Kock N, Gauer I C, Busch L C, Kirchner H
Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2000 Jun 9;125(23):724-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1024469.
There are only few investigations on supervision of medical dissertations that allow a comparison between different universities. This article discusses how the medical dissertation can be incorporated into a new medical curriculum.
A questionnaire was sent to all medical students in Lübeck who wrote dissertations in 1998. It contained 28 questions on duration, supervision, impact on medical studies and possible changes in the dissertation process. The data were compared statistically to previous studies.
70 questionnaires could be evaluated (63%) which allowed a comparison with studies in Hannover and Erlangen-Nürnberg. The Lübeck students assessed their supervision to be significantly better, they worked more frequently on experimental topics and data of their research were published more often than was the case in the other two institutions. The students regularly needed one extra semester for their dissertation, especially those working on experimental topics. Those who wrote dissertations expressed criticism of the dissertation process: only one third were in favour of making no change in the process. When asked to suggest possible improvements they proposed having a central facility for the announcement of dissertation subjects and one free semester to work solely on the dissertation.
In order to evaluate and compare supervision of dissertations, a comparable questionnaire should be used by all medical universities. If the medical curriculum is changed, the dissertation either has to be firmly integrated in the curriculum or it should be undertaken after completion of the studies.
关于医学博士论文指导情况的调查较少，尚缺乏不同大学之间的比较研究。本文探讨如何将医学博士论文纳入新的医学课程体系。
向吕贝克市所有在1998年撰写博士论文的医学生发放问卷。问卷包含28个问题，涉及论文撰写时长、指导情况、对医学学习的影响以及论文撰写过程中可能出现的变化等方面。将所得数据与以往研究进行统计学比较。
共收回70份有效问卷（回收率63%），可用于与汉诺威和埃尔朗根-纽伦堡的研究进行比较。吕贝克的学生认为他们得到的指导显著更好，他们更频繁地从事实验性课题研究，且其研究数据发表的频率高于其他两所院校。学生完成博士论文通常需要额外一个学期的时间，尤其是从事实验性课题研究的学生。撰写博士论文的学生对论文撰写过程提出了批评：只有三分之一的学生赞成维持现状。当被问及可能的改进建议时，他们提议设立一个集中发布博士论文课题的机构，并设置一个专门用于撰写博士论文的自由学期。
为了评估和比较博士论文的指导情况，所有医科大学应使用可比的问卷。如果医学课程体系发生变化，博士论文要么必须牢固地融入课程体系，要么应在学业完成后进行。
