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[Visual Impressions of the Conference "Family-friendliness in Medical Under- and Postgraduate Education"]

 Ralf Peßmann 1
Johanna Niehues 2
Hubert Liebhardt 2

1 PERANET * creativ solutions, Ulm, Germany
2 University Clinic Ulm, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, Ulm, Germany



Conference documentation

The conference on Family-Friendliness in Medical Under- and Postgraduate Education took place from the 14th to the 15th of October 2010 at the University of Stuttgart-Vaihingen (see Figure 1 [Fig. 1]) in Auditorium V9.01 (see Figure 2 [Fig. 2]) with over 80 participants from all over Germany.

Figure 1: University of Stuttgart-Vaihingen

Figure 2: Participants in Auditorium V9.01

The conference was opened with a speech by Ministerial Director Klaus Tappeser, Office of the Chief Minister for Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg (see Figure 3 [Fig. 3]) and Karin Maag MP (CDU) (see Figure 4 [Fig. 4]). Both presenters emphasised the need for more family-friendliness in the future and the challenges this posed to personal and corporate policies in the health service and in medical schools.

Figure 3: Klaus Tappeser

Figure 4: Karin Maag

They were followed by Prof. Jörg M. Fegert, Medical Director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Clinic Ulm (see Figure 5 [Fig. 5]) with a lecture introducing the issue of family-friendliness in medicine. Mr. Erich Stutzer of Family Research Baden-Württemberg (see Figure 6 [Fig. 6]) then gave a glimpse into the future using demographic data and best-practice examples from the health sector.

Figure 5: Prof. Dr. Jörg M. Fegert

Figure 6: Erich Stutzer

The key event was the presentation of the current study results by Dr. Katrin Prospero (see Figure 7 [Fig. 7]) and Johanna Niehues MA (see Figure 8 [Fig. 8]) of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Clinic Ulm. The study “Family-Friendly Medical Studies in Baden-Württemberg” was funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg.

Figure 7: Dr. Katrin Prospero

Figure 8: Johanna Niehues, M.A.

During the lunch break the participants had a chance to mingle (see Figure 9 [Fig. 9]) and check out the open poster presentation (see Figure 10 [Fig. 10]).

Figure 9: Talking during lunch

Figure 10: Lunch break with poster presentation

The afternoon session was opened by Dr. Hubert Liebhardt (see Figure 11 [Fig. 11]), Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Clinic Ulm, with practical examples for family-friendly medical studies using the University of Ulm as an example.

Figure 11: Dr. Hubert Liebhardt

Ulrike Leiblein from the Heidelberg Student Union (see Figure 12 [Fig. 12]) gave a report on the specific family-friendly policies at the University of Heidelberg.

Figure 12: Ulrike Leiblein

Cornelia Bressem (see Figure 13 [Fig. 13]), senior official of the Government of Baden-Württemberg, was responsible for organising the conference and a helpful contact at the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg.

Figure 13: Prof. Dr. Martina Müller-Schilling (front left), Cornelia Bressem (MWK) (front right)

The conference highlight was the panel discussion with the following participants (see Figure 14 [Fig. 14]), moderated by Dr. Daniel De Ridder (see Figure 15 [Fig. 15]):

Figure 14 (from left): Rüdiger Strehl, Prof. Dr. Dieter Bitter-Suermann, Nora Heinemann, Jutta Struck, Andreas Schütze, Prof. Dr. Müller-Schilling, PD Dr. Christian Benninger, Prof. Dr. Jörg M. Fegert

Figure 15: Dr. Daniela De Ridder

  • Dr. Charles Benninger (Chief of the Medical Association of Baden-Württemberg)
  • Prof. Dieter Bitter-Suermann (MFT)
  • Prof. Jörg M. Fegert (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy University of Ulm)
  • Nora Heinemann, medical student (bvmd)
  • Prof. Martina Müller-Schilling (Senior Chief Physician, Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Heidelberg)
  • Andreas Schütze, Assistant Secretary (MWC)
  • Jutta Struck (BMFSFJ)
  • Rudiger Strehl, Secretary General (VUD)

The second day of the conference saw a workshop on specific implementation opportunities and best-practice examples of family-friendly policies at universities and university hospitals in small groups (see Figukre 16 [Fig. 16]). Dr. Daniela De Ridder hosted the workshop.

Figure 16: Workshop on 15.10.2010

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.