ASSESSMENT OF PARTS OF THE MEDICAL-EDUCAT ION BY STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT EXPERIENCE IN VOLUNTARY HISTORY-TAKING GROUPS (ANAMNESEGRUPPEN) - AN EMPIRICAL-STUDY

A representative sample of medical students (n=121) was given a questi onnaire to assess parts of their medical education (lectures, seminars , clerkships) and to design a subjectively ideal timetable, which was compared with the real faculty program. Overall traditional lectures r eceived a low rating (mean=0.17) and individual studies with the textb ooks a high rating (mean=0.53). The information given in programs in p sychiatry and psychosomatics is significantly less motivating than inf ormation to be learned in other medical subjects. This is surprising b ecause the ground work for training in the doctor-patient relationship should be in these fields. Students with former group experience (par ticipation in peer groups on history taking (wish to have more practic ally oriented education compared with the students without group exper ience. It is not clear whether the important factor is participation i n group experience before starting medical school. (64% of the partici pants had group experience in the first group as opposed to only 45% o f the other group). This information should be taken into consideratio n when reforming medical school programs.