Welcome and Introduction/ Moderators Gerhard Polak, Going International, Vienna, Austria Gerhard Polak is CEO of the platform GOING INTERNATIONAL health information services. He provides the education and training online database »medicine & health«. He is the responsible editor of the GI-Blog, and the periodical editions of GI-mail. He has built up […]

Begrüßung und Einleitung/ Moderation Gerhard Polak, Going International, Wien, Österreich Gerhard Polak ist Geschäftsführer der Bildungs- und Beratungsplattform GOING INTERNATIONAL. Er führt die online Aus- und Weiterbildungsdatenbank »medicine & health« und ist verantwortlicher Herausgeber des GI-Blogs und der periodisch erscheinenden GI-Mails. Er hat ein EU-weites Netzwerk für höhere Aus- und Weiterbildung […]

Respectful language makes communication more effective in many ways, since it prevents misunderstandings and conflicts. It also reassures patients that you see them as people who have personal and social needs as well as medical needs. Respectful language shows attention, uses descriptive words and is problem-oriented. Showing attention: you are […]

Guten Tag aus Angola: Bom dia – obrigada! Auf „Guten Tag“ wird hier in Angola mit „Danke“ geantwortet. So wird einem täglich schon auf diese Art Dankbarkeit entgegen gebracht, ohne auch nur etwas getan zu haben. Aber zum „Nixtun“ sind wir ja nicht hergekommen. Das geplante Projekt hätte eigentlich eine […]

By The New England Journal of Medicine. NEJM This WeekApp A free iPhone and iPod Touch app that provides medical professionals with access to recent articles and a selection of images, audio, and video. Dowload NEJM This Week from the App Store.   NEJM Image Challenge App This app brings […]

Margherita Giannoni, Luisa Franzini and Giuliano Masiero. Background Research on socio-economic determinants of migrant health inequalities has produced a large body of evidence. There is lack of evidence on the influence of structural factors on lives of fragile groups, frequently exposed to health inequalities. The role of poor socio-economic status and country level structural factors, […]

Ministers and academics from France, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Italy, Hungary and UK will vie to succeed Margaret Chan as director general in July 2017. Six candidates from Africa, Asia and Europe – including one Briton – have been nominated for the position of director general of the World Health Organisation, at […]

Project summary written by Prof. Kris van de Poel, University of Antwerp Nursing is a mobile profession. Large-scale, targeted recruitment by developed countries to address domestic shortages (Report open consultation Green Paper European Workforce for Health 2009) intensifies the need for focused communication training for nurses and other medical care […]

Communication tips by Nursing on the Move. Are you a professional or a pre-professional? Do you use a second or 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? Summarising is closely related to paraphrasing, but it […]

THE SIMPLE TRANSFORMATION OF USERS IN PATIENTS VIA AN ONLINE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM FOR YOUR WEBSITE! Providing an online appointment system on your website offers patient an efficient and convenient way to reserve an appointment with his desired Healthcare Professional. Next to the automatization of the booking process, a two way sync with Google calendar, […]