Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Infectious diseases as a clinical specialty in germany — Fact or fancy?

  • Commentary
  • Published:
Infection Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Kass, E. H. Infectious diseases as a clinical specialty. Infection 7 (1979) 264–266.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Hook, E. W. The evolution of the clinical subspecialist in infectious diseases. J. Infect. Dis. 136 (1977) 303–307.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Wolff, S. M. The Infectious Disease Society of America and the 1980s. J. Infect. Dis. 145 (1982) 595–601.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Schleiter, M. K., Tarlov, A. R. National study of internal medicine manpower: IX. Internal medicine residency and fellowship training: 1984 update. Ann. Int. Med. 102 (1985) 681–685.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Rowley, B. D., Baldwin, D. C., McGuire, M. B., Etzel, S. I., O'Leary, C. J. Graduate medical education in the United States. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 264 (1990) 822–832.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Nelson, R. L., McCaffrey, L. A., Nobrega, F. T., Schultz, H. J., Campion, M. E., Naessens, J. M., Palumbo, P. J. Altering residency curriculum in response to a changing practice environment: use of the Mayo internal medicine residency alumni survey. Mayo Clin. Proc. 65 (1990) 809–817.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Knothe, H., Adam, D., Alexander, M., Betke, K., Holzer, E., Lode, H., Marget, W., Roos, R., Schölmerich, P., Simon, C., Stille, W., Weber, E. Die Situation der klinischen Infektiologie muß verbessert werden. Infection 12 (1984) 212.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Lode, H., Adam, D. Zur Situation der Infektiologie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Klinikarzt 13 (1984) 648–650.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Roos, R. Entwicklung der klinischen Infektiologie: die USA als Schrittmacher. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 82 (1985) 555–557.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Lang, W. Die Position der Infektiologie heute. Münchn. Med. Wochenschr. 128 (1986) 527.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Bauer, H.-P., Popovic, M. Was jeder über die Weiterbildung wissen sollte. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 82 (1985) 981.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Krankenhausstruktur: Die innere Medizin darf nicht auseinanderdriften. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 83 (1986) 1274–1275.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Kunin, C. M. Who should treat infectious diseases? Hospital Practice 10 (1975) 11–15.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Petersdorf, R. G. The doctors' dilemma. N. Engl. J. Med. 299 (1978) 628–634.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Beeson, P. B. The natural history of medical subspecialties. Ann. Int. Med. 93 (1980) 624–626.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Eickhoff, T. C. The social evolution of the Infectious Disease Society of America. J. Infect. Dis. 151 (1985) 383–387.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Petersdorf, R. G. Whither infectious diseases? Memories, manpower, and money. J. Infect. Dis. 153 (1986) 189–195.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Ervin, F. R. The bell tolls for the infectious disease clinician. J. Infect. Dis. 153 (1986) 183–185.

    Google Scholar 

  19. Berman, S. J. Comment from S. J. Berman. J. Infect. Dis. 153 (1986) 185–186.

    Google Scholar 

  20. Ackley, A. Jr. Comment from A. Ackley Jr. J. Infect. Dis. 153 (1986) 186–188.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Tice, A. T., Marsh, P. K., Craven, P. C. Reply. J. Infect. Dis. 154 (1986) 910.

    Google Scholar 

  22. Kaplan, K. Reply. J. Infect. Dis. 154 (1986) 910–911.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Wyngaarden, J. B. The clinical investigator as an endangered species. N. Engl. J. Med. 301 (1979) 1254–1259.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Healy, B. Innovators for the 21st century: will we face a crisis in biomedical research brainpower? N. Engl. J. Med. 319 (1988) 1058–1064.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Movsesian, M. A. Effects on physician-scientists of the low funding rate of NIH grant applications. N. Engl. J. Med. 322 (1990) 1602–1604.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Stossel, T. P., Stossel, S. C. Declining American representation in leading clinical-research journals. N. Engl. J. Med. 322 (1990) 739–742.

    Google Scholar 

  27. Infektiologie soll gefördert werden. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 83 (1986) 3004.

  28. DVFLR — Projektträgerschaften für Arbeit, Umwelt und Gesundheit: Förderschwerpunkt “Forschungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben im Bereich der Infektionskrankheiten”. Hinweise zur Bekanntmachung des BMFT vom 7.9.87. Bonn, Mai 1988.

  29. Diesfeld, H. J. Tropenmedizin heute — Herausforderung an eine globale Medizin. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 87 (1990) 85–87.

    Google Scholar 

  30. Piekarsky, G., Seitz, H. M. Medizinische Parasitologie — Ein interdisziplinäres Gebiet in seiner Entwicklung. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 87 (1990) 2216–2219.

    Google Scholar 

  31. Kelley, M. A. Critical care medicine — A new specialty? N. Engl. J. Med. 318 (1988) 1613–1616.

    Google Scholar 

  32. Weber, E. Situation und Perspektiven der klinischen Pharmakologie. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 87 (1990) 389–392.

    Google Scholar 

  33. Weber, E., Walter-Sack, I. Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrates zur Förderung der Klinischen Pharmakologie. Klin. Wochenschr. 68 (1990) 932–933.

    Google Scholar 

  34. Ronald, A. R., Nicolle, L. E., Goldsand, G., MacDonald, N. Infectious diseases as a Canadian subspecialty, with projections to the year 2000. Rev. Infect. Dis. 12 (1990) 900–907.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Medizinische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Robert-Koch-Str. 8, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    W. Kern

Authors
  1. W. Kern
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

In memory of Ed Kass, who promulgated infectious diseases internationally as a clinical subspecialty and thereby rendered an unforgettable service to the entire field.

This is the state of affairs in most European countries.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kern, W. Infectious diseases as a clinical specialty in germany — Fact or fancy?. Infection 19, 1–6 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01643746

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01643746

Keywords

Search

Navigation