medical university Vienna
| medical university Vienna | |
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| founding | 2004 |
| Sponsorship | state |
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Vienna , Austria
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| Rector | Markus Müller |
| Students | approx. 8000 (summer semester 2019) |
| Employee | approx. 5750 |
| Website | www.meduniwien.ac.at |
The Medical University of Vienna is the largest medical school in Austria , is one of the most important research institutions in Europe and provides the entire medical staff for the Vienna General Hospital .
The Medical University of Vienna emerged in 2004 from the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna , which was founded in 1365 by Rudolf IV .
history
Faculty of the University of Vienna
As part of the Alma Mater Rudolphina , founded in 1365, the medical faculty was already a widely recognized authority in matters of health care in the Middle Ages . From 1399 onwards, faculty files have been preserved that prove that they were called upon to act as an arbitration board in disputes between bathers , midwives and landlords .
The first anatomy lecture was given by the doctor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia (died 1427) from Padua, who was appointed to the University of Vienna towards the end of the 14th century, in 1404 (Galeazzo was also the personal physician of Duke Albrecht IV of Austria ). He also carried out teaching sections, the first north of the Alps.
During the reign of Maria Theresa , Viennese medicine first achieved international importance. The Habsburg woman summoned the Dutch Gerard van Swieten to Vienna. He laid the foundation stone for the “ first Viennese medical school ”. Capacities like Anton de Haen , Maximilian Stoll , Johann Lorenz Gasser , Anton von Störck or the discoverer of percussion , Leopold Auenbrugger , now taught and researched in Vienna. On the basis of traditions going back a long way, what is known today as bedside teaching became a paradigmatic method in training at this time .
The General Hospital of the City of Vienna , which opened in 1784, became a new place of activity for doctors, which increasingly developed into the most important research center. In the course of the 19th century, doctors such as Carl von Rokitansky , Josef Skoda , Ferdinand von Hebra and Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis established the second Vienna Medical School . The basic science in medicine was expanded and specialization advanced: the first skin, eye and ear, nose and throat clinics in the world were founded in Vienna.
Leopold Oser , later a full professor , specialized in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and was considered to be "the only and best gastric specialist in Austria". His major contribution in this area was the introduction of a flexible stomach tube for gastroscopy ("gastroscopy") in 1875 instead of a rigid tube that was developed in 1867 by the Heidelberg gastroenterologist Adolf Kussmaul .
At the beginning of the 20th century, medicine in Vienna was among the top international classes. Clemens von Pirquet defined the terms allergy and serum sickness , Ernst Peter Pick carried out important experiments on the chemical specificity of immunological reactions. All four Nobel Prizes that were awarded to (former) Viennese doctors over the next few decades - Robert Bárány (1914), Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1927), Karl Landsteiner (1930), Otto Loewi (1936) - were based on fundamental work from this Time. The last of these was the Vienna School of Dentistry (founded by Bernhard Gottlieb ), which reached its peak in the 1920s.
This tradition radiated into the First Republic. The American Medical Association of Vienna was established and well-attended post-doctoral courses for doctors from around the world continued into the 1930s.
The first well-known physicians such as Landsteiner left Vienna after the First World War , but the largest bloodletting occurred around the Second World War . After Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938, political opponents and Jewish teachers, doctors and students were dismissed, expelled or deported. After the war, reconstruction began. In 1949, around 75 percent of the medical professors at the University of Vienna were dismissed because of Nazi charges.
From faculty to university
The University Act 2002 , which became fully effective on January 1, 2004, created the Medical University of Vienna as an independent university and legal successor to the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna that had existed up to that point . In the 2014-15 Times Higher Education Ranking , the Medical University of Vienna is listed among the top 50 universities in the world in the field of Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health .
Focus
With research, teaching, specialist training and patient care, the university has four pillars.
research
Research mainly focuses on the following areas:
- Allergology / immunology / infectious diseases
- Cancer research / oncology
- Neuroscience
- Vascular medicine
- Imaging
There are also five clinical research programs:
- Basic research / diagnosis / image support
- Organ failure / organ replacement / transplants
- Intensive Care Medicine (called Critical Care)
- Metabolic and nutritional medicine
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
Molecular biological research is concentrated at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories , a joint company with the University of Vienna.
Cross-disciplinary work on gender-specific aspects of medicine is intensified in all research areas as well as in the range of courses.
Teaching
courses
The following studies are offered:
(N090) Doctoral studies in medical science (Doctor scientiae medicae)
The doctoral program in medical science lasted four semesters and aims to further develop the skills for independent scientific work. The condition for admission is the completion of a medical degree ( human medicine , dentistry , medicine ) or a relevant subject ( biology , chemistry , nutritional sciences , molecular biology , pharmacy , physics , psychology , sports sciences ) at master’s level (diploma or master’s degree), in this case in Connection with taking a medical preparatory course . The course is completed as soon as the dissertation has been approved and the rigorosum has been successfully completed. The doctoral program in medical science N090 is being phased out. No new admissions have been possible since the admission / enrollment period for the 2007/08 winter semester, but admission or a switch to the new N790 degree is possible.
(N094) Ph.D studies (Doctor philosophiae)
As an alternative to doctoral studies in medical science and for those interested in related scientific / academic training groups, the six semester Ph.D. -Studies are offered which convey similar knowledge with international aspects at a higher level and courses held exclusively in English. Ph.D. programs at the Medical University of Vienna (as of summer semester 2011):
- Open programs
- Molecular Signal Transduction
- Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Biology
- Medical Physics
- Neuroscience
- Malignant Diseases
- Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vascular Biology
- Immunology
- Medical Informatics, Biostatistics & Complex Systems
- "Self Contained" programs (with a personal registration process)
- Inflammation and Immunity (IAI)
- Cell Communication in Health and Disease (CCHD)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
- Structure and Interaction of Biological Macromolecules
- RNA biology
(N201) Doctoral program in medicine
The doctoral program in medicine is the course for training to become a doctor in all medicine according to the old curriculum and can only be completed, but not restarted. It lasts 12 semesters, of which the I. Rigorosum comprises four, the II Rigorosum three and the III. Rigorosum five semesters. It is typical of the previous medical studies in Austria that in order to obtain the medical doctorate, either a dissertation had to be submitted or an in-depth training in a subject of the study had to be completed.
(N202) Degree in human medicine
The degree program in human medicine at MedUni Vienna lasts 12 semesters and comprises a total of 274.5 semester hours per week (aSWS). Of this, 259.5 semester hours are allotted to compulsory subjects. In addition, 15 semester hours of free elective courses are to be taken and clinical traineeships totaling 12 weeks. By the end of their studies, each student has to write an independent thesis. In 2014, 6,016 candidates applied for the 740 study places. The MedAT approval process is carried out jointly with the Medical University of Innsbruck and the Medical University of Graz .
The course is divided into 3 study sections. Of these, the first section comprises two semesters, the second section six semesters and the third section four semesters.
- The first section is also the introductory phase and lasts 2 semesters. Contents are general anatomy , social medicine , biochemistry , molecular cell biology , genetics and physiology . The annual material is checked as part of the SIP (Summative Integrated Examination) 1. Passing SIP 1 enables you to switch to the 2nd stage of study.
- In the second section, which lasts 6 semesters, all organ subject areas are dealt with in individual blocks. Another SIP takes place after every 2nd semester. The thesis begins in this section. In order to switch to the 3rd stage of study, all 3 SIPs (SIP 2, 3, 4a) must be successfully completed.
- The third stage of study includes practice in the main clinical subjects. Here, too, a SIP must be taken in the fifth year (SiP 5a). The sixth year of study is also known as the Clinical Practical Year (CPY) .
- In addition to the diploma thesis, there are also 3 diploma exams, which are to be equated with the final exams of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd section, i.e. SIP 1, 4 and 6.
(N203) Degree in dentistry
The diploma course in dentistry at MedUni Vienna lasts 12 semesters, which are divided into three study sections of two, four or six semesters, and has a total number of hours of 218.1 aSWS. The first four semesters, with the exception of a dental preparatory course, correspond to the study of human medicine (N202) - the lessons are therefore also held jointly for members of both fields of study. In the third section, an internship of 72 weeks has to be completed and a thesis has to be written.
(N300) Master of Public Health
In the winter semester 2005, the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna are jointly offering the Master of Public Health course. The course is a part-time, postgraduate degree that lasts four semesters and trains students in integrative prevention and lifestyle medicine so that they can take on leadership positions in public health care .
(N790) Doctoral Studies in Applied Medical Science
The doctoral program in applied medical science (N790) was introduced to replace N090 and, like the PhD program (N094), lasts six semesters. It is structurally based on this, but has some essential differences. It does not conclude with a PhD, but with a "Dr.scient.med.". In addition, the scientific work under N790 does not have to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, nor is it mandatory to be paid for by the submitted project. In contrast to N094 and N790, this makes it possible to complete alongside specialist training.
(N936) Master's degree in medical informatics
After completing a bachelor's degree in (medical) computer science at any university, there is the possibility of attaining a master's degree in medical computer science at MedUni Vienna. This field of study is divided into 4 semesters, at the end of which a master's thesis has to be written. After successful completion of all courses and a positive assessment of the master's thesis, the academic title “Diplom-Ingenieur” (Dipl-Ing) is awarded.
Characteristics
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Together with the General Hospital of the City of Vienna (AKH Wien), the Medical University of Vienna forms the largest medical care center in Austria.
- 27 university clinics and 3 clinical institutes
- 12 medical-theoretical areas
- 49,028 operations p. a.
- 103,076 inpatient treatments p. a.
- 553,235 outpatient treatments p. a.
Bodies
University management
Since October 1, 2015, the university management has consisted of the following people:
- Markus Müller (Rector)
- Michaela Fritz (Vice Rector for Research)
- Volkan Talazoglu (Vice Rector for Finance)
- Anita Rieder (Vice Rector for Teaching)
- Oswald Wagner (Vice Rector for Clinical Affairs)
University Council
The University Council of the Medical University of Vienna is made up since March 1, 2018 the following persons:
- Eva Dichand , Media Manager (Chair)
- Brigitte Ettl , Medical Director of the Hietzing Hospital with the Rosenhügel Neurological Center
- Reinhart Waneck , Former State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health
- Thomas Zeltner , special envoy of the WHO and former head of the Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland
senate
The Senate of the Medical University of Vienna consists of 26 people. The Senate consists of 13 representatives of the university professors, 6 representatives of the university lecturers and academic staff in research and teaching, one representative of the general university staff and 6 representatives of the students who have been elected or posted (students) in accordance with Section 25 UG 2002 . The chairman of the Senate is the chairman of the curriculum directorate for human medicine, Univ. Prof. Dr. Harald Sitte .
University representation
The Austrian Students' Union (ÖH) Medicine Vienna has been promoted from a faculty representative to a university representative since January 1st, 2004 through the autonomy of MedUni Vienna and represents all student affairs towards the university and the Ministry of Science.
See also
Web links
- Medical University of Vienna - official website
- University representative at the Medical University of Vienna
- University library of the Medical University of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/ueber-uns/organisation/universitaetsleitung/rektorat/
- ↑ https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/ueber-uns/facts-figures/
- ↑ https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/ueber-uns/facts-figures/
- ↑ Largest and most traditional medical research institution in Austria . Medical university Vienna. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ^ The faculty of the medical faculty of the University of Vienna, Vienna 1908-1910 . Photo credits: Collections of the Medical University of Vienna - Josephinum, picture archive; Associated personal identification .
- ^ Gundolf Keil : Galeazzo (di) Santa Sofia (Galeatius, Galeatus de Sancta Sophia). In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil, Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 446.
- ↑ Karger, Leopold Oser . Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ Top 100 universities for Clinical, pre-clinical and health 2014-15 . Times Higher Education. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ Doctoral Program in Medical Science N090 ( Memento from January 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2, 2011
- ↑ Thematic Programs - N090 ( Memento of March 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2, 2011
- ↑ Doctoral program in Medicine N201 ( Memento from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2, 2011
- ↑ New record among medical students . The standard. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ^ Diploma program Human Medicine - Human Medicine (N202) ( Memento from April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2, 2011
- ^ Diploma course in Dentistry (N203) - Dentistry ( Memento from February 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2, 2011
- ^ Doctoral Program of Applied Medical Science N790 ( Memento of November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2, 2011
- ↑ Facts & Figures . Medical university Vienna. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ^ The University Council of MedUni Vienna . Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ orf.at: University councils: FPÖ sends ex-government member, ÖVP Dichand . Article dated February 20, 2018, accessed March 1, 2018.
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