Dietrich Habeck

Dietrich Habeck (born March 6, 1925 in Stettin , † December 22, 2007 in Templin ) was a German physician .

Life

Habeck was the son of a classical philologist and senior teacher. He grew up in Kolberg and Köslin in Pomerania. After his confirmation in the spring of 1940, he was interrogated by the Gestapo , which in August 1941 brought charges against Habeck for "subversive activities" because he was a member of a Bible study group. His sentence was relatively mild. However, his father was transferred to Pasewalk as a punishment. After graduating from high school in 1943, Habeck was drafted into the labor service and on July 28, 1943, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht, where he served as a knapsack operator. After the war he was first taken prisoner by the Americans and later by the French, and his life was in constant danger to clear minefields in Normandy. The guards became friends. Habeck therefore always advocated international understanding and cooperation.

In the spring of 1948 he began studying medicine in Münster , where he was initially called in as a construction assistant to rebuild the university. After completing his physics course, he continued his studies in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1948 he was one of the founders of the Munster Wingolf and in 1951 also became a member of the Freiburg Wingolf . In 1954 he completed his studies in Freiburg im Breisgau and began his professional activity at the mental hospital in Münster, where he received his doctorate in 1956 and where he completed his habilitation in neurology and psychiatry in 1967.

In 1971 he was appointed Scientific Councilor and Professor. In 1971 he took over the management of the department for epidemiology and information in the psychiatric and nervous clinic in Münster. The election as chairman of the committee for teaching and student affairs of the faculty marked the beginning of his new field of activity of restructuring medical studies. In 1977 he was elected Dean of the Medical Faculty.

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Habeck initially dealt with the importance of the protein bodies of the liquor, on which he published a total of 27 papers by 1977. From 1979 he mainly dealt with training issues. Habeck achieved a reduction in group sizes and a better link between pre-clinical and clinical training, as well as greater practical orientation. In the 1980s he included non-university hospitals in his training and became the father of the so-called Münster model.

Habeck was chairman of the Society for Medical Education and employee in the Murrhardter Kreis .

Habeck was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon in 1985 for his services to reconciliation with France and Poland. In 1986 he was appointed Chevalier dans l 'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the Republic of France.

Publications (selection)

• Comparative paper electrophoretic studies of blood and liquor proteins as a contribution to the question of the origin of the protein bodies in the cerebrospinal fluid . Dissertation Münster 1956.
• The Frankfurter Werkgemeinschaft eV as an example of a network system for mentally ill and disabled people: results u. Report d. scientific support (November 1981 - April 1985) in the context of d. Model verb "Outpatient psychiatric and psychotherapist / psychosomatic care" d. Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and the like Health / Dietrich Habeck u. Karin Mertzlin. [Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, etc. Health ; Frankfurter Werkgemeinschaft eV] Frankfurt am Main 1986
• Reform of medical education: new paths in the faculties . Berlin 1993

source

• Hans Renschler: Obituary Professor Dietrich Habeck, died December 22, 2007 GMS Z Med Ausbild 2008; 25 (2): Doc79