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strengthening of clinical research in Germany

German Society of Internal Medicine

urges strengthening of clinical research in Germany

Berlin - The German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) provides for the
university clinical research in Germany in a dilemma:
science perspective is considered crucial for the future. The
variety of meaningful, high-quality programs is great. Nevertheless, says DGIM
is the clinical research often doomed to failure
, as the researchers themselves are increasingly burdened and
are paid less. DGIM experts discussed this today in
a press conference in Berlin.



Clinical Research comprises mainly of university research
at and for the patient. On the one hand, one clinic near
basic research. This examines processes which lead to the creation of
diseases. On the other hand, are clinical trials to develop
prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases to
and tested. "In fact, many of the currently
initiated programs in principle suitable to reach these high goals
," said Professor Wolfgang Hiddemann, MD, Chairman of the
DGIM. Excellence initiatives, or competence networks pursued as
the right approach: you assign resources
clinical research according to certain quality criteria to designated
working groups. Laws and regulations, but considerably more difficult
the implementation, says the director of the Medical Clinic and Policlinic III
at the Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich
.

According DGIM hampered above all the new Higher Education Act
clinical research at universities in Germany - the last
amended on 1 January 2007. The Regulation has determined under
alia the framework for new managers: The
W-grade replaces the C-grade. If a habilitation
clinically experienced senior physician a W2 professorship at reduced with
base salary was around 600, - €. Also covered compensation for overtime and standby service
away without compensation. "So what should this
colleagues motivated to pursue a scientific career
and a professor to compete?" Says the president of the Congress this year's 113th
to consider annual meeting of the DGIM. Already a
significant decrease of the next generation of medical
university hospitals was noted. Only a relatively small proportion of candidates
interest in medical research and
have a university career. This

illustrate a central dilemma: "All no matter how reasonable
programs to strengthen clinical research at the universities
will fail because do that, those who make this research
and do demotivated substantial and disillusioned
be, "said Professor Hiddemann. To the undoubted great
potential use of university clinical research in Germany,
needed young, rising scientists
the appropriate support from federal and state policy.