Mediziner haben einen intensiven und unregelmäßigen Arbeitsalltag. Daher sind sie darauf angewiesen, die Zeit, die sie in Weiterbildung investieren, möglichst effizient zu nutzen. Das Online-Weiterbildungsangebot MasterOnline Technische Medizin, das seit dem Wintersemester 2010/11 angeboten wird, richtet sich primär an berufstätige Mediziner, die erweiterte Kompetenzen in den Bereichen Medizint...

Excellent research requires excellent teaching, and excellent teaching requires excellent research. Recruiting the right students is a powerful measure to enhance the number of successful graduations and to reduce drop-out. The search for the right students is not limited to German Higher Engineering Education, but can be found in any higher educational system. This paper focuses on the most su...

This essay explores the concept of figuration or configuration developed by Norbert Elias with the purpose to overcome the antinomies of structural functionalism and methodological individualism. The relationships of the concept of configuration with the categories of interdependency, function and coercion are studied within the context of his sociological theory. Based on the consideration of ...