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Competing Interests: Es bestehen keine finanziellen oder persönlichen Interessenkonflikte. Aus Transparenzgründen möchten die Autor:innen folgende Hintergründe erläutern: L. Arnold, L. Kellermann, F. Hommes, L. Jung, S. Gepp, F. Fischer und J. M. Stratil sind Mitglieder im Nachwuchsnetzwerk Öffentliche Gesundheit, einer informellen Plattform zum Austausch und der Vernetzung zwischen Studierenden, Nachwuchskräften und an Nachwuchsförderung Interessierten (https://noeg.org/). L. Arnold koordiniert im das Forschungsprojekt EvidenzÖGD, das darauf abzielt, neue Qualifizierungsmodelle für die Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis im ÖGD zu erarbeiten (https://www.akademie-oegw.de/die-akademie/projekte/evidenzoegd). L. Jung und S. Gepp waren 2018/2019 im erweiterten Vorstand der Bundesvertretung der Medizinstudierenden in Deutschland (bvmd e. V.). J.M. Stratil und F. Hommes haben während der Projektlaufzeit eine berufliche Tätigkeit am Robert Koch Institut (RKI) aufgenommen. Das RKI war in keiner Form an dieser Studie oder an der Erstellung des Manuskripts beteiligt. B. Szagun ist Beisitzer im Bundesvorstand des Bundesverbands der Ärztinnen und Ärzte des öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes e. V. (BVÖGD). Der Inhalt dieses Manuskripts kann, muss aber nicht die Position einer Institution widerspiegeln, mit der die Autor:innen verbunden sind, die aber nicht als Zugehörigkeit der Autor:innen zu diesem Manuskript genannt wird. Wir erheben nicht den Anspruch, die Organisationen in dieser Hinsicht in irgendeiner Form zu vertreten.

The COVID-19 pandemic has both exposed and intensified various challenges for Public Health and the Public Health service (ÖGD) in Germany. However, it also offers a window of opportunity for effective long-term transformation of the country's Public Health system. Against this backdrop, an online survey was carried out among the members of the German Network of Young Professionals in Public Health (Nachwuchsnetzwerk Öffentliche Gesundheit (NÖG)) in October and November 2020. It sought to elicit members' experiences and views related to Public Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The resulting preliminary "lessons learned" for the German Public Health context are presented in this article. Based on the results of the survey, recommendations were formulated which are intended to provide targeted and concrete advice for the strengthening and transformation of Public Health in Germany. The main issues that preoccupied the young professionals were the increased public and political attention to Public Health and the narrow focus on infectious disease control, the standing of Public Health in Germany and the strengths and weaknesses of Public Health structures and workforce. The recommendations are aimed at promoting long-term and holistic strengthening of Public Health, with the training of an interdisciplinary workforce of young professionals presenting a key focus., Competing Interests: Laura Arnold ist als Referentin für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung an der Akademie für Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen in Düsseldorf tätig. Die anderen Autor:innen haben keine wirtschaftlichen oder persönlichen Interessenkonflikte., (Thieme. All rights reserved.)

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The demand for a well-trained public health workforce is increasing in view of the increased importance of health promotion and disease prevention in Germany. However, many career paths in public health are non-transparent, which creates additional barriers for interested young professionals and contributes to the existing gap between demand and supply. Against the backdrop of international frameworks and the specific labor market situation in Germany, the working group 11 "Career Paths in Public Health" of the 3rd Symposium of the Future Forum Public Health discussed current challenges and formulated initial solutions., Competing Interests: Die Autorinnen/Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)

Objective: The World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized the need for a health workforce trained in recognising, understanding and acting on the social determinants of health (SDH). However, little is known about how current medical education prepares graduates to meet this challenge. This study analyses the extent to which content on SDH is incorporated in the German medical curriculum., Method: This work is based on a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of 3 key document groups, outlining what medical schools are expected to teach and defining what medical students are expected to know on graduation., Results: The assessment reveals important gaps in the representation of SDH in key frameworks for German medical education. Only between 4 and 27% of the analysed document-elements contained reference to any SDH-related issues, with 0-3% of those elements containing explicit references to SDH. While some aspects were widely covered (e. g. topics of occupational health), other topics such as health inequalities or determinants outside of the health care system were not or hardly represented., Conclusions: A stronger and more explicit representation of SDH during medical education could help to prepare the new health workforce for current and future challenges in our globalised world. The current reform process of the National Competency-Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Medicine should strive to fill the gaps, e. g. by putting more emphasis on aspects of poverty and health, health inequalities and issues of access to healthcare., Competing Interests: Simon Drees, Karin Geffert und die Bundesvertretung der Medizinstudierenden in Deutschland (bvmd) sind an dem Überarbeitungsprozess des NKLM beteiligt., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)

The current reform process of Germany's public health system has opened a window of opportunity for strengthening this field in research, policy and practice in Germany. The present article discusses challenges and necessary measures from the perspective of young professionals. The authors argue that public health education and training in Germany needs to be strengthened and reformed. Moreover, Germany's public health community must create and strengthen structures and processes needed to make its voice heard more strongly in politics and society, including an effective professional organization. Discussions on these challenges have begun in a number of fora and should be translated into concrete actions soon., Competing Interests: Die AutorInnen geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)