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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! I proudly present to you the latest issue of GI-Mail with an overview of course and congress tips as well as interesting specials and reading recommendations.
Developments in the European Public Health area will be analyzed at the European Health Forum Gastein 2015 and at the European Public Health Conference in Milan. The University of York presents two courses about decision analytic modelling for economic evaluation.
Explore the possibilities of further education abroad with the online course offered by Johns Hopkins University and the Austrian event “Going USA 2015: Education, Fellowship & Research”.
However, you don’t necessarily have to travel to educate yourself in medicine and health, we also present to you a very interesting collection of book recommendations in our Bookshop.
If you are interested in a new job or a training position in Austria, Germany or Switzerland and have a good knowledge of the German language, take a look at our Jobs & Career Offers. More jobs can be found in our monthly Job-newsletter and on the website of Going International.
Visit us on Facebook – you will find weekly updated news on topics related to medicine and health.
Kind regards, Gerhard Polak, MD
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ISSN: 2312-0827
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Algorithms for DNA Sequencing
 Start: 5th October 2015, online-course About the Course
DNA sequencing is now a ubiquitous tool in life science. You can observe this trend just by reading the news. This course examines the computational problems that come with this onslaught of DNA sequencing data. How do we take a huge collection of DNA „puzzle pieces“ and assemble them into a genome? How do we make it quick and easy to find a DNA „needle“ in an enormous genomic „haystack“? We will spend the bulk of the course understanding the algorithms and data structures that underlie software tools for analyzing sequencing data. The course is also an opportunity to practice programming skills and gain exposure to basic algorithms and data structures...read more. |
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Public Health Anthropology: Concepts and Tools
 11th to 22nd January 2016, Heidelberg, Germany
Learn to understand how cultural ideas and practices influence people’s behaviour, health and diseases. Eligible are public health professionals, project planners and managers, paramedical staff, social scientists and tropEd students. The course is held in English. Fluent English (Reading, Speaking and Writing) is required. Participants will have to download Nvivo 9 trial version before the course (access information will be sent before the course). Tutorial and trial version have to be installed on personal laptop before the course and participants have to bring their own laptop...read more.
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Decision Analytic Modelling for Economic Evaluation
 Start: 4th April 2016, York, EnglandDecision analytic modelling is widely used internationally as a means of estimating the costs, outcomes and cost-effectiveness of different interventions and programmes in health care and public health. In particular, these methods are often employed to assess the value of new pharmaceuticals as a basis for health systems to determine whether they should be funded. The Foundations Course in Modelling Methods is designed for those coming new to Decision Analytic Modelling for Economic Evaluation. This 2-day course will run on 4th & 5th April 2016 at the University of York... read more.
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8th European Public Health Conference
 14th to 17th October 2015, Milan, Italy
The European Public Health Conference Foundation, the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI) are pleased to invite you
to the 8th European Public Health Conference.
The EPH Conference aims to contribute to the improvement of public health in Europe by offering a means for exchanging information and a platform for debate to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of public health and health services research as well as public health training and education in Europe...read more.
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18th European Health Forum Gastein
 Start: 30th September 2015, Bad Hofgastein, Austria
Today, 30 September 2015, the EHFG goes into its 18th round. The main theme “Securing Health in Europe. Balancing priorities, sharing responsibilities” goes far beyond straightforward health security topics, but covers areas as diverse as patient empowerment and e- and m-health, development cooperation, public health security, health systems sustainability and pricing of medicines.
Core of the conference are its three Plenaries, the first one of which marks the start of three eventful and interesting days...read more.
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Global Mental Health - Mental Health in Developing Countries
 31st October 2015, Munich, Germany
Mental Health in Developing Countries
The CIHLMU Center for International Health, the Global Mental Health Group LMU at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, and the International Network for Cooperation in Mental Health (i.nez), are organizing the 7th International Symposium on “Global Mental Health – Mental Health in Developing Countries”. The symposium is open to all health professionals and students interested in this topic.
More than half a billion people worldwide have a neuropsychiatric disorder or are dependent on alcohol or drugs. About 80% of these people live in low- and middle- income countries and most of them do not receive appropriate treatment...read more.
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War on Cancer Summit 2015
20th October 2015, London, Great Britain
Find more information here.
19th International Meeting of the International Society of Gynaecological Oncology
24th to 27th October 2015, Nice, France
Find more information here.
Global Health Forum in Taiwan
1st to 2nd November 2015, Taipei City, Taiwan
Find more information here.
European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology
11th to 13th November 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
Find more information here.
Health Through Peace - Challenging War, Militarisation and Global Insecurity
13th to 14th November 2015, London, Great Britain
Find more information here.
Effective Writing for Biomedical Professionals
17th to 18th November 2015, Oxford, Great Britain
Find more information here.
The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency
20th to 22nd November 2015, San Diego, CA, USA
Find more information here. 38th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
8th to 12th December 2015, San Antonio, TX, USA
Find more information here.
Stem Cells: A Pathway Through the Maze
9th to 11th December, 2015, Oxford, Great Britain
Find more information here.
Drug Resistance: from Mechanisms to Management
10th to 11th December 2015, Basel, Switzerland
Find more information here.
Going USA 2015: Education, Fellowship & Research22nd October 2015, Vienna, Austria
Are you interested in medical continuing education and work in the USA? Are you interested in an Internship and Residency at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, USA? Going International and the Alumni Club of Medical University Vienna would like to invite you to attend this year’s Going USA information event in Vienna, Austria.
Confirmed speakers include: Dr. David Henry, Dr. Gerhard Polak,
Michael Freissmuth, Shahrokh Shariat, as well as former participants Stephan Salzmann and Lukas Haupt...read more.
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Ober- /Facharzt (m/w) und Assistenzarzt (m/w) für Unfallchirugie oder Orthopädie und Traumatologie
 Wir suchen für ein modernes und öffentliches, in die universitäre Lehre eingebundenes 150-Betten-Krankenhaus der erweiterten Standardversorgung in Österreich, inmitten des Tiroler Berg- und Seengebietes, einer Tourismusregion im österreichisch-bayerischen Grenzraum- eine / einen OBER-/FACHARZT (m/w) für UNFALLCHIRURGIE oder ORTHOPÄDIE UND TRAUMATOLOGIE
- eine/ einen ASSISTENZARZT (m/w) für UNFALLCHIRURGIE oder ORTHOPÄDIE UND TRAUMATOLOGIE
Angebot an Fachärzte für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie: Erwerb von Zeiten der Unfallchirurgie zur Anerkennung der Orthopädie und Traumatologie. Das kleine familiäre Krankenhaus liegt in guter verkehrstechnischer Anbindung zu Innsbruck, München bzw. zum Allgäu und bietet - neben der breit ausgerichteten Unfallchirurgie / Sporttraumatologie - Leistungen in den Fächern Anästhesiologie, Augenchirurgie, Chirurgie, Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenkrankheiten, Innere Medizin, Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Neurologie, Radiologie und Urologie etc....weiterlesen.
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Communication Tips by Medics on the Move (MoM)
 Are you a professional or a pre-professional in the medical sector?
Do you use a second or foreign language at work?
The communication may require some directive skills. Directive skills are powerful tools in medical interaction. They include asking questions, asking for clarifications, providing a rationale and signposting. Improve your directive skills by trying the following tips....read more.
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Jobs and Career in Germany or Switzerland
 If you are a medical specialist or a medical assistant with good knowledge of the German language ( level C1), apply now at Going International for these specialities: - Internal medicine
- Neurology
- Anesthesia
- Radiology
If you are interested please send us your detailed CV as a Word-document to office@goinginternational.org. Please write in the subject line: " GI-Mail 09/2015". You can also find a wide range of job vacancies in the German Job Newsletter.
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