Pohontsch, N J
Stark, A
Ehrhardt, M
Kötter, T
Scherer, M
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Promotion Fund of the Faculty of Medicine (NWF 16/04)
Article History
Received: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 26 September 2018
First Online: 5 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: No formal ethical approval process was performed after consulting the Ethics Committee of the Medical Association of Hamburg (no. PV5143), because national regulations in Germany do not require ethical approval for studies in medical education. The study was conducted in accordance to the Declaration of Helsinki, including, but not limited to, the guaranteed anonymity of all participants and their informed consent. All students involved in the study took part voluntarily, gave their written informed consent and agreed to the publication of anonymous data.
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