Medicine (State Examination)

The Medicine program provides a strong foundation in the science of medicine while at the same time emphasizing practical and patient-oriented aspects of the field. Its goal is to ensure that students receive comprehensive medical, interdisciplinary and methodical training and acquire:

• the practical and psychological skills as well as an intellectual and ethical understanding of medicine;
• the physician’s sense of responsibility to both the individual and the public which is necessary to assist in prevention, diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation of illness and disability while taking into account the patient’s psychological and social context, scientific progress, the environment and the society;
• the ability and readiness to stay involved in continuing medical education and to work together with fellow physicians as well as members of other health professions.

A particular focus of teaching in Göttingen is the acquisition of practical skills for the medical profession. The Student Training Center for Medical Practice and Simulation (STÄPS) was set up specifically for this purpose. In this skills lab, our students use simulators and real medical equipment under medical supervision (but also in student-led tutorials) to practise the basic skills that doctors need to master on their first day at work.

Since 2019, students have had the opportunity to practise clinical procedures in a realistic environment at the UMG teaching hospital .

Special concepts have been developed for bedside teaching and the block practicals in order to maximize learning success. In the last semester before the second state examination, all the content learned so far is looked at again from a different perspective: Here, our students work out the diagnostic and therapeutic procedure - based on symptoms and findings - using the current guidelines.