[The doctoral regulations of the medical faculties in Germany : What has changed in the last 9 years?]

Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) Pub Date : 2025-10-02 DOI:10.1007/s00104-025-02387-9

Tomico van Bergen, Christoph Paasch, Richard Hunger, René Mantke

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Background: The doctoral degree regulations at German faculties partially show fundamental differences. Against this background in 2016 the Medical Faculty Association (MFT) published a position paper on teaching scientific competence in medical studies. This study project aims to analyze the quality of doctoral degree regulations in Germany 9 years later.

Methods: In this study 39 current doctoral degree regulations (PromO) from German medical faculties with the right to award doctorates were analyzed along with the supervision agreements, if available. The standard of the statutes was assessed according to the scoring system of Sorg et al.

Results: The mean value of the total score of all doctoral regulations was 68.4 points (SD ± 8.4) and has increased compared to 2016 (57.5 points, SD ± 9.4, p < 0.001). Supervision agreements and cumulative doctorates have been strongly codified since 2016. Methodological training and plagiarism checks have become more mandatory compared to 2016 but are not widespread. The MFT requirement of at least 9 months of research activity was only addressed by 1 medical faculty. Not all doctorates have to be published.

Conclusion: The key points of the MFT position paper have not been fully implemented; however, the quality of doctoral regulations in Germany has improved over the last 9 years.

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德国医学院的博士制度：在过去的9年里发生了什么变化？]

背景：德国各学院的博士学位规定部分显示出根本性的差异。在此背景下，2016年，医学院协会（MFT）发表了一份关于医学研究中科学能力教学的立场文件。本研究项目旨在分析9年后德国博士学位制度的质量。方法：在本研究中，分析了德国有博士学位授予权的医学院现行的39项博士学位规定（PromO）以及监管协议（如果有的话）。结果：所有博士规章的总得分平均值为68.4分（SD± 8.4），与2016年（57.5分，SD± 9.4,p ）相比有所提高。结论：MFT立场文件的要点并未得到充分落实，但德国博士规章的质量在过去9年中有所提高。

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