Prof. Marcel A. Kamp accepted into Academy of Outstanding University Lecturers

Rüdersdorf, 26 January 2026
The Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane (MHB) is pleased with a very special distinction: Prof. Marcel A. Kamp, MHB professor of palliative care, was admitted to the Academy of Outstanding University Lecturers. Membership is nationwide considered a recognition of innovative and excellent university instruction.

Prof. Kamp joined the MHB in 2023. The holder of a professorship in palliative care is the medical director of neuro-palliative and palliative medicine at the Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, an MHB university hospital, and in charge of the Innovation Fund project “SEELE” at the day clinic in Rüdersdorf. His commitment to modern teaching methods, communication and interprofessional teamwork has a strong impact on student education at the MHB and clinical practice.
TRIK (stands for Teamwork, Reflection, Interaction and Communication) is an MHB-specific curricular feature across several semesters to convey core communicative competences for future professional activities, in close integration with subject-related modular content. Students meet simulation patients in protected settings where they learn to handle patient conversations and challenging situations like having to pass on bad news. Exercises in self-reflection serve to develop personal perspectives and a professional mindset.

The Akademie Ausgezeichnete Hochschullehre e.V. is a nationwide network of excellent lecturers from all disciplines and types of universities. The number of applications in the first round late in 2025 was three times that of available openings. A review procedure yielded19 successful candidates who are going to enrich the Academy with their perspectives, teaching projects and outstanding dedication.    
The Academy has about 100 members who lecture at over 60 institutions of tertiary education in 15 German federal states and in Austria. The network currently comprises instructors of disciplines from medicine and natural sciences to engineering and technical sciences, from social, economic and legal subjects to cultural and media disciplines. The Academy strives to highlight and advance innovative approaches in teaching beyond institutional and disciplinary borders. Membership gives immediate access to tested innovations, collegial advice and inter-university cooperations and is expected to feed back into student education at the MHB.  

The admission of Prof. Marcel A. Kamp to the Academy is also going to benefit the MHB profile as a university with practice-based, communicative and future-oriented medical education. Prof. Kamp says he feels much appreciated: “Good teaching emerges from a combination of professional expertise, communication and teamwork. The MHB offers room and strong practice orientation to prepare students for the challenges of modern medicine.”  

MHB president Prof. Dr. Hans-Uwe Simon celebrates the distinction as proof that innovative education and clinical excellence form integral parts of the MHB concept: “Personalities like Prof. Kamp strengthen our profile as a university which re-thinks medical training and successfully combines top quality of teaching with care provision.”