Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Fragebogen-gestützten Erhebung von Soft skills als Zulassungskriterien zum Medizinstudium
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Due to a reorganization in the admission procedure for German medical students in 2005 Medical Faculties may admit up to 60% of their students according to specific university criteria. Both legislation and public opinion implicitly require nonacademic criteria and personality traits to be included into the selection criteria (motivation, identification, avoidance of misconceptions). Since interviews appear to be not suitable for the high number of applicants the Medical Faculty of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main has developed a questionnaire covering extracurricular achievements. This questionnaire has be answered by first year students of the JWG university Frankfurt and the Medical University Innsbruck at the begin of the winter term 2005/2006. Contrary to initial expectations, only 15% of the students stated specific job experience in a medically related field (emergency service, nurse or similar occupations), whereas more than 60% indicated to play at least one instrument and/or being engaged in sports activities. The summary of these self experiences indicate that only a minority of admitted students have medically related experience to a larger degree. The wide variation in time and duration given for the activities indicate that (online) questionnaires should be treated carefully as a preselection method for medical studies admission.
Language: German
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2768256094