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Wrzburg Despite all efforts, the amendment to the licensing regulations is unlikely to happen in this legislative period. Matthias Frosch, President of the Medical Faculty Association (MFT), made this assessment yesterday at the opening of the 58th Congress for General Medicine and Family Medicine.

Unfortunately, he can hardly imagine that adapting the licensing regulations to the medicine of the future will be high on the priority list of the next federal government, says Frosch. The positive effects hoped for from a corresponding reform threatened to be postponed until well into the next decade.

However, if necessary, the faculties could, within the framework of existing possibilities, implement the necessary steps to ensure modern medical studies on their own responsibility. If necessary, the current licensing regulations will be expanded to the maximum.

The reform of medical studies has been dragging on for years because the federal and state governments cannot agree on counter-financing. The draft of a new medical licensing regulation, which has now been revised several times, is based on the master plan for medical studies 2020 and is intended, among other things, to contribute to strengthening general medicine. The content is welcomed by both students and faculty.

Markus Beier, co-federal chairman of the Association of General Practitioners, held the federal states particularly responsible in this context. They did not act credibly. One cannot, on the one hand, complain about the loss of primary care, but at the same time refuse financial resources to strengthen this care.

In May of this year, the delegates to the 128th German Medical Association also called on the federal and state governments to amend the licensing regulations. The amendment to medical training contains essential innovations that are essential for modern medical studies. © aha/aerzteblatt.de