Clinics from Lemvig to Aarhus line up to train the doctors of tomorrow

The new curriculum, which comes into effect after the summer, gives general practice a larger role in the medical degree programme.

And now, GPs across the region have shown they are ready to take on the task.

From autumn 2026, medical students on the master's programme will experience general practice earlier in their studies. This requires more tutor doctors, and the response from GPs across Central Denmark Region has exceeded expectations.

61 clinics from across Central Denmark Region have signed up as tutor practices – from Aarhus city centre to Lemvig, from Randers to Horsens, from Silkeborg to Herning.

"We have been out across the entire region to explain the new curriculum and the need for tutor doctors, and everywhere we have been met with great interest. It is clear that GPs want to help shape their future colleagues," says Kaj Sparle Christensen, Professor of General Practice at the Department of Public Health.

Together with Bo Christensen, physician and professor at the Department of Public Health, he has led the effort to recruit tutor doctors across the region.

General practice from semester 7

With the new curriculum, medical students will have their first experience of general practice from the first semester of the master's programme.

During a four-day placement, they will follow the work of the clinic – from reception and laboratory to consultations – and carry out their first independent patient consultation.

"The fact that so many GPs are willing to invest time and energy in training the next generation of doctors shows a strong professional community between university and practice."

Lise Wogensen Bach, Vice-Dean for Education, Faculty of Health Sciences

The change is part of a broader restructuring of the programme, in which general practice, psychiatry and health equity play a larger role than before.

The programme now also concludes with an examination in general practice for all students.

Support for a new direction

For Vice-Dean for Education Lise Wogensen Bach, the strong interest from GPs is an important signal.

"I am pleased and grateful for the support we have received from general practice. The fact that so many GPs are willing to invest time and energy in training the next generation of doctors shows a strong professional community between university and practice," she says.

Lise Wogensen Bach sees the support as confirmation of the direction the faculty has chosen with the new curriculum.

"We have strengthened general practice in the programme because that is where much of the future healthcare work will be done. When GPs welcome our students so warmly, it creates the best conditions for young doctors to see the work that takes place in practice – and hopefully want to work there themselves one day."

The master's programme in medicine with the new curriculum begins in autumn 2026.

Contact

Vice-Dean for Education Lise Wogensen Bach
Aarhus University, Faculty of Health Sciences
Email: lwb@au.dk
Phone: +45 25 48 85 22