AMSA Winterschool: Stolzalpe (13th February - 17th February 2012)
Information AMSA-Winterschool in Stolzalpe
Time is rushing!! Deadline: 1st of November 2011
Dear IFMSA-friends!
We are very proud to present the 4th Winterschool in Austria! In the heart of Europe, up in the mountains you’ll have the opportunity to learn the most important topics in orthopaedics. The Winterschool will be held from 13th February - 17th February 2012 in Stolzalpe/Murau, Austria. After this one-week course in “Practical Orthopaedics” you have the possibility to do a clerkship in orthopaedics for either one OR two weeks.
Summary
Date: 13th February - 17th February 2012
Venue: General & Orthopaedic Hospital Stolzalpe, Austria
Scientific Board: Doz. Dr. C. Tschauner, Univ. Doz. Dr. S. Hofmann
Registration Fee: 80 EUR (covering food and accomodation)
Number of participants: 16 participants in total (8 Austrians, 8 international)
Homepage: http://www.amsa.at/Winterschool_de
General Information
The Winterschool „Practical Orthopaedics“ has been successfully performed for medical students from Austria during the last ten years. This will be the third English course with international and Austrian students together. The Stolzalpe Hospital is one of the largest Orthopaedic Departments in Austria and has developed specialization in eight different teams. It is well known as European Reference Centre for Hip and Knee Surgery and Paediatric Orthopaedics.
Content
The one week course is based on lectures, hands-on-workshops and bedside teaching. The lectures presented by the different teams cover most of the important topics in orthopaedics including conservative orthopaedics, pain management, anaesthesia and management of chronic pain patients. The practical-hands-on includes knee arthroscopy on a model, plating and nailing, sewing and casting. Bedside teaching is performed with clinical examination of the different joints, patient’s presentation, joining the outpatient department and the OR.
Goal
Learning the basic knowledge of the most important musculoskeletal diseases (excluding tumours), understanding for diagnostic procedures, conservative and surgical pathways including new developments and future perspectives
Requirements
• Medical student
• Passed exams in anatomy, surgery and eventually orthopaedics
• Good english language skills
Examination
Final oral test with practical examples and certificate
Clerkship
After the Winterschool you have the opportunity to do a clerkship for either one OR two weeks in the field of orthopaedics.
The costs for the clerkship will be 8,00 EUR per day.
IMPORTANT: Insurance
Don't forget to get an insurance in case of illness, accident and - if you take part in the clerkship - a liability insurance! You have to show it after your arrival.
Travelling to Austria (Stolzalpe)
As the hospital is situated in a quite remoted area, it’s the best you arrive in Vienna (http://www.viennaairport.com/jart/prj3/va/main.jart?rel=en&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1249344074214)
or Graz (http://www.flughafen-graz.at/home/index.en.php?change_language=English).
From Wien Meidling (Vienna) you take the train to Murau-Stolzalpe which lasts between 3,5 and 4 hours and
From Graz you also take the train to Murau-Stolzalpe which lasts between 2,5 and 3 hours (http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp).
Selection criterion and application documents:
1. Sent before deadline!
2. English knowledge
3. Progress in your studies (surgery and optionally orthopaedics in consideration of additional training e.g. physiotherapy
4. Clerkships(orthopaedics or trauma surgery)
5. country of origin, because we want a mixed crowd;-) (max. 2 participants per country)
6. Letter of motivation (800 words max.)
7. Curriculum vitae (including name, home address, email, phone number, nationality, passport number, passport expiry date, year of studies, expected date of graduation, level of english skills, passed relevant exams, level of german skills)
8. Proof of studies (official letter of your medical college/university stating that you are a medical student and the year you are in)
9. To be answered optionally: Do you need an invitation letter? Are you planning to do a clerkship with LKH Stolzalpe after Winterschool 2012?
Send all documents to winterschool.stolzalpe@gmail.com by 1st of NOVEMBER 2011!
ONLY COMPLETE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED.
We will send out the acceptance letters within one week after the deadline!
Please confirm your Attendance within one week after you have received our acceptance (till 10.11.)
After this date, the waiting list will rise in rank.
Don't forget to tell us if you want to do a clerkship, too.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us! We wish you all good luck and hope to see you in February 2012!
On behalf of the OC,
Andreas Frings
Anna Gross
Program
Monday, February 13th 2012
- Welcome and introduction
- Handsurgery & Rheumaorthopeedic-Management: frequent disorders: diagnosis & treatment
- Foot & Ankle: frequent disorders of the foot and the ankle: diagnosis and treatment
- Osteoarthritis I - Basics and treatment
- Osteoarthritis II - case-reports
Tuesday, February 14th 2012
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – an introduction
- Guided Tour of the Departement for Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy – indications and modalities
- Physiotherapy: Demonstration of an individual physiotherapeutic treatment
- DDH & Hip Sonography acc. to GRAF: Basics, screening and treatment
- Spine: Scoliosis - Basics and treatment
Wednesday, February 15th 2012
- Hip joint: frequent disorders: diagnosis & treatment
- Med. Psychologie: Psychological pain-treatment
- MRI: Basics and case-reports
- Gipskurs: casting- techniques & learning by doing
- Orthopaedic clinical examination
Thursday, February 16th 2012
- OP-Theatre: having a look on live surgeries
- Shoulder: frequent disorders - Basics and Sono-Anatomy
- Ambulanz: Visiting the outpatient clinic
- Knee: frequent disorders of he knee – diagnosis & treatment
- Practical training & hands-on:
- Arthroscopy on a knee-model
- Drilling & Screwing on wooden models
- Suturing
- Orthopedic Round - Table (Abendessen)
Friday, February 17th 2012
- Pediatric & Neuro-Orthopaedics: clubfoot & flatfoot
- "Gesundheitswerkstätte" (Museum)
- Colloquium
- „The end“
