Weihrauch M, Weber A, Pabst R, Weltle D, Lehnert G
Abteilung für Arbeitsmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
Med Klin (Munich). 2000 Oct 15;95(10):545-7. doi: 10.1007/pl00002060.
The actual value of medical dissertations is under current discussion. Studies concerning medical dissertation focused on successful candidates only. Therefore, data about physicians without "MD" are still lacking. PERSONS AND METHODS: We therefore performed a representative study of both, physicians with and without the "Dr. med." degree. Using an anonymous questionnaire we asked for reasons to perform a doctoral thesis.
A total of 321 questionnaires could be evaluated (successful candidates n = 181; unsuccessful candidates n = 140). Nearly 96% have attempted to perform a medical dissertation at the beginning of their studies. Only 4% never had this intention. However, 67% answered that writing a medical dissertation has no relevance in clinical practice. For 80% of the successful physicians, it was the first attempted dissertation, they judged the supervision as very good or good. Physicians who did not write a medical dissertation stated that deficits in planning and supervising were the main reason for prematurely breaking off. 90% of the successful dissertationists thought that it had been personally meaningful and recommended the procedure to younger physicians. However, two-thirds of the practicing physicians without "MD" still intend to write a thesis.
We conclude that the medical dissertation is highly rated in terms of personal and scientific value and should therefore remain a part of medical studies and science.
医学博士论文的实际价值目前正在讨论中。关于医学博士论文的研究仅关注成功的候选人。因此，仍然缺乏关于没有“医学博士”学位的医生的数据。
因此，我们对有和没有“医学博士”学位的医生进行了一项代表性研究。我们使用匿名问卷询问撰写博士论文的原因。
总共321份问卷可以进行评估（成功候选人181名；未成功候选人140名）。近96%的人在学习开始时尝试撰写医学博士论文。只有4%的人从未有过这个打算。然而，67%的人回答说撰写医学博士论文在临床实践中没有相关性。对于80%成功的医生来说，这是他们第一次尝试撰写论文，他们认为指导非常好或良好。没有撰写医学博士论文的医生表示，计划和指导方面的不足是过早中断的主要原因。90%成功撰写论文的人认为这对个人有意义，并向年轻医生推荐这个过程。然而，三分之二没有“医学博士”学位的执业医生仍然打算撰写论文。
我们得出结论，医学博士论文在个人和科学价值方面得到高度评价，因此应该仍然是医学学习和科学的一部分。
