Günter Ollenschläger (born 3 March 1951 in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

) is a German

physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ...

medical Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

editor, and á former professor of internal medicine and clinical decision making at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

, Faculty of Medicine.

Biography

Ollenschläger is a certified

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, is a healthcare professional who is knowledgeable about preparation, mechanism of action, clinical usage and legislation of medications in ...

and general internist. He has a pharmaceutical

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

from the

University of Münster The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...

(1977), a medical doctorate from the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German-speaking world. It is named afte ...

(1982), and the

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from the

(1990). Günter Ollenschläger worked as a research pharmacist from 1975 until 1981, and as a university physician from 1983 until 1990, working in the fields of

pharmacokinetics Pharmacokinetics (from Ancient Greek ''pharmakon'' "drug" and ''kinetikos'' "moving, putting in motion"; see chemical kinetics), sometimes abbreviated as PK, is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to describing how the body affects a specific su ...

tumor A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...

malnutrition Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients which adversely affects the body's tissues a ...

, and

metabolism Metabolism (, from ''metabolē'', "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main functions of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run cellular processes; the co ...

. Ollenschläger joined the

German Medical Association The German Medical Association (GMA) (), founded in 1947 and based in Berlin, is the co-ordinating body of physicians' self-regulation in Germany. It co-ordinates the activities of the 17 State Chambers of Physicians which are responsible for regula ...

as director of

Continuing Medical Education Continuing medical education (CME) is continuing education (CE) that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications ...

from 1990 until 1995. From 1995 until 2014 he was founding head of the German Agency for Quality in Medicine. In that capacity he introduced a variety of projects to develop evidence based healthcare and knowledge management as well as patient safety in German healthcare: * ''German Program for

evidence based Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available exte ...

medical guideline A medical guideline (also called a clinical guideline, standard treatment guideline, or clinical practice guideline) is a document with the aim of guiding decisions and criteria regarding diagnosis, management, and treatment in specific areas of ...

s'', * ''German Guideline Clearinghouse'', * ''German Clearinghouse for Patient Information'' in order to promote scientifically based

shared decision making Shared decision-making in medicine (SDM) is a process in which both the patient and physician contribute to the medical decision-making process and agree on treatment decisions. Health care providers explain treatments and alternatives to p ...

, * ''National Program for Disease Management Guidelines''. * ''Program for Evidence-based Patient Guidelines'' * ''Physicians' Program for

Patient Safety Patient safety is a specialized field about enhancing healthcare quality through the systematic prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical errors and preventable harm that contribute to severe outcomes for the patient. While health ...

and Medical Error Prevention''. Ollenschläger was co-founder of the German Network for Evidence Based Medicine in 1998, and of the German Coalition for Patient Safety in 2005. He was co-founder and Founding Chairman of the

Guidelines International Network The Guidelines International Network (GIN) is an international scientific association of organisations and individuals interested and involved in development and application of evidence-based guidelines and health care information. The network ...

in 2002. He was

chief editor An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's Editing, editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is hel ...

of the German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Healthcare from 1995 until 2015. From 2015 until 2016 Günter Ollenschläger was editor-in-chief of the medical encyclopedia DEXIMED, the German version of the Norwegian e-book NEL. In 2019 Günter Ollenschläger was co-founder of Health Literacy Network Germany DNGK.

Awards

* Max-Rubner-Award – German Nutrition Society (1990) * Corresponding Member, German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians DEGAM (1994) * Berlin Health Award (1998) * German Health Award (1999) * Richard-Merten-Award (1999) * German Healthcare Quality Award (2001) * Honorary Patron -

(2005) * Honorary Chairman - German Network for Evidence Based Medicine (2013) * Editor-in-Chief-Emeritus, German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Healthcare (2015) * Honorary Member - German Network for Evidence Based Medicine (2016)Honorary Membership German Network for Evidence Based Medicine 2016
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References

External links

German Network for Evidence-based Medicine DNEbM

Health Literacy Network Germany DNGK

Guidelines International Network

The Journal of Evidence and Quality in Health Care

Personal Website

Researchgate: Publications G.O.

Pubmed: Publications G.O.

ORCID: Publications G.O.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ollenschlager, Gunter Living people German medical researchers Academic staff of the University of Cologne University of Münster alumni University of Erlangen–Nuremberg alumni Physicians from Bonn Medical journal editors 1951 births German healthcare managers