the long-term consequences of the pandemic. Two projects (VePoKaP and EMBRACE-ME) are being carried out with our Institute.
The kick-off meeting of the ADAPT-HEAT (Adaptation of drug therapy during hot seasons) consortium project took place in Cologne.
Read our article on the rural physician quota in the current issue of "Impu!se für Gesundheitsförderung" (p. 18).
The MHH students voted Professor Olaf Krause in 1st place in the vote for the best lecturer in the 5th year for the Geriatrics course.
In the LoCatE project, recommendations for psychosocial support measures for long-distance caregivers were developed with experts.
...so that those affected receive the best possible support. The hotline staff were trained by a medical team from our Institute.
Rahel Kuhlmann defended her doctorate on 28.08.2023 with the title "Identification of frailty in general practice - a diagnostic study" and received a "very good"!
Dr. med. A. Philippi, Minister of Health of North Rhine-Westphalia, was informed about the selection procedure for the rural physician quota on 3 June. The first year of medical studies will start in fall 2023.
Prof. Stephanie Stiel has accepted the W2 professorship for health services research with a focus on general medicine and palliative medicine at our Institute as of 01.06.2023.
Full house at the Day of General Practice at the MHH: With 200 participants, mainly GPs and medical assistants from all over Lower Saxony, the event was fully booked.
Impressions from the TdA
Our PhD student Arvid Willinger successfully defended his medical dissertation on "General outpatient palliative care" on July 3rd.
Prof. Dr. Olaf Krause has received his certificate of appointment as adjunct professor from MHH President Prof. Manns.
Prof. Stephanie Stiel has been appointed as a new member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin.
Journal of Palliative Medicine
The ABPATITE project worked with experts to develop recommendations for the establishment and expansion of day hospices and palliative care day clinics.
From the Institute: Dr. K. van Baal with the topic "Effects of climate change on health - experiences in primary care practice". A DFG proposal is being prepared on this topic.
Our doctoral student Johanna Marie Berndt has successfully defended her medical dissertation on "Advance Directives of People with Parkinson's Disease".
Our employee Wenke Walther successfully completes her doctorate on hospice culture and palliative competence in care facilities for the elderly in Lower Saxony.
At the inaugural meeting of the multi-professional working group for relatives of the German Society for Palliative Medicine on March 7, the initiators Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karin Oechsle, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Stiel, Hannover Medical School, and Denise Kirsch, Palliativnetz Hamburg-West e.V., were elected as spokespersons.
To the DGP AG relatives website
From the Institute: Dr. Katharina van Baal with the topic "Effects of climate change on health - experiences in primary care practice". A DFG proposal is being prepared on this topic.
The results of a Delphi survey in the Polite project contain specific recommendations for the further development of "particularly qualified and coordinated palliative medical care".
SpringerMedizin has published a detailed interview with Prof. Dr. Nils Schneider and Dr. Kathrin Matthias on interdisciplinary palliative care.
To the interview (free registration required)
The Institute of General Medicine offers psychosocial counseling for students in cooperation with the Office of Academic Affairs.
Peter Schulte and Katharina van Baal presented the results of a survey on public perception of climate change and health at the "Living Better for Longer" congress.
The course to prepare for the specialist examination and the revision course took place from November 24 to 26, 2022 as a hybrid event with attendance option in Hanover.
Professor Stiel was appointed to the German Cancer Aid's Expert Committee for Health Care Measures and Research for a period of 5 years.
Last Friday, July 8, 2022, the "Gut-Leben" project for health care planning was launched with a kick-off meeting in Bremen.
We have developed a heat guide that provides practical tips for care homes, general practitioners and relatives on how to better protect care home residents.
The "Regionale Netzwerk Hospiz und Palliativ Hannover e.V." (Regional Hospice and Palliative Care Network Hanover) has started its work, evolving from the former "Round Table". Chairman Dr. Bernd Günther describes the new focus: "In future, we want to focus more on coordination and networking tasks in palliative medicine and hospice care." His deputy Anke Reichwald emphasizes that an important goal is to coordinate care across the region.
The network is an association of hospices, hospice services, palliative care units, outpatient palliative care services and other hospice and palliative care structures in Hanover and the region. In addition to Dr. Bernd Günther (Head of Tumor Documentation at MHH) and Anke Reichwald (Managing Director of DIAKOVERE Pflegedienst and Uhlhorn Hospiz), the new board includes Dr. Markus Sosada (Head of Palliative Medicine at KRH-Klinikum Siloah), Dr. Thela Wernstedt (Member of the State Parliament) and Prof. Dr. Nils Schneider (Director of the Institute ofGeneral Medicine and Palliative Medicine at MHH). Hannah Kreisel-Liebermann, former pastor of the Marktkirche, will moderate the plenary session. Hannelore Dröge and Thomas Walter, former Head of Social Affairs for the City of Hanover, who chaired the event for 14 years, were bid farewell.
Our Institute was awarded several teaching prizes for the past academic year.
The 5th-year palliative medicine module won one of the three digitalization prizes awarded. This prize was introduced for the first time last year for the digital teaching redesign in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In addition, our employee PD Dr. Kambiz Afshar was recognized several times as a lecturer: with the "Young Teachers' Award" for the 2nd, 3rd and 5th year of study as well as with the teaching award (3rd place) in the 5th year of study.
As a cooperation partner of the MHH Hypertension Center, we are testing the Manoa blood pressure app in GP practices as part of a study. Rolf Stegemann is in charge of our Institute.
Laura Gawinski successfully defended her dissertation "Empirical studies on interactions in relationships between parents and their adult children in the last phase of life".
In order to counter the shortage of GPs, the rural physician quota was introduced in Lower Saxony with the law to improve comprehensive GP care.
To the statement by Health Minister Daniela Behrens
Our colleague Katharina van Baal has successfully completed her doctorate on end-of-life care in Lower Saxony.
The publication "Status quo of palliative care day clinics and day hospices in Germany: results of a mixed-method study" by the ABPATITE project team was awarded the prize for best original work in the Journal of Palliative Medicine 2021. The award ceremony took place during the 8th Scientific Working Days of the German Society for Palliative Medicine.
The original paper was published Open Access and is freely available here.
Our scientists Prof. Dr. Stephanie Stiel and Dr. Sven Schwabe have made statements on research and research funding in hospice and palliative care.
To the video (MHH YouTube channel)
Our doctoral student Carolin Sophie Berndt has successfully defended her medical dissertation "Promoting and hindering factors in general outpatient palliative care".
Under the motto "Together against cancer" - "You are not alone", this year, on World Cancer Day, we at MHH's Palliative Medicine Department, together with other departments at MHH and the University Cancer Center Göttingen as the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) Lower Saxony, are drawing attention to support services for cancer patients. With our services, we support, advise and accompany cancer patients and their relatives.
The newly founded "Verein zur Förderung des Instituts ofGeneral Medicine and Palliative Medicine der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover e.V." has started its work. The association's tasks include further developing science, research and teaching in the field of general medicine and palliative medicine as well as promoting cooperation between the Institute and GP practices and hospice and palliative care facilities or Institutions. On October 6, 2021, the founding meeting elected Nils Schneider (1st Chairperson), Isabel Kitte (2nd Chairperson), Franziska Herbst (Secretary) and Tanja Schleef (Treasurer) as members of the Board of Directors.
The Dy@EoL working group receives the 2021 German Society for Palliative Medicine Award for the work "Interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children."
On 11.03.2021 Prof. Stephanie Stiel organized an online seminar evening in the course series "Ethics and Integrity in Science" for doctoral students at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
As an institution, we are listed online in the DGP research landscape, where we present our work and network with other Facilities or Institutions.
The interactive website "Grieving in special times" is intended to give mourners the opportunity to obtain information and support on dealing with grief during the pandemic.
The first Digital Afternoon of General Practice will take place on 16.06.2021. You can expect interesting workshops and lectures.
We look forward to seeing you again virtually!
From September 16-18, 2021, this year's DEGAM Congress took place as a hybrid event, both online and in presence, in Lübeck. Our team was represented with 8 posters and 9 presentations.
The PallPan information platform supports healthcare providers, those affected and political decision-makers during the pandemic.
Infection control, strict visiting regulations and scarce resources make caring for the seriously ill, the dying and their relatives a difficult task in this pandemic. The PallPan information platform supports caregivers, those affected and political decision-makers with recommendations for action, examples of implementation and a comprehensive e-learning program - practical, scientifically sound and easily accessible.
The 13th Palliative Medicine Forum took place at the Staufer Clinic in Schwäbisch Gmünd on 20.11.2021. Interprofessional speakers presented a wide range of topics relating to hospice work and palliative care, such as music therapy and the establishment of a new hospice in the regional network. There was room for reflection for the approximately 100 listeners at the hybrid event with exciting case presentations from practice. Professor Dr. Stephanie Stiel from our Institute gave a presentation on the topic of "Stress on patients' relatives in hospice and palliative care".
The ESSENTIALS Geriatrics (ed. Prof. Klaus Hager, PD Dr. Olaf Krause from our Institute) have been published in 2nd ed. Medicine for the elderly brought to the point with practical relevance.
Institute of General Medicine at the MHH is investigating the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on outpatient palliative care as part of the PallPan research network.
After two years of deliberation, the Enquete Commission presented its report on securing outpatient and inpatient medical care in Lower Saxony to the state parliament. Prof. Dr. Dr. Nils Schneider (4th from left) took part as an expert.
In an interview with Prof. Dr. Martina Hasseler, Dr. Sven Schwabe reports on the interim results of the NOVELLE research project.
At this year's KV-LOM competition of the MHH for innovative projects in patient care, PD Dr. Olaf Krause received two prizes.
One prize was for the "Delir-Pocketcard (Delir recognize and act)", which provides nursing staff in trauma surgery, for example, with information on recognizing and treating delirium summarized on a card. The delirium pocket card was developed in collaboration with the Psychiatry, Trauma Surgery and Clinical Pharmacology departments at MHH. The "Interdisciplinary gerontopsychiatric ward round" project in collaboration with the Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology departments at MHH was also awarded a prize. The aim is to improve the safety of drug therapy for elderly, mentally ill people through an interprofessional medication review. Congratulations!
Two publications from our Institute were honored as best publications in the Journal of Palliative Medicine 2020. The award ceremony took place during the 7th Scientific Working Days of the German Society for Palliative Medicine, which were held online this year: https: //www.dgpalliativmedizin.de/wat2021.html
To the publications:
- www.thie me-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-1223-3252
- www.thie me-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-1228-6556
The Landesstützpunkt Hospizarbeit und Palliativversorgung Niedersachsen e.V. has asked public figures for video messages on the question "What is good dying".
In the ÄKN's "On Corona" series, the Chairman of the Lower Saxony Medical Association, Dr. Matthias Berndt, answered important questions about the future handling of the coronavirus. Watch the video here.
PD Dr. Olaf Krause won the LOM-KV competition at the MHH in the "Free Topics" category with his submission "Drug safety: 10 tips to get you started" for young physicians. The prize money is shared with the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology at the MHH.
In addition, the project "Interdisciplinary, geriatric traumatology ward rounds" in collaboration with the MHH's Department of Trauma Surgery was awarded a proportionate share of the prize money
Olaf Krause has been appointed to the editorial board of Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift - congratulations! His focus is on combining science and practice.
This year, our colleague Dr. Kambiz Afshar is a candidate for the General Practitioners' Association list. You can find out what is close to his heart in the flyer. Use your vote!
As of now, medical students from the 4th to 8th semester can once again apply for one of the 15 places nationwide! Application deadline: January 15, 2021.
Both the General Medicine module and the block internship, as well as the Palliative Medicine and Geriatrics modules are rated very highly by the students. Thanks to everyone involved!
As part of the Palliative Care Day at the UKE, our colleague Dr. Franziska Herbst will conduct an online workshop together with the UKE Palliative Care Team.
Click here for the flyer (pdf).
Dr. Olaf Krause from our Institute is also a senior physician at the Center for Medicine in Old Age at the DIAKOVERE Henriettenstift in Hanover. As part of this work, he was voted one of the top physicians in the field of acute geriatrics in Germany for 2020 by the news magazine FOCUS. Congratulations to him!
The conference is organized by the Institute ofGeneral Medicine and Palliative Medicine together with the Center for Health Ethics and the German Society for Palliative Medicine.
Click here for the flyer.
Dy@EoL was awarded 3rd place at the DKVF 2019 for the poster "Challenges of Recruiting Patient-Family Dyads at the End of Life".
More information on the Dy@EoL project can be found here.
A kick-off event with all project partners took place on 20.08.2019 at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf to mark the official start of the KOPAL joint project.
Case-oriented learning in the General Medicine module - A practical teaching and learning format for small groups. (Z Allg Med)
From September 12 to 14, 2019, the 53rd Congress for General Practice and Family Medicine took place on the grounds of the Medical Faculty of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and the University Hospital Erlangen. Under the motto "GP work between patient welfare and the demands of society - What does medical professionalism mean?", there were numerous scientific lectures, poster presentations, discussion rounds and informal exchanges.
The Institute of General Practice was represented by 14 employees, who contributed numerous lectures and poster presentations to the program. Dr. Kambiz Afshar won this year's Science Slam against 8 strong competitors with his contribution "Who teaches what and how? A survey of the current state of teaching in general medicine at medical faculties in Germany." Congratulations to him!
Exchange, information and discussion - the Day of General Practice offered many opportunities for this. From GP practices throughout Lower Saxony, 150 participants took the opportunity for further training in various workshops and to exchange ideas with colleagues. In the workshops, topics such as hypertension and frailty were in high demand and showed how important the exchange between research and practice is. Another focal point was the important role of GPs in the training of medical students, which met with a very positive response.
We would like to thank all participants and look forward to the next General Practice Day in 2020!
Frailty is a topic that is increasingly being addressed by general practitioners, geriatricians, geriatricians, Nursing staff and health policy makers. Patients with frailty are vulnerable in terms of their health and their functional capacities are exhausted. This results in increased hospital stays, complications, functional impairments in everyday life, the need for care and a shortened life expectancy. Around 15% of people aged 65 and over suffer from frailty. There is an increased risk of frailty in 40% of the older population.
The conference of the joint EU action "ADVANTAGE" brought together representatives of general medicine, geriatrics and health ministries from 12 northern EU countries. A meeting of the southern EU states took place in parallel in Athens. It was easy to be a good host at Leibnizhaus Hannover. Prof. Dr. med. Ulrike Junius-Walker and the Institute's "Geriatric Care" working group presented the services that the German healthcare system provides for patients with frailty and where there is concrete potential for development.
Frailty is not an inevitable consequence of ageing. It is clear that GPs are the primary point of contact for patients with frailty. GPs therefore have a special responsibility to identify patients with (at risk of) frailty at an early stage and to offer effective treatments. Evidence that frailty can be prevented and how it can be prevented has already been compiled in advance in various working groups of the "ADVANTAGE Action".
On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, as part of Prof. Petra Verdonk's visiting professorship at the Institute of General Medicine, a workshop on "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" was held between medical students and lecturers from the Amsterdam University Medical Center and the MHH. The workshop was supported by Prof. Dr. Dr. Sandra Steffens (Office of Academic Affairs at the MHH) and the Study and Career Working Group (headed by Dr. Kambiz Afshar). A total of 25 people took part.
Master's students in medicine Omar Tanay, Francissca Appiah and Stephanie Okafor traveled to Hanover with their lecturer Dr. Maaike Muntinga to carry out a training module that they had developed as part of the Comenius Teaching Fellowship (funded by the Dutch government). MHH students supplemented the workshop with the results of a student survey on sexual harassment in medical training.
The mentoring program of the Competence Center for the Promotion of Continuing Education in General Practice begins with eight mentoring groups in Lower Saxony. Two mentors will accompany up to ten physicians in further training (ÄiW) in each group. The groups provide an opportunity to discuss and reflect on relevant topics relating to their own professional development as well as to everyday medical practice and the Clinical Department.
The aim of the KANN is to support the quality of the training period of the ÄiW and to provide enriching impulses for their own development.
Further information on the program, the seminars and how to register can be found on the KANN homepage: www.kann-niedersachsen.de
On 20.03.2019, we will be holding our next General Practice Day for GPs and their practice teams as well as all other interested parties. A varied program awaits you - and we look forward to lively participation and constructive exchange.
You can find more information in our flyer. You can also find a current press release from Professor Schneider here. You can register online via our event management system.
Another great success! We were also able to hold the second "Fit for the Medical Profession" Summer School from 15-17 August 2018 at the Hansenhof conference hotel in Visselhövede with the support of the Society of Friends of the MHH. There was a lot of praise and a big thank you from the participants, who found the summer school a great enrichment: "Varied, great atmosphere, intensive exchange of experiences, change of perspective and reflection - a great seminar - thank you very much!" is how one participant summarized her re-registration.
Under the expert guidance of Prof. Dr. Voltmer (Health Sciences at Friedensau Adventist University of Theology), ten students, physicians and PJs had the opportunity to deal with various health-related aspects of medical work. Topics such as dealing with stress, working successfully as part of a team and "Enjoying what you do" were at the heart of the discussions.
The participants found the opportunity to interact with medical colleagues from various specialist disciplines and areas and to gain an insight into possible career paths through their careers particularly interesting.
Our conclusion is: overall a very successful event, which we would like to continue next year as part of an elective course.
The MHH Teaching Prize for Medicine is awarded annually to the three best lecturers in each of the five academic years. In addition, the "Young Teachers' Award" is presented for each academic year to honor the commitment of young teachers up to the age of 35. To this end, MHH students select the 20 best lecturers - from their point of view - from over 600 lecturers each year.
Our employee Dr. med. Kambiz Afshar was awarded two teaching prizes for the 2017/18 academic year: the "Young Teachers' Award" for the 2nd and 3rd year of study. We warmly congratulate him on this personal award, which is also confirmation and further incentive for commitment and quality in general medical teaching.
The Palliative Care Working Group of the Institute ofGeneral Medicine and Palliative Medicine was represented by 10 scientists at the 12th Congress of the German Society for Palliative Medicine (DGP) in Bremen, which was held under the motto "On Broad Paths - Integration, Innovation, Intuition".
Two lectures were presented: "Burdens on relatives in palliative care" (Stephanie Stiel), "How is general outpatient palliative care experienced? - Results from interviews with patients, relatives, GPs and medical assistants using the Critical Incident Technique" (Helen Ewertowski) and two posters: "Testing the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT) in GP practices - results of a pilot study" (Kambiz Afshar) and "The role of the Advisory Board in a scientific research project on interaction at the end of life" (Franziska Herbst). Nils Schneider and Stephanie Stiel, both also members of the scientific committee, chaired three parallel sessions and a workshop on problem-based learning, and they moderated two groups during the guided poster session.
In addition, on September 7, the DGP awarded the Palliative Medicine Prize to the working group "MRSA in end-of-life care (M-EndoL)" as part of the congress. The work was selected as an outstanding achievement by a multidisciplinary jury from 9 submissions. The aim of the BMBF-funded research project "MRSA in end-of-life care (M-EndoL)" was to develop a scientifically sound approach for dealing with patients in the last phase of life who are being treated in hospital and are colonized or infected with multi-resistant pathogens. PD Dr. Stephanie Stiel and Dr. Franziska Herbst, members of the Institute of General Medicine, were significantly involved in the conception, implementation and evaluation of the project as research assistants. The Palliative Medicine Prize is awarded to individuals and institutions that have made an important contribution to the further development of palliative medicine.
The Center for Quality and Management in Healthcare (ZQ) Patient Safety of the Medical Association of Lower Saxony (Head: Dr. A. Siggelkow) has published a guide for GP practices. This involves emergency and simulation training for medical practices, focusing on Communications within the practice team in these rare but stressful situations. The guidelines were developed on an interdisciplinary basis (emergency services, GPs, MFAs). Dr. Olaf Krause from the Institute of General Practice was involved.
Short version of the guideline (pdf)
This year, the Ludwig Erhard Prize in bronze was awarded to the Cornea Bank Aachen in the category "Smallest Organization" on 15 June in Berlin. The Ludwig Erhard Prize has been honoring companies or institutions with the German Excellence Award since 1997.
The Cornea Bank Aachen is part of the Clinical Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of RWTH Aachen. The Cornea Bank Aachen is responsible for the collection of donor corneas, their processing and the preservation of transplants. Corneal transplants can help blind and/or severely visually impaired patients to regain their sight. The work steps are subject to high quality and safety standards.
PD Dr. Stephanie Stiel, an employee of the Institute of General Medicine, supports the Cornea Bank Aachen as a psychologist and is responsible for communication training with medical staff. In her seminars, Dr. Stiel prepares participants for telephone calls with relatives of deceased persons and teaches how to support decision-making for or against corneal tissue donation.
The subject "Medicine of Ageing and the Elderly (Geriatrics)" is taught by Prof. Klaus Hager from the Center for Medicine in Old Age at the DIAKOVERE Henriettenstift, with Prof. Dr. Olaf Krause and Prof. Nils Schneider from the Institute of General Medicine as deputy lecturers. The teaching module has now received a special award: The "Rising Star 2017". This makes geriatrics the module with the highest increase in points of all teaching modules at the MHH compared to the previous year. Congratulations to all teaching staff for this honor!
For the first time, the Institute of General Practice has its own company car: from now on, our staff will use the VW Polo to travel to teaching and research practices and to other external cooperation partners. This makes us even more mobile. Many thanks to Sonja Riedel-Schatte and Esther Stahlke, who are looking after our new addition, and Thomas Richter from the MHH's vehicle service for his support.
Six scientists represented the Palliative Care working group at the 6th Scientific Working Days of the German Society for Palliative Medicine (DGP) in Göttingen to present the working group's research and exchange ideas with representatives from science and practice. True to the motto "Successful research" of this year's Scientific Working Days, the focus was on research methods and study designs to improve palliative care as well as honoring successful, practice-oriented science.
A presentation "Palliative care in general practice - study protocol of a three-stage mixed-methods study" (Helen Ewertowski) and two posters: "Barriers and facilitators in general outpatient palliative care" (Helen Ewertowski) and "Interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children - a study protocol" (Franziska Herbst) were presented. Professor Schneider was involved as an expert in the panel discussion on "What institutional requirements does successful research in palliative care need?". PD Dr. Stiel moderated a group during the poster session.
At the Scientific Working Days, the DGP awarded a prize for the best original paper of 2017 in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. PD Dr. Stiel accepted the award together with Dr. Steigleder (Erlangen) and on behalf of all authors for the article "*Weigel S, *Stiel S, Schrems-Hösl L, Oetterich K, Ostgathe C, Steigleder T. Corneal donation in palliative medicine - impact of a standardized procedure. Z Palliativmed. 2017; 2(18): 83-9" entgegen.
Both the General Medicine module in the 3rd year of study and the General Medicine block placement in the 5th year of study were again rated "very good" by students in February 2018 (winter tertial) (13.0 and 13.3 points respectively). This puts them in the top group of courses at the MHH. Our thanks go to all lecturers and teaching practices!
The starting signal for the Competence Center for Continuing Education in General Practice is now also being given in Lower Saxony: the Competence Center will begin its work with kick-off events in Oldenburg (13.12.2017) and Hanover (10.01.2018).
In future, a wide range of services will accompany further training in general practice: Prospective GPs will be able to work together on practice-relevant topics at seminar days. A mentoring program will help to optimally prepare them for their future careers. Further training is also offered for physicians in training.
The Lower Saxony Competence Center is a cooperation between the Chairs of General Medicine in Göttingen, Hanover and Oldenburg, the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and the Medical Association of Lower Saxony as well as the Lower Saxony State Hospital Association and works together with the Academy for General Practice Training Bremen, the General Practitioners' Association of Lower Saxony and the Young General Practitioners of Germany (JADE).
Are you a physician in further training and would like to find out more about the program? Then please get in touch with
- Isabel Kitte kitte.isabelmh-hannover.de or
- PD Dr. Bleidorn bleidorn.juttamh-hannover.de
" Press release: Competence Center
" Kick-off event 10.01.2018 Program (pdf)
The MHH Teaching Prize for Medicine is awarded annually to the three best lecturers in each of the five academic years. In addition, the "Young Teachers' Award" is presented for each academic year to honor the commitment of young teachers up to the age of 35. To this end, MHH students select the 20 best lecturers - from their point of view - from over 600 lecturers each year.
Our employee Dr. med. Kambiz Afshar was awarded two teaching prizes for the 2016/17 academic year: the "Young Teachers' Award" for the 2nd and 3rd year of study. We warmly congratulate him on this personal award, which is also confirmation and further incentive for commitment and quality in general medical teaching.
On January 15, German and US experts from the disciplines of medicine, psychology, sociology, psychotherapy, medical ethics, hospice and palliative work as well as grief and palliative research came to Hannover Medical School to work together on guidelines and questionnaires for patient and family interviews. The meeting of the 9-member scientific advisory committee took place as part of the BMBF-funded project "Dy@EoL - Interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children" (funding code: 01GY1711) and is a first important milestone in the course of the project.
PD Dr. Jutta Bleidorn received the Masaaki Ohkoshi Prize 2017 together with her colleague PD Dr. Ildikó Gágyor and on behalf of their working group for their publication of the ICUTI study in the British Medical Journal. Congratulations to the award winners and the entire study team!
Every two years, the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) awards this prize for the best publication on urinary tract infections. This year's award ceremony took place at the International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC) in Taipei.
The randomized controlled trial ICUTI (Immediate versus conditional antibiotic treatment) published in the BMJ in 2015 showed that in women with mild to moderate UTI symptoms, symptomatic treatment alone is often sufficient. The award recognizes both the international significance of the study and its successful implementation in a GP setting.
Gágyor I & Bleidorn J, Kochen MM, Schmiemann G, Wegscheider K, Hummers-Pradier E. Ibuprofen versus fosfomycin for uncomplicated urinary tract infection: randomized controlled trial.
BMJ. 2015;351:h6544. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6544.
http://www.ischemo.org/awards/masaaki-ohkoshi-award
In fall 2017, two projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) were launched in the palliative care working group: ProPall, which is dedicated to proactive palliative care for elderly patients in the last phase of life, and Dy@EoL on interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children.
The overarching objective of the project "Proactive palliative care for elderly patients in the last phase of life" (ProPall) (funding code 01GY1710) is to improve palliative care in primary care by general practitioners in private practice. Using a region-based approach, the project focuses in particular on the interfaces to other care structures and services. Qualitative and quantitative methods of care research (mixed methods design) are used. The project builds on the findings of the qualitative longitudinal study "End of life care for frail older patients in family practice (ELFOP)" (BMBF funding code: 01GY1120).
The project "Dy@EoL - Interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children" (funding code 01GY1711) focuses on the two dyads of life-threateningly ill adult children and their parents and life-threateningly ill parents and their children. The aim of the research project is to describe the special features of the interaction between the two groups of patients and their relatives. The dyadic interaction will be examined in more detail with regard to Communications, knowledge of the disease, stress, support and nursing tasks. The results will be used to derive recommendations on how those affected can be supported and accompanied in the best possible way.
Two events on teaching and teaching didactics have taken center stage in recent weeks: our teaching practice meeting took place on September 27. A colorful mix of professional input and lively exchange, where there was something for everyone (by the way: the solution from the workshop "Tips for physician's health" is ... Bill Clinton).
On October 28, we continued with the "Teaching and Didactics" workshop in cooperation with the Society of University Teachers in General Practice (GHA). The seminar program included:
- Case-oriented learning: successful learning in small groups
- Teachable moments: designing lessons in teaching practice
- Educational film: From the idea to use in student teaching
- Seminar program at the Competence Center for General Practice -
- Tips and tricks for (potential) lecturers
The Joint Federal Committee (G-BA) will be funding large-scale projects to improve the healthcare system in Germany over the next few years via the Innovation Fund. We are delighted to be involved as consortium leader with a project in the field of healthcare research: "iTBX: Appropriate and safe medication for nursing home residents with the help of an interprofessional toolbox (AMTS toolbox)/HIOPP-3".
The project was launched in May and the project partners include the Institutes of General Medicine in Rostock, Düsseldorf and Tübingen, the Department of Pharmacology in Witten/Herdecke and the respective chambers of pharmacists at the participating locations. The Lower Saxony Chamber of Pharmacists in particular is supporting the project; a joint pilot study on the medication process in nursing homes was carried out in advance.
The project is a cluster-randomized intervention study. The focus is on polypharmacy in nursing home residents with a particular focus on neuroleptics and so-called potentially inadequate medication (PIM). Neuroleptics and PIM are known to lead to increased falls and hospital admissions in nursing home residents. The intervention consists of a medication review by the home care pharmacist, provision of information by the nursing staff and final assessment and, if necessary, initiation of further measures by the GP.
A "toolbox" provides all those involved with aids such as overview cards on the typical side effects of medication or joint fax forms.
The primary aim of the study is to reduce the use of neuroleptics and potentially inadequate medication in nursing home residents; secondary aims include the influence on falls and hospital stays, for example. A total of 760 patients are to be examined, 190 of them in and around Hanover. The project will run for 3 years and recruitment of nursing homes will begin in the fall. The first results are expected in 2019. We would already like to thank the colleagues in GP practices in and around Hanover who will be supporting us next year. Please contact us if you are interested: Hiopp3mh-hannover.de
If you are wondering where the name HIOPP-3 comes from, it stands for "GP Initiative for the Optimization of Patient Safety in Polypharmacy". The "3" expresses the cooperation between geriatric care, pharmacists and GPs.
We are investigating whether treatment with bearberry leaf extract is an effective alternative to antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in the REGATTA double-blind drug trial: in the control group, patients are treated directly with the antibiotic fosfomycin, while the intervention group is initially treated with bearberry leaf extract (Uva ursi / Arbutin) and only given antibiotics if symptoms persist. The plan is to include a total of 430 patients with symptoms of an uncomplicated urinary tract infection in GP practices in the study.
The outpatient clinic for diamorphine-assisted treatment at the MHH Clinical Department of Psychiatry, Social- and Psychological Therapy is aimed at severely heroin-dependent patients who are unable to abstain from intravenous consumption and for whom regular oral substitution with e.g. methadone is therefore not sufficient.
Consequences of drug use such as abscesses and infectious diseases are the rule. In addition, these patients often suffer from other illnesses such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic pain, cachexia, malnutrition, COPD, infections, wound healing disorders and many more. However, the majority of these illnesses remain untreated, partly because most patients refuse regular visits to the physician outside of the outpatient clinic or only attend in an emergency.
Dr. Sabine Klinger, a specialist in general medicine at the Institute of General Medicine, has therefore been present in the outpatient clinic at selected times since November 2016. She takes care of non-psychiatric medication, prescriptions for remedies and aids as well as advice, e.g. on socio-medical or nutritional issues. Another focus is on vaccinations and prevention. This consultation hour in the familiar premises of the patients makes an important contribution to medical care and improving quality of life and closes a gap in care.