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Introduction: Integrative oncology combines evidence-based methods of oncological therapy, supportive medicine, nutrition and physical activity as well as complementary medicine and can significantly improve the effectiveness of therapy and the quality of life for cancer patients. However, scientifically based continuing education in this area has so far rarely been available.Project outline: The part-time continuing education program in “Integrative Onkologie” at the University of Jena is the first in Germany to offer scientifically based training for various healthcare professions. The focus lies on evidence-based content regarding the diagnosis, therapy, prevention and survivorship of cancer from the fields of complementary medicine, sport and nutrition. The course comprises 3 semesters of distance learning with one attendance weekend in Jena and concludes with a Master’s thesis (M.Sc.). All healthcare professionals with a first university degree in medicine or health sciences and at least one year of professional experience are eligible for admission. The development of the study program was supported by surveys and statements from students and experts.Results: A demand survey of students (N=128) and statements (N=15) from healthcare professionals show that the course closes a gap in education and training. The course was seen as an attractive and suitable alternative to subject-specific consecutive Master's courses. Its interdisciplinary focus and its high relevance with regard to improvements in healthcare were rated particularly positive. From the students’ point of view, the topics of nutrition and physical activity were seen as particularly interesting, while the expert’s statements emphasized the need for evidence-based discussion, especially in the field of complementary medicine. Discussion: The course fills an important gap and provides evidence-based further training in integrative oncology. The presented conditions are rated as appropriate and the extended professional options and improvement of care in everyday practice are emphasized. The course was approved in April 2023 and has already started with the first cohort in the winter semester 2023 (October).Conclusion: The postgraduate course in integrative oncology at the University of Jena offers thorough training for healthcare professionals and fulfills the requirements for continuing education programs. It can therefore make a significant contribution to medical consultation needs and improving care in oncology and enable a faster path to specialized continuing education for many specialties.

In this paper we evaluate the suitability of the Clinical Query Language (CQL) for supporting various data analysis tasks in German cancer registries. CQL is a domain-specific query language for clinical data. It is particularly used in the United States, for example to define cohorts and to calculate electronic Clinical Quality Measures. We developed a prototype to execute CQL queries on clinical cancer registry data. For this purpose, we created a unified CQL data model for the analysis of clinical cancer registry data. This model is based on the datasets of the cancer registry of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Agency for Clinical Cancer Data of Lower Saxony, as well as the Oncological Basis Dataset. For the evaluation, we applied CQL to typical questions from the areas of guideline-based quality indicators, data requests from external researchers, plausibility checks, and routine reporting, and compared the results with well-established evaluation methods. We were able to show that CQL is capable of representing the complex criteria and temporal relationships that are often relevant for the analysis of data from clinical cancer registries. We see CQL as a promising method to support cancer registries in the definition of patient cohorts for various internal and external analyses and believe that the use of CQL in combination with a standardized data model can make a significant contribution to the standardization of analyses in cancer registries.

Ein Blick in die (medien-)pädagogische Forschungsliteratur verdeutlicht, wie vielfältig zentrale Begriffe wie z. B. der des ‹Feedbacks› verstanden werden. Grund hierfür sind nicht nur divergierende theoretische Annahmen und forschungsmethodische Herangehensweisen, sondern auch unterschiedliche lehr-/lernmethodische Auffassungen sowie die damit verbundene konkrete didaktische Umsetzung in der Lehre. Der Pluralität didaktischer Szenarien wurde in bisherigen Feedback-Reviews jedoch kaum Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt, obwohl didaktische Designs Auswirkungen auf den Lernerfolg und somit auch die Studienergebnisse haben können. Ursache hierfür ist eine oftmals unzureichende Beschreibung der Feedbackszenarien in den Primärstudien, welche wiederum die Herausarbeitung von Schlussfolgerungen und Effektstärken in Meta-Analysen erschwert. In diesem Beitrag wird ein qualitativ-inhaltsanalytischer Scope-Review der didaktischen Szenarien in Feedbackstudien vorgestellt, welcher das Ziel verfolgt, die Bandbreite an Implementierungen zu erfassen und eine Grundlage zur transparenten Beschreibung von Feedbackdesigns für zukünftige (Meta-)Studien zu schaffen. Hierzu wird eine Taxonomie entwickelt, die auf möglichst umfassende Weise unterschiedliche Umsetzungsvarianten abbilden soll. Daran anschliessend werden im Beitrag die Chancen und Grenzen eines qualitativ-inhaltsanalytischen Scope-Reviews zur Herausarbeitung von Taxonomien zur Beschreibung didaktischer Designs diskutiert.

Die 8. Ad-hoc-Stellungnahme der Thesenpapier-Autorengruppe beschäftigt sich mit dem Fakt, dass inzwischen natürliche Infektion und Impfung zu einer breiten Immunität in der Bevölkerung geführt haben. Künftig sind eine Identifikation der tatsächlich Vulnerablen und eine Priorisierung auf deren Schutz essenziell. Stand: 15.9.2022, 18:00h

Health kiosks are basically a low-threshold opportunity for communication between citizens and other actors in the healthcare system as well as for information on health-related issues. The aim of the study was to record the use of health kiosks in pharmacies by means of a quantitative long-term survey and to determine the reasons for (non-)use by means of a qualitative in-depth analysis. Overall, usage parameters were recorded over 25 months in log files of up to 145 pharmacies. In addition, 92 customers of four high-usage pharmacies were interviewed in qualitative short interviews regarding the reasons for use or non-use. The results of the long-term study showed that the health kiosks were used 1–2 times a day at best, but more likely only 1–2 times a week. The reasons for non-use were due to the interaction of different factors, including accessibility and usefulness, but also the social environment. It can be concluded that identifying the reasons for (non-)use is an important step towards allowing the potential of health kiosks to unfold if they are to be used in a targeted manner within the framework of the digitalisation strategy of the Federal Ministry of Health.