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Jochen Gensichen, MD MSc, MPH (professor and chair)

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Jochen Gensichen, MD MSc, MPH (professor and chair)
Institute of General Practice & Family Medicine Jena
Bachstraße 18
07743 Jena
tel.: 03641/9-39 58 00
fax: 03641/9-39 58 02
e-mail: jochen.gensichen@med.uni-jena.de

Curriculum vitae

Professional experience

since dec 2011 joint appointment at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
since 2008 professor and chair Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Medical School
2008 senior researcher at the Institute for General Practice, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt a.M. (www.chronic-care.org)
2006-2007 visiting schoolar; University of Washington, Dept. Psychiatry & Behavioural Science and Group Health Research Institute (www.grouphealthresearch.org/)
since 12/2002 primary care physician at a general practitioner’s office, Frankfurt a.M. (part-time)
9/2001-8/2004 research fellow at the Institute for General Practice, University Hospital Kiel
3/2001-4/2002 assistant physician at a general practitioner’s office, Frankfurt a.M.
1/2000-9/2000 assistant physician at Department of surgery Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik (Designed on the model of the Mayo Clinic Rochester, U.S.A), Wiesbaden
10/1999-1/2000 assistant physician / project manager at local Health Authority of the City of Frankfurt a.M.
12/1998-9/19997 residency at the Department of Medicine at the District Hospital of Friedberg
4/1998-11/1998 residency at the Department of Medicine Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt a.M.
3/1994-7/1997 clerkships in medicine, anaesthesia, family medicine, in Germany and Benin

Education / training

2000-2003 School of Public Health, Medical School of Hannover [Graduation: Master of Public Health]
1990-1997 Medical School of Cologne [Graduation: Dr. med.]
1985-1989 University of Cologne, Educational Science (Adult, Health, Special Education) [Graduation: Master of Science in Education]

Research

Habilitation

expec. 2010 Depression care in family practices, Goethe University Frankfurt a.M.

Thesis in public health

2003, Depression care in primary health care – a systematic review

Medical dissertation

1999, HIV/AIDS in Northern Vietnam. Interviews with local key-persons on knowledge, attitudes and practice – a KAP-survey (Grant: Carl Duisberg Association, Berlin)

Thesis in education

1989, Primary health care in Zimbabwe – a regional appraisal of the WHO concept from Alma Ata (Grant: German Academic Exchange Service, Berlin)

Major grants

developing and implementing of evidence-based guideline for German general practice: chronic congestive heart failure (Grant: Federal Ministry of Education and Research - 01GI0205) 2004 - 2006
case management for the treatment of patients with major depression in general practices - a cluster randomized controlled trial - PRoMPT (PRimary care Monitoring for depressive Patient's Trial) [ISRCTN66386086] (Grant: Federal Ministry of Education and Research - 01GK0302) 2004 - 2010
multimorbity in primary care – MultiCare (Grant: Ministry of Education and Research 01ET0729 – Prof. Dr. H. Van den Bussche) 2008 - 2010
Sepsis Sequel Monitoring in outpatient Health Care - SMOOTH (Grant: Ministry of Education and Research BMBF IFB Center for Sepsis Control and Care – Projekt – E.4) 2010 - 2014

Other experiences

CITI Course in The Protection of Human Research Subjects, Seattle, WA, USA 2007
New Technology in Education for General Practice. Initiator and scientific head of the 1th National Conference on E-Learning in General Practice, (www.e-learning-allgemeinmedizin.de), July 2005
National program for a S3-Guidline for depression, delegate of the German Association for General Practice (DEGAM)
advanced training in Evidence based Medicine at University Lübeck 2002 and German Cochrane Centre 2003
advanced training in project-management (objectives-oriented project planning (ZOPP) German cooperation enterprise for sustainable development (GTZ), 1987
Adult Education / Alphabetisation for Adults by the method of Paolo Freire (University Sao Paolo), project manager, Belem, Brasil 1984-1985

Publications

Associate editor

Publications

2012

Schafer I, Hansen H, Schon G, Hofels S, Altiner A, Dahlhaus A, Gensichen J, Riedel-Heller S, Weyerer S, Blank W, Konig HH, von dem Knesebeck O, Wegscheider K, Scherer M, van den Bussche H, Wiese B. The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. First results from the MultiCare Cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12(1):89.
Petersen J, Schulz S, Mergenthal K, Gerlach F, Gensichen J. "Ich kann nicht mehr" - Bei Verdacht auf eine Depression aktiv die typischen Symptome explorieren. Der Hausarzt. 2012;49(6):38-40.
Goetz K, Freund T, Gensichen J, Miksch A, Szecsenyi J, Steinhaeuser J. Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the PACIC Short Form. Am J Manag Care. 2012;18(2):e55-e60.
Guthlin C, Beyer M, Erler A, Gensichen J, Hoffmann B, Mergenthal K, Muller V, Muth C, Petersen JJ, Gerlach FM. [Recruitment of family practitioners for research - experiences from five studies]. Z Allg Med. 2012;88(4):173-81.
Lin EH, Von Korff M, Ciechanowski P, Peterson D, Ludman EJ, Rutter CM, Oliver M, Young BA, Gensichen J, McGregor M, McCulloch DK, Wagner EH, Katon WJ. Treatment adjustment and medication adherence for complex patients with diabetes, heart disease, and depression: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Fam Med. 2012;10(1):6-14.
Müller I, Freitag MH, Poggensee G, Scharnetzky E, Straube E, Schoerner C, Hlobil H, Hagedorn HJ, Stanek G, Schubert-Unkmeir A, Norris DE, Gensichen J, Hunfeld KP. Evaluating frequency, diagnostic quality and cost of Lyme borreliosis testing in Germany: A retrospective model analysis. Clin Dev Immunol. 2012.
Gensichen J, Guethlin C, Sarmand N, Sivakumaran D, Jäger C, Mergenthal K, Gerlach FM, Petersen JJ. Patients' perspectives on depression case management in general practice - A qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns. 2012;86:114-9.
Schmidt K, Gensichen J, Petersen JJ, Szecsenyi J, Walther M, Williams G, Freund T. Autonomy support in primary care-validation of the German version of the Health Care Climate Questionnaire. J Clin Epidemiol. 2012;65(2):206-11.

2011

Schäfer I, Hansen H, Von dem Knesebeck O, König HH, Schön G, Wiese B, Abholz HH, Bickel H, Bullinger M, Gensichen J, Gerlach FM, Maier W, Riedel-Heller S, Weyerer S, Kaduszkiewicz H, Wegscheider K, Scherer M, Van den Bussche H. Welche chronischen Krankheiten und Morbiditätsmuster charakterisieren die ältere multimorbide Population in der Hausarztpraxis? - Erste Ergebnisse der prospektiven Beobachtungsstudie MultiCare1. Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2011(Suppl 2):76-89.
Chmiel C, Birnbaum B, Gensichen J, Rosemann T, Frei A. [The diabetes traffic light scheme - development of an instrument for the case management in patients with diabetes mellitus in primary care]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2011 Nov 30;100(24):1457-73.
Kühlein T, Maibaum T, Gensichen J, Engeser P. [Documentation and coding in family medicine - a proposal for solution]. Z Allg Med. 2011;87(10).
Richter R, Härter M, Klesse C, Bermejo I, Berger M, Bschor T, Gensichen J, Hautzinger M, Kolada C, Kopp I, Kühner C, Lelgemann M, Matzat J, Meyerrose B, Mundt C, Niebling W, Ollenschläger G, Schauenburg H, Schneider F, Schulz H, Weinbrenner S, Timo H. S3-Leitlinie/Nationale Versorgungsleitlinie Unipolare Depression – zentrale Aspekte für die psychotherapeutische Praxis. Psychotherapeutenjournal. 2011;3:244-52.
Freund T, Gensichen J, Goetz K, Szecsenyi J, Mahler C. Evaluating self-efficacy for managing chronic disease: psychometric properties of the six-item Self-Efficacy Scale in Germany. J Eval Clin Pract. 2011 Aug 23.
Freund T, Peters-Klimm F, Rochon J, Mahler C, Gensichen J, Erler A, Beyer M, Baldauf A, Gerlach FM, Szecsenyi J. Primary care practice-based care management for chronically ill patients (PraCMan): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN56104508]. Trials. Jun 29 2011;12(1):163. [Epub ahead of print]
Brenk-Franz K, Franz S, Kalusa W, Gensichen J. Training kommunikativer Kompetenzen mit Simulationspatienten: Einsatzmöglichkeiten in der Präklinik. Rettungsdienst. 2011;34(7):622-5.
Gerlach I, Brenk-Franz K, Gensichen J. [Training for health care assistants for deliver outreach visits in primary care]. Z Allg Med. 2011;87(6):280-6.
Schumann S, Schulz S, Lichte T, Stengler K, Gensichen J. [Pragmatic development of topic areas for the postgraduate training in family medicine]. Z Allg Med. 2011;87(6):269-73.
Schauenburg H, Gensichen J. Depressionsbehandlung in der Hausarztpraxis - Wann Psychotherapie, wann Medikamente? Allgemeinarzt. 2011;33(10):12-4.
Freund T, Mahler C, Erler A, Gensichen J, Ose D, Szecsenyi J, Peters-Klimm F. Identification of patients likely to benefit from care management programs. Am J Manag Care. 2011;17(5):345-52.
Gensichen J, Härter M, Klesse C, Bermejo I, Bschor T, Harfst T, Hautzinger M, Kolada C, Kopp I, Kühner C, Lelgemann M, Matzat J, Meyerrose B, Mundt C, Ollenschläger G, Richter R, Schauenburg H, Schmidt K, Schulz H, Weinbrenner S, Schneider F, Berger M, Niebling W. [Germany‘s national clinical practice guideline (S3) for unipolar depression – What is important for family practice?] Z Allg Med. 2011;87(5):223-30.
Baron S, Heider D, Gensichen J, Petersen JJ, Gerlach FM, Krauth C, A'Walelu O, Konig HH. [Cost Structure of a Telephone-Based Case Management in Primary Care Depression Therapy]. Psychiatr Prax. 2011;38:342-4.
Gensichen J, Güthlin C, Kleppel V, Jäger C, Mergenthal K, Gerlach FM, Petersen JJ. Practice-based depression case management in primary care: a qualitative study on family doctors´ perspectives. Fam Pract. 2011 March 31, 2011. [Epub ahead of print]
Guethlin C, Mergenthal K, Kleppel V, Gerlach I, Gerlach F, Petersen J, Gensichen J. [Providing Feedback on Study Results - International Guidelines and Experience from the PRoMPT Trial on Depression in Primary Care]. Z Allg Med. 2011;87(2):78-83.
Gensichen J, Fankhänel T. Psychosomatische Grundversorgung in der Hausarztpraxis - Jeder zweite Patient hat psychische Probleme. MMW Fortschr Med. 2011;8(3):25-7.
Gensichen J, Petersen JJ, Karroum T, Rauck S, Ludman E, König J, Gerlach FM. Positive impact of a family practice-based depression case management on patient's self-management. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2011;33(1):23-8.
Brenk-Franz K, Strauß B, Ciechanowski P, Schneider N, Gensichen J. [Concepts of development psychology for primary care - Attachment theory and its relevance for family medicine]. Z Allg Med. 2011;87(3):127-42.
Seitz P, Rosemann T, Gensichen J, Huber CA. Interventions in primary care to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in patients with diabetes: a systematic review. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2011;13(6):479-89.
Freund T, Baldauf A, Muth C, Gensichen J, Szecsenyi J, Peters-Klimm F. Praxisbasiertes Hausbesuchs- und Telefonmonitoring von Patienten mit Herzinsuffizienz: Rationale, Design und praktische Anwendung der Monitoringslisten in der HICMan-Studie. Z EvidFortbildQualGesundhwesen. 2011:105(6):434-45.
Gensichen J, Serras A, Paulitsch MA, Rosemann T, Konig J, Gerlach FM, Petersen JJ. The Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care Questionnaire: Evaluation in Patients with Mental Disorders in Primary Care. Community Ment Health J. 2011;47(4):447-53.

2010

Härter M, Klesse C, Berger M, Bermejo I, Bschor T, Gensichen J, Harfst T, Hautzinger M, Kühner C, Mundt C, Niebling W, Richter R, Schulz H, Schneider F. [Evidence-based treatment of depression: What does the new S3- and national healthcare guideline “Unipolar Depression” really recommend?]. Z Psychosom Med Psychother. 2010;56:334-42.
Torge M, Petersen JJ, Gensichen J (Pro); Planz-Kuhlendahl S (Kontra).
Debatte Pro / Kontra: Depressionsbehandlung in der Hausarztpraxis. Psychiat Prax. 2010;37:366-8.
Freund T, Wensing M, Mahler C, Gensichen J, Erler A, Beyer M, Gerlach F, Szecsenyi J, Peters-Klimm F. Development of a primary care-based complex care management intervention for chronically ill patients at high risk for hospitalization: A study protocol. Implementation Science. 2010;5(1):70.
Härter M, Klesse C, Bermejo I, Bschor T, Gensichen J, Harfst T, Hautzinger M, Kolada C, Kopp I, Kühner C, Lelgemann M, Matzat J, Meyerrose B, Mundt C, Niebling W, Ollenschläger G, Richter R, Schauenburg H, Schulz H, Weinbrenner S, Schneider F, Berger M. Evidenzbasierte Therapie der Depression - Die S3-Leitlinie unipolare Depression. Nervenarzt. 2010;81:1049-68.
Klesse C, Berger M, Bermejo I, Bschor T, Gensichen J, Harfst T, Hautzinger M, Kolada C, Kühner C, Matzat J, Mundt C, Niebling W, Richter R, Schauenburg H, Schulz H, Schneider F, Härter M. Evidence-based psychotherapy of depression. Therapy practice according to the current S3 national clinical practise guidelines for unipolar depression. Psychotherapeut. 2010;55:247-63. German.
Gensichen J. [Chronic Care in Deutschland]. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwesen. 2010;104(2):81-2. German.
Brenk-Franz K, Kubieziel H, Schulz S, Gensichen J. [Simulated (Standardized) Patients in Family Medicine Education]. Z Allg Med. 2010;86(4):152-8. German.
Gensichen J, Teising AL, König J, Gerlach FM, Petersen J. Predictors of suicidal ideation in depressive primary care patients. J Affect Disord. 2010; (online first) doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.12.008.
Mergenthal K, Petersen J, Rauck S, Gensichen J, Gerlach FM. Case Management bietet Medizinischen Fachangestellten neue Chancen. Praxisnah. 2010;1+2:18-9. German.

2009

Petersen JJ, Paulitsch MA, Guethlin C, Gensichen J, Jahn A. A survey on worries of pregnant women - testing the German version of the Cambridge Worry Scale. BMC Public Health 2009;9(1):490.
Gensichen J, Jaeger C, Peitz M, Torge M, Guthlin C, Mergenthal K, Kleppel V, Gerlach FM, Petersen JJ. Health care assistants in primary care depression management: role perception, burdening factors, and disease conception. Ann Fam Med 2009;7(6):513-9.
Gensichen J, von Korff M, Rutter CM, Seelig MD, Ludman EJ, Lin EHB, Ciechanowski P, Young BA, Wagner EH, Katon WJ. Physician support for diabetes patients and clinical outcomes. BMC Public Health 2009;9:367.
Gensichen J, von Korff M, Peitz M, Muth C, Beyer M, Güthlin C, Torge M, Petersen JJ, Rosemann T, König J, Gerlach FM. Case management for depression by health care assistants in small primary care practices - a cluster randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2009;151(6):369-80.
Schlette S, Lisac M, Wagner E, Gensichen J. [The Bellagio Model: an evidence-informed, international frame work for population-oriented primary care. First experiences]. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wesen 2009;103(7):467-74. German.
Schafer I, Hansen H, Schon G, Maier W, Hofels S, Altiner A, Fuchs A, Gerlach FM, Petersen JJ, Gensichen J, Schulz S, Riedel-Heller S, Luppa M, Weyerer S, Werle J, Bickel H, Barth K, Konig HH, Rudolph A, Wiese B, Prokein J, Bullinger M, von dem Knesebeck O, Eisele M, Kaduszkiewicz H, Wegscheider K, van den Bussche H. The German MultiCare-study: Patterns of multimorbidity in primary health care - protocol of a prospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res 2009;9:145.
Gensichen J, Vollmar HC, Sönnichsen A, Waldmann UM, Sandars J. E-learning for education in primary health care - turning the hype into reality: a Delphi study. Eur J Gen Pract 2009;15(1):11-4.
Muth C, Gensichen J, Beyer M, Hutchinson A, Gerlach FM. Systematic Guideline Review: Method, rationale and test of a clinical guidelines development for chronic heart failure. BMC Health Serv Res 2009;9:74.

2008

Hoffman B, Beyer M, Rohe J, Gensichen J, Gerlach FM. ’Every error counts’ – A web-based incident reporting and learning system for general practice. Qual Saf Health Care 2008;17(4):307-12.
Gensichen J, Hensler S, Sönnichsen A. [Monitoring in secondary prevention-Cardio-vascular prevention as an example – DEGAM Series: Comprehensive care for patient with chronic illness]. Z Allg Med 2008;84(5):191-4. German.
Wang HM, Beyer M, Gensichen J, Gerlach M. Health-related quality of life among general practice patients in Germany: cross sectional survey. BMC Public Health 2008;8:246.

2007

Beyer M, Otterbach I, Erler A, Muth C, Gensichen J, Gerlach FM. [Multimorbidity in general practice Part I: A pragmatic definition, epidemiology, prerequisites of care]. Z Allg Med 2007;83:310-5. German.
Gensichen J, Donner-Banzhoff N. [Care of human beings with chronic diseases]. Z Allg Med 2007;83:316-20. German.
Gensichen J, Rosemann T. [The Chronic Care Model: Elements of a comprehensive care for patients with chronic diseases]. Z Allg Med 2007;83:483-6. German.
Peitz M, Gensichen J. Vorausschauender Behandlungsansatz. Behandlungspotenziale für Patienten mit Depression in der allgemeinmedizinischen Versorgung. Gesellschaftspolitische Kommentare 2007;1:23-6. German.
Peitz M, Gensichen J, Gerlach FM. [Primary care monitoring for depressive patients‘ trial]. Hessisches Ärzteblatt 2007;2:90-1. German.
Rosemann T, Gensichen J, Sauer N, Laux G, Szecsenyi J. The impact of concomitant depression on quality of life and health service utilisation of patients with osteoarthritis. Rheumatol Int 2007;27(9):859-63.
Rosemann T, Joos S, Laux G, Gensichen J, Szecsenyi J. Case management of arthritis patients in primary care: Cluster-randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN87252339]. Arthritis Care & Research 2007;57(8):1390-7.
Rosemann T, Laux G, Droesemeyer S, Gensichen J, Szecsenyi J. Evaluation of a culturally adapted German version of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC 5A) questionnaire in a sample of osteoarthritis patients. J Eval Clin Pract 2007;13(5):806-13.
Peters-Klimm F, Müller-Tasch T, Schellberg D, Gensichen J, Muth C, Herzog W, Szecsenyi J. Rationale, design and conduct of a randomised controlled trial evaluating a primary care-based complex intervention to improve the quality of life of heart failure patients: HICMan (Heidelberg Integrated Case Management). BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2007;7:doc25.
Waldmann UM, Sönnichsen A, Gensichen J, Öchsner W, Vollmar HC. [E-Learning in under- and postgraduate general practice training in Germany - synopsis of current projects and concepts]. Z Allg Med 2007;DOI 10.1055/s-2007-980159. German.

2006

Beyer M, Gensichen J, Gerlach FM. [Active participation in research should be recognised as certified further medical training – A suggestion]. Z Allg Med 2006;82:18-20. German.
Beyer M, Gensichen J, Szecsenyi J, Wensing M, Gerlach FM. [Effectiveness of German disease management programs - problems of clinical evaluation research in the light of a study protocol]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2006;100(5):355-63. German.
Gensichen J. [Depression - The family doctor as partner: Be vigilance of patient’s signals]. Der Hausarzt 2006;5:39. German.
Gensichen J. IMPACT collaborative care improves depression in elderly patients in primary care in the longer term. Evid Based Ment Health 2006 Aug;9(3):76.
Gensichen J. Teaching chronic illness care. Med Teach 2006 Feb;28(1):93.
Gensichen J, Beyer M, Muth C, Gerlach FM, von Korff M, Ormel H. Case management to improve major depression in primary health care – a systematic review. Psychol Med 2006;36:7-14.
Gensichen J, Muth C, Butzlaff M, Rosemann T, Raspe H, de Cornejo GM, Beyer, M, Haerter M, Muller UA, Angermann CE, Gerlach FM, Wagner E. [The future is chronic: German primary care and the Chronic Care Model - The comprehensive principles in the proactive treatment of the chronically ill]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2006;100(5):365-74. German.
Gensichen J, Peitz M. [Treatment options for depression in general medical care]. In: Schwartz FW, Bramesfeld A, Stubbe B, editors. Volkskrankheit Depression. Berlin: Springer; 2006. German.
Gensichen J, Peitz M, Torge M, Mosig-Frey J, Wendt-Hermainski H, Rosemann T, Gerlach FM, Loewe B. [The "Depression Monitoring list" (DeMoL) with integrated PHQ-D-rationale and design of a tool for the case management for depression in primary care]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2006;100(5):375-82. German.
Gensichen J, Waldmann UM, Soennichsen A, Vollmar HC. The opportunities and barriers to e-learning in education for primary care: a European Perspective. In: Sandars J, editor. E-Learning for GP educators. Oxford: Radcliffe; 2006.
Gerlach FM, Beyer M, Muth C, Saal K, Gensichen J. [New perspectives in the primary care of the chronically ill--against the "tyranny of the urgent". Part 1: chronic diseases as a challenge for primary care]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2006;100(5):335-43. German.
Gerlach FM, Beyer M, Saal K, Peitz M, Gensichen J. [New perspectives in the primary care of the chronically ill--against the "tyranny of the urgent". Part 2: The chronic care model und case management as the basis of a forward-looking approach to primary care]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2006;100(5):345-52. German.
Muth C, Gensichen J, Beyer M, Gerlach FM. [Diagnosis and therapy of congestive heart failure - Part 1: basis and diagnosis]. Z Allg Med 2006;82:31-40. German.
Muth C, Gensichen J, Beyer M, Gerlach F. [Diagnosis and therapy of chronic congestive heart failure - Part 2: therapy]. Z Allg Med 2006;82:76-90. German.
Torge M, Peitz M, Beyer M, Gerlach F, Marwijik H, Gensichen J. [Recognising and treating people with depression – At the beginning, there are often only discrete signals]. Der Hauarzt 2006;5:40-4. German,
Vollmar HC, Waldmann U-M, Sönnichsen A, Gensichen J. [Chances and barriers of E-learning in primary health care]. GMS Med Inform Biom Epidemiol 2006;2(3):Doc1. German.
Wagner E, Gensichen J, Gerlach FM. [The future is chronic] Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2006;100(5):333-4. German.

2005

Bramesfeld A, Gensichen J. [Caring for people with depression]. Publ Health Forum 2005;13:27-9. German.
Gensichen J, Bischoff M, Gerlach FM. [E-Learning in the general medical training: central accompanying decentral practical - an evaluation]. GMS Z Med Ausbild 2005;22(2):Doc25. German.
Gensichen J, Huchzermeier C, Aldenhoff JB, Gerlach FM, Hinze-Selch D. [Signal situation at the beginning of a structured depression diagnosis in general practice]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2005;99:57-63. German.
Gensichen J, Torge M, Peitz M, Wendt-Hermainski H, Beyer M, Rosemann T, Krauth C, Raspe H, Aldenhoff J, Gerlach FM. Case management for the treatment of patients with major depression in general practices – Rationale, design and conduct of a cluster randomized controlled trial PRoMPT (Primary care monitoring for depressive patient’s trial) [ISRCTN66386086] – Study protocol. BMC Public Health 2005;5:101.
Joos S, Rosemann T, Heiderhoff M, Wensing M, Ludt S, Gensichen J, Kaufmann-Kolle P, Szecsenyi J. ELSID-study – Evaluation of a large scale implementation of disease management programmes for patients with type 2 diabetes – Rationale, design and conduct – a study protocol. BMC Public Health 2005;5:99.
Muth C, Gensichen J, Beyer M, Gerlach FM. [Congestive heart failure - What is valid in the practice of a family doctor?]. Der Hausarzt 2005;42(20):50-5. German.
Rosemann T, Koerner T, Wensing M, Gensichen J, Muth C, Joos S, Szecsenyi J. Rationale, design and conduct of a comprehensive evaluation of a primary care based intervention to improve the quality of life of osteoarthritis patients. The PraxArt-project: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN87252339]. BMC Public Health 2005;5:77.
Sönnichsen A, Waldmann U, Vollmar H, Gensichen J. [Editorial: E-Learning: Actual situation and chances in the general practice]. GMS Z Med Ausbild 2005;22(3):doc61. German.
Vollmar HC, Waldmann U, Gensichen J, Sönnichsen AC. [E-Learning : Actual situation and chances in the general practice]. Frankfurt a.M. 08.-09. Juli 2005: Vom Kongress zum Netzwerk. „ELA“ (E-Learning in der Allgemeinmedizin). GMS Z Med Ausbild 2005;22(3):doc29. German.
Wendt-Hermainski H, Peitz M, Torge M, Beyer M, Gerlach FM, Gensichen J. [What should be observed, when managing data of a clinical study? Good research practice in the general practice, for example, the PRoMPT-Study] . Z Allg Med 2005;81(12):565-70. German.

2004

Gensichen J, Beyer M, Küver C, Wang H, Gerlach FM. [The ambulantory caring of patients with heart insufficiency through case management – a critical review]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2004;98(2):143-54. German.
Gensichen J, Beyer M, Schwäbe N, Gerlach FM. [Accompany patients with depression through case management – a BMBF-Project]. Z Allg Med 2004;80(12):507-11. German.
Küver C, Beyer M, Gensichen J, Ludt S, Schmitz A, Szecsenyi J, Gerlach FM. [Survey and evaluation of training programs to patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 and type2, asthma and COPD, KHK, hypertension, heart insufficiency and breast cancer in Germany]. Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh.wes 2004;98:393-402. German.
Beyer M, Gensichen J. [Wrong source, “Communication obstruction“ switch off. Reliable communication with patients]. Der Hausarzt 2004;41:65-7. German.

2003

Gensichen J, Beyer M, Gerlach FM. [Case management for patients in private practice]. Psychoneuro 2003;29(5):227-33. German.
Gensichen J, Gerlach FM. [General medical teaching – Challenges of the new approbation’s order]. Z Allg Med 2003;79:405-7. German.

1997

Gensichen J. [There is no SIDA/AIDS in the country]. In: Bestmann A, Schumacher R, Wünsch S, editors. Aids - weltweit und dicht dran. Saarbrücken: ASA Studien 32; 1997. German.

1990

Gensichen J. Primary Health Care in Zimbabwe. In: Unity in Health. Wiesbaden: World University Service; 1990.