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As, family medicine courses involve both university-based and community-based teaching, this study focuses the mode and quality of instruction and instructors in family medicine teaching. A qualitative interview study was conducted. The participants (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200912) of a multi-perspective Quality Circle in family medicine teaching were interviewed twice: first, in 2019, about digitalization in family medicine teaching in T\u00fcbingen, Germany, not yet aware of the global changes and local transformation that would take place shortly thereafter. Second, in a follow-up interview in 2020 about the transition process and digitalization following the impact of contact restrictions during the pandemic. Grounded Theory was used as a qualitative research approach to analyze the complex processes surrounding this transformation. By analyzing the interviews with various stakeholders of community and university-based teaching, a model for the digital transformation process of family medicine teaching at the University of T\u00fcbingen in response to an external stimulus (the pandemic) was developed. It involves six chronological steps: \u201cThe calm before the storm,\u201d \u201cThe storm hits,\u201d \u201cAll hands on deck,\u201d \u201cAdrift,\u201d \u201cReset course,\u201d and \u201cThe silver lining.\u201d This model seeks to understand the process of digital transformation and its impact on the teaching institution (medical faculty of the University of T\u00fcbingen, Institute for General Practice and Interprofessional Health Care) and instructors from an integrated perspective and thereby critically revisits prior concepts and opinions on the digitalization of medical teaching. 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