Thinking outside the box: students positive about visionary elective curricula in medical school.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Space for personality development as well as for the development of critical, creative and interdisciplinary thinking is rarely found in medical curricula in Germany. To be prepared for the challenges of modern medicine, future physicians need a visionary mindset. The aim of this study is to determine the need for teaching such content among medical students in the context of visionary elective curricula and to examine these with regard to the desired topics and organizational structure. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 236 medical students from all semesters of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. The survey consists of 50 questions and includes single choice, multiple choice, matrix questions, open-ended questions and Likert scales. Responses we

SUBMITTER: Rohr SO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8675382 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature