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- Title
Is German Medical Education Research on the rise? An analysis of publications from the years 2004 to 2013.
- Authors
Ackel-Eisnach, Kristina; Raes, Patricia; Hönikl, Lisa; Bauer, Daniel; Wagener, Stefan; Möltner, Andreas; Jünger, Jana; Fischer, Martin R.
- Abstract
Objectives: The point of departure for the presentwork is the observation that, in comparison with Anglo-American countries or the Netherlands, Germany was responsible for only a marginal number of international publications in the field of medical education research before 2004. Recent years, however, have seen an increase in the importance of medical education research in Germany. The objective of this article is to evaluate the extent to which this trend can be substantiated by increased German publishingactivity since the year 2004 in international, English-language journals in the subject area of "medical education research". Methods: In the framework of a literature and content analysis, Germanauthor articles from the years 2004 to 2013 in six international, Englishlanguage medical education research journals were evaluated. In order to obtain an overview of German research activity in this area, all project and original works with German first and last authors were identified and subjected to a more in-depth content analysis. Results: In total, 10,055 articles were examined. The evaluation shows that between the years 2004 and 2013 179 articles (of which 145 are project or original works) by German authors were published in the journals examined. Fluctuations over the course of time were evidenced. The project and original works are primarily cross-sectional studies (27.8%) and randomised control studies (25.6%) on the subject of "teaching and learning methods" (43.6%). Conclusions: In comparison with the years 2004-2008, a significant rise can be seen in the number of publications by German education researchers in international journals since the year 2009.
- Subjects
GERMANY; MEDICAL students; MEDICAL research; ENGLISH language; PERIODICALS
- Publication
GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1860-7446
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3205/zma000972