[Concrete goals of the licensing regulation in social medicine education based on legal educational requirements].

The compilations of educational objectives known as "Gegenstandskataloge" link the global educational goals of the German licensing regulations and the more specific demands of the multiple-choice examinations. Favouring formerly the concept of operationalised educational objectives, the procedure is now restricted to the definition of medical subjects on which the examinations are based. The procedure of defining sociomedical objectives as part of the revised "Gegenstandskatalog" is described. More or less desired "side effects" and the representation and integration of sociomedical goals in the medical curriculum are discussed.