[Educational reform in medical education--effects of the 8th revision of the medical approbation regulation on the psychosomatic/psychotherapy specialty].

Since the end of 1993 a draft of the 8th revision of the Educational Rules in Medicine (Arztliche Approbationsordnung) was published by the Federal Ministry of Health, suggesting substantial changes of ways and contents of medical education the consequences of which for university departments of psychosomatics and psychotherapy are discussed in this paper.