Seidenstuecker Klaus H, Neidhardt Stefan
German Maritime Health Association.
Int Marit Health. 2014;65(4):181-6. doi: 10.5603/IMH.2014.0035.
While a steady growth of cruise tourism since the 1970s created an increasing demand for ship doctors medical postgraduate specialty training did not sufficiently reflect the scope of skills and knowledge required from a physician being left to himself at sea. The German Maritime Health Association therefore tasked a working group with analysing the situation and coming up with suggestions for an adequate postgraduate training for ship doctors.
The working group consisted of 19 experts with various backgrounds in maritime medicine. A literature review was done on cruise ship epidemiology as well as an assessment of tasks and environmental factors influencing medical care on board of cruise ships. Necessary knowledge and skills were derived and compared with those imparted by standard German medical education.
Mandatory knowledge and skills were identified as well as elements of standard medical education contributing to these goals. Those aspects that would or could not be adequately covered by German standard education were catalogued and summarised in a course curriculum.
In 2013 after approval by its board of directors the German Maritime Health Association published a qualification and training recommendation addressing colleagues planning to muster as ship doctors.
自20世纪70年代以来，邮轮旅游业稳步增长，对船上医生的需求不断增加，但医学研究生专业培训未能充分反映一名在海上独立工作的医生所需的技能和知识范围。因此，德国海事健康协会责成一个工作组分析这种情况，并就为船上医生提供适当的研究生培训提出建议。
该工作组由19名具有不同航海医学背景的专家组成。对邮轮流行病学进行了文献综述，并对影响邮轮上医疗护理的任务和环境因素进行了评估。得出了必要的知识和技能，并与德国标准医学教育所传授的知识和技能进行了比较。
确定了强制性知识和技能以及有助于实现这些目标的标准医学教育要素。那些德国标准教育无法充分涵盖的方面被编入课程大纲并进行了总结。
2013年，德国海事健康协会经董事会批准后，发布了一项资格和培训建议，供计划成为船上医生的同行参考。
