The PrimarySTeP research group was formed under the umbrella of the Health Research Network on the initiative of the stakeholders. The cross-university research group deals with research questions relating to the academic primary qualification of nursing, as made possible for the first time nationwide for nursing by the new Nursing Professions Act, which will come into force in 2020.

The group's research interest focuses on general questions regarding the new training opportunities; its concern is not the internal curriculum development within the respective Departments.

The research group aims to make future research-based contributions to the development of the new primary qualification for Germany as well as the generalist training of nurses.
Possible areas of development include, for example, the practicability of legal standards, increasing the security of care and the potential for covering existing gaps in care.