Robert Bosch Stiftung

About: Robert Bosch Stiftung is a nonprofit organization based out in Stuttgart, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Health care & Poison control. The organization has 44 authors who have published 71 publications receiving 923 citations. The organization is also known as: Robert-Bosch-Stiftung & Robert Bosch Foundation.

[150 years of Magnus Hirschfeld (14 May 1868-14 May 1935) and his influence on urology].

Abstract: Modern sexology was introduced by the Berlin-based Magnus Hirschfeld, who was born 150 years ago. He revolutionized the physician-patient relationship by introducing new terms of sexual behavior. His theory of "sexual in-betweens" paved the way for new concepts in sexual therapy, including hormonal pills in urological practice. Some of his colleagues developed the idea of a rejuvenation of male organism by sterilization. Many urologists had learned this operation in 1920s, which thus unintentionally enabled the National Socialists to quickly implement racial hygiene laws after 1933.

Special edition booklet: Interprofessional Training - Published by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung.

Abstract: Today, anyone who chooses a career in the health care sector in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland usually stays among their peers – both during their studies as well as their professional training. To date, study courses in the fields of medicine and care, health care and nursing training, and studies and training in the therapeutic professions such as physiotherapy or speech therapy, as well as the medical-technical careers, almost entirely focus on one profession. However, in light of the increase in chronic diseases and the growing importance of multiple morbidities and dementia – also in regards to demographic changes – interprofessionally coordinated care is becoming more and more important. These demographic and epidemiological changes are resulting in increasingly complex situations and processes for care, the handling of which – in terms of the health, safety, and quality of life of the patient – can only be successful through sound collaboration. An awareness of the tasks, competencies, and responsibilities of the other career fields is fundamental for collaboration in ensuring highquality care for the patients. However, acquisition of these interprofessional skills, abilities, and expertise, as well as knowledge of the intersections between and transition from one health care profession to another, is hardly been supported. Training in the areas of communicative and social skills in interprofessional settings with regard to successful instances of collaboration is also only found sporadically in various curricula. Collaborative learning can foster the development of these skills and combat the formation of barriers and misconceptions about the other job categories. Interprofessional collaboration alone will most likely not be able to solve all future problems and challenges in patient care. However, it is a necessity to be able to meet today’s requirements and to take on new challenges professionally. This includes – for all job categories – awareness of and reflection on one’s own role, tasks, and responsibilities, as well as those of the other job categories when working together. The chances of success for collaboration are much higher if it is learned during a training or study course and continuously trained and practiced via professional development. Exactly this was the impetus for the Robert Bosch Stiftung to launch the Operation Team– Interprofessional Training in Health Care Professions program. The objective of this support is to disrupt the “monoprofessional” training culture and to implement a structural anchor of interprofessional training opportunities of substantial scope and quality, as well as to establish interprofessional training as an integral element in the training portfolio of the health care sector. This objective is ambitious, and the path will be long and arduous. The current conditions seem to indicate that the time is now for this integration of interprofessional training elements: the very positive response to all advertisements of the Operation Team and the impressively high number of submissions are indications of this. Over the past few years, several projects have been initiated at various locations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and a number of ideas for interprofessional learning and teaching have been carried out. Many different curricular measures and projects in training and professional development have already been initiated, and experience has been gathered on topics ranging from structuring the content of interprofessional training courses to various constellations of target groups and institutional connections. A significant intention – and the next logical step – was therefore to record these experiences, describing the respective projects, achieving harmony between the level of research regarding inter-

[What is Men's Health? A definition].

Abstract: © 2017 The Dougmar Publishing Group. Target of the study Men's Health is increasingly coming into force within health research, epidemiology, health care organisation, and health policy. Over the past 10-15 years the EU Men's Health Report and reports within some countries have publicised problems of health in men. A starting point for the study of men's health is the defi nition of "Men's Health". A group of German experts in the fi eld of men's health has taken on this task. Methodology A literature review in international and national databases was performed for the years 1990-2014 by selected MeSH terms and for "experts in men's health". Further research concerned "grey literature" in Germany, especially health reports and web pages. This was followed by a conference of experts to defi ne "Men's Health" using a modifi ed Delphi method according to W. Zinn. From the expert group, minimum criteria for a defi nition of "Men's Health", which must comply with the new defi nition of men's health, were created and discussed. The fi nal defi nition was created in the third round of the Delphi method. Results The international literature review yielded seven defi nitions of "Men's Health" in the English literature and fi ve defi nitions in the German literature including within the "grey" literature. The expert group identifi ed seven minimum criteria and fi fteen relevant topics that were needed for a strong defi nition, of which, by weighting, eight criteria were considered relevant for a new defi nition. None of the existing defi nitions could fulfi l these eight criteria. Therefore, in the next step of the expert group a new defi nition "Men's Health" was elaborated. The defi nition has reference to the WHO concept of "health" and includes dimensions of health and disease, risk and protective factors that require special prevention and care services for all phases of life. All participants in the expert group agreed on the defi nition developed. Conclusions The defi nition of Men's Health is a basis for further research and practice to improve men's health in Germany and other countries.