[The graduate education project in the new federal German lands "Diabetics--Management in General Practice"].

Supported by the federal ministry of health, the Central Research Institute for Ambulatory Health Care in Germany organised postgraduate courses with the topic "How to take care of diabetic patients" in cooperation with the society of panel physicians. Contents and media of the postgraduate course were developed with the help of experts, a formative evaluation of the curriculum was carried out. In a consensus- and preparatory meeting, diabetologists discussed the medical objectives with experts and were trained under the guidance of educationalists (microteaching with video-monitoring aiming at improving teaching behaviour). Later on, 1315 physicians participated in 38 postgraduate courses. The experiences of this project can provide useful informations how to structure postgraduate medical education.