Modern medicine is in constant progress - both in basic subjects and in medical disciplines. The practical requirements of the doctors as well as of the research-based physicians are steadily increasing. In order to meet these challenges already in education, the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg has designed the model course Medicine - iMED . His central guiding principle is the scientific orientation - that is, the communication of a critical attitude, of problem and method awareness, of structuring ability and independence as well as the ability to orientate on evidence-based science. The training of practical skills is as much a task as the promotion of psycho-social skills,