General Practitioner/ Lead for Continuing Education and Training
Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine,
Jena University Hospital
Bachstraße 18
07743 Jena
Dr. med. Julia Katzur
Dr. med. Julia Katzur
She is a General Practitioner at the Center for Outpatient Medicine at Jena University Hospital. At the Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, she leads the area of Continuing Education and Training and is actively involved in undergraduate medical education, teaching medical students in both theoretical and clinical settings.
Her work in continuing education focuses on developing and coordinating the seminar programme of the Thuringia Competence Centre for Continuing Education (KWT), leading online case conferences for doctors in postgraduate training, and designing and delivering continuing education programmes for early-career specialists, including Journal Clubs and Quality Circles.
Her current research focuses on the provision of primary care for patients with cancer.
Curriculum vitae:
Professional experience
Current: General Practitioner at the Center for Outpatient Medicine and Research Associate at the Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine at Jena University Hospital
04/2024 Completion of GP specialist training
Training rotations in General Practice/Family Medicine, Internal Medicine (including Emergency Medicine) and Paediatrics, undertaken across Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia, Germany
Qualifications
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2024 Certificate in University Teaching (MQ1), Jena
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2019 Doctorate under Prof. Dr. med. Gerrit Hohendorf at the Chair of History and Ethics of Medicine at the Technical University of Munich on the topic: “The „Special Children’s Ward“ in the clinic Eglfing-Haar and the Nazi "Children’s Euthanasia“ between 1940-1945”
- 2013 A-Diploma in Acupuncture, German Medical Association for Acupuncture
Memberships & Functions
Publications
Academic Journals
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Katzur J, Poeck J, Hoesel J, Farr L, Werner A, Bleidorn J. General Practitioners in Cancer Care: Structural Constraints, Communication Gaps, and Implications for Supportive Care – A Qualitative Study from Germany. Supportive Care in Cancer. Under Peer Review.
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Werner A*, Katzur J*, Schrimpf A, Bleidorn J, Bleckwenn M. The role of general practitioners in German cancer care: a scoping review. BMC Primary Care. 2026. * Shared first authorship (equal contribution)
- Katzur J, Hösel J. 72/w with knee pain. Z Allg Med 101 (Suppl 1):79-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44266-025-00419-5
Book Chapters
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Katzur J. Munich children and adolescents as victims of ‘child euthanasia’ in the ‘children's ward’ of the Eglfing-Haar mental hospital, in: Cranach M v, Eberle A, Hohendorf G, Tiedemann S v. Memorial book for the Munich victims of National Socialist ‘euthanasia’ murders, in collaboration with: NS Documentation Centre Munich and District of Upper Bavaria, Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag; 2018
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Koch (now: Katzur) J. The ‘children's ward’ at the Eglfing-Haar mental hospital: two life stories, in: Working Group for Research on National Socialist ‘Euthanasia’ and Forced Sterilisation. (Ed.). Giving the victims their names – Nazi ‘euthanasia’ crimes, historical-political responsibility and culture of remembrance – Symposium from 13 to 15 May 2011 in Irsee Monastery (= Reports of the Working Group 7), Ulm and Münster: Klemm & Oelschläger. 2011. p. 181-199
Conference Contributions
- Katzur J, Hösel J, Poeck J, Werner A, Bleidorn J. Interdisciplinary information flow and knowledge transfer in oncology: What Thuringian general practitioners need in order to provide adequate support to patients. In: German Society for General Medicine and Family Medicine, editor. 59th Congress for General Medicine and Family Medicine. Hanover, October 1-3, 2025. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2025. DocV-15-03. DOI: 10.3205/25degam086
- Katzur J, Werner A, Schrimpf A, Bleidorn J, Bleckwenn M. The role of general practitioners in the care of oncology patients in Germany – a scoping review. (Presentation) 58th Congress for General Medicine and Family Medicine; 25–38 September 2024; Würzburg. Link