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GMS Journal for Medical Education (GMS J Med Educ) – formerly GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung – publishes scientific articles on all aspects of undergraduate and graduate education in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and other health professions. Research and review articles, project reports, short communications as well as discussion papers and comments may be submitted. Manuscripts may be submitted in English or German. Each Articles will be translated into the other language respectively. GMS Journal for Medical Education is published regularly as an unrestricted open access journal with at least four issues per year. In addition, special issues on current topics in medical education research are also published.
The journal is the organ of the DACH Association for Medical Education (GMA) (https://www.gma-dach.org). Until 2015 the journal was published under its German name GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung.
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GMS Journal for Medical Education
Volume 42 (2025)
Issue 4
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Teaching research systematically: From educational policy vision to competence-oriented practice
Moritz S, Stosch CGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc55 (2025-09-15) - research articlestudent clinicians
“It would be nice if the university appreciated the commitment more” – medical students and their learning and working experiences as co-caregivers during the pandemic
Scheffer C, Bachmann HS, Stock-Schröer B, Büssing AGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc54 (2025-09-15) - research articlejob related well-being
The relation between teaching-related self-efficacy and general job-related well-being – a cross-sectional study among young physicians
Kiver B, Berberat PO, Gartmeier MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc53 (2025-09-15) - research articlepsychotherapy training
Dealing with the climate crisis and eco-emotions in psychotherapy – a training for future medical and psychological psychotherapists using standardized patient scenarios
Gebhardt N, Sutcliffe M, Schultz JH, Friedrich HC, Nikendei CGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc52 (2025-09-15) - research articleprofessional identity
The influence of peer group supervision during nursing education on occupational identity and well-being: Results of a mixed methods study
Wellensiek S, Ehlers J, Stratmann MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc51 (2025-09-15) - project reportteam teaching
Implementation of a team-teaching seminar on the stigmatization and psychosocial burdens of people with visible skin diseases in the standard curriculum of medical studies
Heinen I, Sommer R, Hansen-Abeck I, Blome C, Heidrich I, Härter M, Augustin M, Schneider SW, Abeck F, Booken NGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc50 (2025-09-15) - research articlecommunication skills
From practice to lecture hall: Optimizing communication courses in medical education
Laudage F, Kötter T, Wiswede DGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc49 (2025-09-15) - project reportplanetary health
Targeting the gap of planetary health education in medical teaching: A student-led initiative develops the course “Klima-LIMETTE” on climate change and health using simulated patients
Lilier K, Bärnighausen K, Kuczius T, Jaeger VK, Basoglu A, Karch A, Theiler T, Ajani A, Schwienhorst-Stich EM, Ahrens HGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc48 (2025-09-15) - research articleECG skills
EYE-ECG2: Addressing medical student feedback in an RCT with eye-tracking videos featuring cued retrospective reporting and modified learning sequences for ECG interpretation skills training
Scherff AD, Kääb S, Fischer MR, Berndt MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc47 (2025-09-15) - research articlecurriculum mapping
Mapping the undergraduate medical curriculum of the Charité Berlin against the National Competence-Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives (NKLM 2.0)
Theurich T, Holzhausen Y, Ahlers O, Peters HGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc46 (2025-09-15) - research articleinterprofessional education
Interprofessional education at medical faculties in German-speaking countries – institutional challenges and enablers of successful curricular implementation: A mixed-methods study
González Blum C, Richter R, Walkenhorst UGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc45 (2025-09-15) - short reportstudent selection
Interactional competencies in medical student admission at the Medical Faculty Heidelberg
Schütte C, Teichert S, Schultz JH, Wittenberg T, Herpertz SCGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc44 (2025-09-15) - good ideas for teachingemergency medicine
Enhancing emergency medical education and training: Performance under pressure
Spitznagel N, Gordon B, Hearns S, Hinzmann D, Meybohm P, Happel O, Hölzing CGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(4):Doc43 (2025-09-15)
Issue 3
- editorialserendipity
Serendipity in medical education
Harendza SGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc42 (2025-06-16) - research articlemedical students
Supporting mental health of medical students: Needs and demands concerning an e-mental health application within medical education
Grüneberg C, Bäuerle A, Karanukaran S, Darici D, Jansen C, Dörrie N, Benson S, Teufel M, Robitzsch AGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc41 (2025-06-16) - project reportcommunication skills
“I didn’t mean it that way…”: Design and evaluation of an elective course on dealing with discrimination in medical communication
Schwaab L, Strauß B, Philipp SGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc40 (2025-06-16) - project reportsexuality
Sexuality and society in the medical context: Conceptualization, implementation and evaluation of a student-led elective course in medical school at Leipzig University
Endres KJ, Surber C, Albertus M, Müller M, Wortmann L, Heinz N, Conrad I, Götze HGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc39 (2025-06-16) - research articlecompetency-based education
To what extent have national learning objectives in undergraduate medical education been achieved? A cross-sectional study of primary care residents
Dehnen D, Flägel K, Wild D, Steinhäuser JGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc38 (2025-06-16) - research articleprofessional development
Exploring healthcare professionals’ motivation to attend two postgraduate education programs at the University of Bern in Switzerland: A qualitative interview study
De la Rosa M, Schmitz FM, Berger-Estilita J, Tekian A, Guttormsen SGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc37 (2025-06-16) - research articleoutpatient education
Motivation of pediatricians in Lower Saxony to teach medical students in outpatient practices: A questionnaire-based study
Rahn A, Müller T, Stadlbauer B, Herbach AL, Greiner L, Mücke UGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc36 (2025-06-16) - review articlenurses
Drivers and barriers to career entry and retention of nurses with initial higher education: A scoping review
Müller J, Breitinger F, Bräuer P, Dauer B, Zilezinski M, Paulicke D, Jahn PGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc35 (2025-06-16) - research articledigital skills
Skills required by bachelor nursing students to meet the challenges of digitalisation in healthcare – results of qualitative expert interviews
Palmdorf S, Behler A, Ilskens K, Büker C, Latteck ÄDGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc34 (2025-06-16) - research articlestudying abroad
International study opportunities in the dentistry degree programme at the University of Münster – a needs assessment of student interest and demand
Hettkamp J, Becker JC, Scherzer S, Marschall B, Ehmke B, Scheutzel P, Junga AGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc33 (2025-06-16) - research articlesimulation
In-house designed simulation courses versus society-accredited designs by international societies: A comparative analysis
Abramovich I, Beilstein J, Kornemann E, Berger-Estilita J, Schröder TGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc32 (2025-06-16) - project reportsuicide
The request for assisted suicide – a challenging topic to teach in medical education. Project report on a compulsory elective course at the Aachen University Hospital
Scherg A, Wegmann M, Biersching T, Fink D, Lemos M, Elsner FGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(3):Doc31 (2025-06-16)
Issue 2
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Together! Clinic, research and teaching in human medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine and psychology: interdisciplinary, interprofessional, transhierarchical
Nikendei CGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc30 (2025-04-15) - research articleophthalmology
Undergraduate ophthalmology education according to International Council of Ophthalmology guidelines: A systematic review
Krungkraipetch L, Krungkraipetch N, Savatsomboon GGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc29 (2025-04-15) - research articlereflective writing
MaReS (Magdeburg Reflective Writing Scoring Rubric for Feedback) – development of a feedback method for reflective writing in health professions education: A pilot study in veterinary medicine
Ramspott S, Sonntag U, Härtl A, Rüttermann S, Roller D, Giesler M, Hempel LGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc28 (2025-04-15) - research articlestudent admission
The impact of changes in medical school admission procedures on study success: A comparative analysis at Hannover Medical School
Tsikas SA, Fischer VGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc27 (2025-04-15) - research paperinterprofessional education
Teaching/learning formats and cross-cutting issues for the design of interprofessional education for healthcare professions – literature review and analysis of training and examination regulations
Vogel JN, Bagner A, Schnaak R, Müller MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc26 (2025-04-15) - project reportinterprofessional education
SiGerinn – interprofessional patient safety training in perinatal care: Concept and formative evaluation
Averdunk K, Hammerschmidt J, Klein A, Weigl MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc25 (2025-04-15) - project reportpalliative care
Promoting interdisciplinarity and the timely integration of palliative care through the development and implementation of a blended learning elective for medical students
Batzler YN, Schallenburger M, Sammer T, Haussmann J, Tamaskovics B, Rehlinghaus M, von Schreitter J, Otten S, Fohler C, Schwartz J, Karger A, Niegisch G, Neukirchen MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc24 (2025-04-15) - project reportoral health
Interdisciplinary tutorial. Skills lab training in oral health as a strategy for promoting interdisciplinary skills
Gholamzadeh Biji N, Ackermann MA, Lautenbacher F, Borgmann S, Sennhenn-Kirchner S, Demmer IGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc23 (2025-04-15) - research articlecommunication
Evaluation of skills lab communication training in a bachelor’s programme in psychology based on communicative self-efficacy
Menzel M, Philipp S, Schulz K, Fankhänel T, Rehmer S, Hardecker S, Portius D, Ramminger S, Zergiebel U, Schochow M, Paridon H, Sänger S, Trummer A, Ernst A, Meusel S, Wick KGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc22 (2025-04-15) - project reportassessment
Strategy-based evaluation of a formative simulation test assessing professionally relevant competences of undergraduate medical students
Prediger S, Gärtner J, Jebram L, Harendza SGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc21 (2025-04-15) - project reportpeer teaching
Study smart: Peer-teaching workshop series for learning strategies, time and stress management in medical studies – a project report
Gross G, Feron L, Beetz F, Krapp N, Schüttpelz-Brauns KGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc20 (2025-04-15) - project reportsimulation
Simulative learning in the room of horror – a method to enhance patient safety in undergraduate nursing education
Hauff V, Homann L, Tannen AGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc19 (2025-04-15) - project reportescape room
An online escape room as an icebreaker in interdisciplinary and international health care professions education: A pilot mixed-methods study of “UKA Escape”
Lemos M, Kouchev V, Bell LGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc18 (2025-04-15) - project reportbusiness economics
Program development and initial experiences with the online class “Erste Hilfe Kasten – Allgemeinmedizin”
Seiler S, Schelter F, Nöfer E, Roos MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc17 (2025-04-15) - commentaryscientific training in medical school
Minimum requirements for scientific training in medical studies
Eckel J, Sperk E, Thiele W, Schüttpelz-Brauns KGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(2):Doc16 (2025-04-15)
Issue 1
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Alternative evaluation methods in medical education
Wijnen-Meijer MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc15 (2025-02-17) - obituaryobituary
We bid farewell to Prof. Dr. med. Wolf Langewitz (27.10.1951–28.12.2024)
Kiessling C, Bachmann C, Benz A, Fabry G, Fröhmel A, Härtl A, Hempel L, Hölzer H, Kienle R, Ortwein H, Otto B, Peters T, Philipp S, Pruskil S, Rockenbauch K, Schnabel KP, Sennekamp M, GMA Committee for Communication and Social CompetenciesGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc14 (2025-02-17)With Erratum (2025-10-20) - research articlecollaborative learning
Validation of the German form of the Classroom Community Scale (CCS-D)
Knof H, Shiozawa TGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc13 (2025-02-17) - research articlesimulated patients
Simulated patients’ role-portrayal in the clinical skills part of the Swiss federal licensing exam is of high quality and improves further over time as measured with the FAIR OSCE instrument
Schnabel KP, Bauer D, Schmitz FM, Hitzblech T, Brem BGGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc12 (2025-02-17) - how tocommunication skills
Training supported by simulated persons to promote the development of specific communication skills in advance care planning
Götze K, Otten-Marré S, Loupatatzis B, in der Schmitten JGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc11 (2025-02-17) - project reportpatient counselling
Evaluating the longitudinal effectiveness of a smoking cessation counselling course based on the 5A model for medical students in family medicine placement
Ruck J, Tiedemann E, Sudmann J, Kübler A, Simmenroth AGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc10 (2025-02-17) - project reportmicrobiology
Stewards for future: Piloting a medical undergraduate elective on antimicrobial stewardship
Papan C, Gärtner BC, Simon A, Müller R, Fischer MR, Darici D, Becker SL, Last K, Bushuven SGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc9 (2025-02-17) - research articleteaching and assessment
Classroom teaching versus online teaching in physiology practical course – does this lead to different examination results?
Dreyer T, Papadopoulos S, Wiesner R, Karay YGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc8 (2025-02-17) - how toresilience
Reducing stress, strengthening resilience and self-care in medical students through Mind-Body Medicine (MBM)
Brinkhaus B, Stöckigt B, Witt CM, Ortiz M, Herrmann M, Adam D, Vogelsänger PGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc7 (2025-02-17) - research articlemedical students
Stress experience and coping strategies in medical studies – insights and a discussion of preventive measures
Warnken I, Polujanski S, Rotthoff T, Schindler AKGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc6 (2025-02-17) - research articleclinical clerkships
Medical students’ perception of supervision in MedUniVienna’s structured internal medicine and surgery clerkship program: Subject-specific differences and clerkship sequence effects
Hofhansl A, Zlabinger G, Bach L, Röhrs J, Mayer AM, Rieder A, Wagner-Menghin MGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc5 (2025-02-17) - research articledeath – students’ experiences
There is no cheating death: A qualitative study of 4th year medical students’ confrontations with death in their medical curriculum
Rey A, Cantin B, Bonvin RGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc4 (2025-02-17) - research articlesurgery
“Hold the retractor, that’s it?” – A retrospective longitudinal evaluation-study of the surgical and the elective tertial in the practical year
Junga A, Görlich D, Scherzer S, Schwarz M, Schulze H, Marschall B, Becker JCGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc3 (2025-02-17) - research articlediversity
Representation of gender and people of color among healthcare professionals in medical comics – a document analysis
Amin Parsa C, Hirsch J, Schüttpelz-Brauns KGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc2 (2025-02-17) - thanksacknowledgement
Acknowledgement to the reviewers of GMS Journal for Medical Education
Fischer MR, Fabry GGMS J Med Educ. 2025;42(1):Doc1 (2025-02-17)