11. Mai 2019, Wien, Österreich. Wir laden Sie herzlich zum 4. Wiener Lungentag am 11. Mai 2019 unter der wissenschaftlichen Leitung von Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Popp und Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Schenk, MSc ein. Hören Sie Vorträge zum State of The Art in der Behandlung pulmologischer Erkrankungen in der […]

13th to 16th May 2019, Plas y Brenin, United Kingdom. An exciting 4-day Expedition and Wilderness Medicine course, which aims to open up the world of expedition medicine to all medical professionals and help you mix adventure into your career, will take place in Plas y Brenin, Wales. It is designed […]

by Kristine Sørensen PhD, MPH. Health literacy is an emerging area of human and societal investment. Moving from the margin to the mainstream – attention has increased worldwide on how to improve the health literacy of people, communities, organizations, systems and societies. Health literacy is linked to literacy and entails […]

Communication tips by Nursing on the Move. Are you a medical professional who uses a foreign language at work? Do you have a friend who speaks a foreign language at work or has a cultural background different from colleagues/customers? Different cultures may have different ideas of what kind of verbal communication is […]

Communication tips by Nursing on the Move. Are you a medical professional who uses a foreign language at work? Have you ever been in this situation? Not knowing how to comfort a patient in distress. Not remembering how to say or pronounce a word. Knowing the medical term, but not being […]

2nd to 4th October 2019, Bad Hofgastein, Austria. While we have made considerable advances in health, there are a number of areas that seem to be at a stalemate despite ample evidence on how to move forward. Examples include the topic of health reforms in general, tackling AMR, addressing health […]

29. März 2019, Wien, Österreich. Wir laden Sie herzlich zum 5. Symposium der Philosophie & Medizin am 29. März 2019 unter der wissenschaftlichen Leitung von Präs. Dr. med. Marina Marcovich und Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer, MA ein! Vierzehn Referenten/innen verschiedener Fachrichtungen der Medizin und Philosophie aus dem In- und […]

Start: April 2019 @ Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg. „Wir können den Wind nicht ändern, aber wir können die Segel anders setzen.“ (Aristoteles) Krankenhäuser, noch vor zwei Jahrzehnten als beschützende Stätte der Heilung beschrieben, haben sich zu Zentren komprimierter medizinisch-pflegerisch-technischer Dienstleistungen gewandelt. Auch die Pflege ist gefordert, sich kritisch zu reflektieren, wissenschaftlich […]

1st to 12th July 2019, London, United Kingdom. The Epidemiology of a Vaccine Epidemiological research has become an important tool in assessing vaccine protection. Although there are several courses specialising in vaccinology, there remains a gap in teaching about advanced epidemiological tools for vaccine evaluation. This short course fills that […]

by Jakob Riedl. In summer 2015 a good friend of mine and I decided to do a clinical elective abroad. After reading plenty of elective reports we chose the Karapitiya Hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka, for our internship. There were a few reasons for our choice. First of all, English […]