[Effects of the new further training regulations on the training behavior of assistant doctors]

During the 106th "Deutschen Arztetag" (German Medical Assembly) in 2003 new model further training regulations were finalized. Further training was to be more clearly arranged and the targets more clearly defined. There are no uniform training regulations for Germany. The new training regulations promise more clarity: the numbers of the individual interventions and investigations are no longer specified. Instead operation groups which are connected with respect to content and organization in a defined minimum are to be identified. The new further training regulations are geared to a process orientation. For the first time trainers and trainees have the possibility to actively work together in the further training process. The joint logbook"Urological further training" from the GeSRU (German Society of Residents in Urology), DGU (German Society for Urology) and BDU (Professional Association of German Urologists) is a milestone in Germany. The further training will be continuously improved through constant evaluation.