caa a22 4500 475832906 CHVBK 20180406123845.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960000381 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960000381 Differences Between American and German Medical Students and Physicians in Knowledge of Infectious Diseases [Elektronische Daten] [T. Glück, S. Opal, J. Alattar-Mantis, T. Weitzel, H. Lode, J. Schölmerich]  Unlike in the USA and many other countries, the discipline of infectious diseases is not established as a specialty or a subspecialty in Germany. In order to assess the impact of this structural difference, the knowledge of clinical infectious diseases was compared among 64 German and 82 American physicians and medical students using a 33-question, multiple-choice questionnaire. Participants in the USA had significantly better scores, and, among them, the number of correct answers increased steadily along with clinical experience. In contrast, among the German participants only a minor increase in knowledge was observed after the first 2 years of postgraduate training. The superior knowledge of infectious diseases demonstrated by physicians and medical students in the USA is presumably due to better training in this field during medical school and residency. Additionally, repeated exposure to infectious disease consultation in daily practice is likely to provide continuous medical education. The results of this study may provide a rationale for establishing infectious diseases as a recognized medical subspecialty in Germany. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Glück T. Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany e-mail: thomas.glueck@klinik.uni-regensburg.de Tel.: +49-941-9447143 Fax: +49-941-9447144, DE aut Opal S. Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, USA, US aut Alattar-Mantis J. Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai Services at Queens Hospital Center, Queens, NY, USA, US aut Weitzel T. Department of Internal Medicine I, Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, DE aut Lode H. Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, City Hospital Heckeshorn, Zehlendorf/Berlin, Germany, DE aut Schölmerich J. Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany e-mail: thomas.glueck@klinik.uni-regensburg.de Tel.: +49-941-9447143 Fax: +49-941-9447144, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000381 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000381 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Glück T. Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany e-mail: thomas.glueck@klinik.uni-regensburg.de Tel.: +49-941-9447143 Fax: +49-941-9447144, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Opal S. Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, USA, US aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alattar-Mantis J. Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai Services at Queens Hospital Center, Queens, NY, USA, US aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weitzel T. Department of Internal Medicine I, Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lode H. Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, City Hospital Heckeshorn, Zehlendorf/Berlin, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schölmerich J. Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany e-mail: thomas.glueck@klinik.uni-regensburg.de Tel.: +49-941-9447143 Fax: +49-941-9447144, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer