AMSA Winterschool: Stolzalpe (31st January - 4th February 2011)
Information AMSA-Winterschool in Stolzalpe
Time is rushing!! Deadline: 1st of November 2010
Dear IFMSA-friends!
We are very proud to present the 3rd 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 31st of January till 4th of February 2011 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: 31st - 4th February 2010
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://en.amsa.at/Winterschool
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).
Online-registration
Then go to our application form and fill it in https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHpySG55dElwamtyei1qWjZrdzJMWUE6MQ
Selection criterion and application documents:
1. Sent before deadline to winterschool@amsa.at
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
7. Curriculum vitae (including name, address, email, phone number and nationality)
8. Proof of studies (official letter of your medical college/university stating that you are a medical student and the year you are in)
We will send out the acceptance letters within one week after the deadline and we'll publish the participants and the waiting list on this website!
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 2011!
On behalf of the OC,
Theresia Daschner
Doris Holzinger
Further Questions? Don't hesitate zu contact us =)
winterschool@amsa.at
Program
Monday, January 31st 2011
- 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 1st 2011
- 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 2nd 2011
- 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 3rd 2011
- 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 4th 2011
- Pediatric & Neuro-Orthopaedics: clubfoot & flatfoot
- "Gesundheitswerkstätte" (Museum)
- Colloquium
- „The end“
