NEWS
Workshop of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Topic: Inflammatory brain diseases
Faculty: O.Univ. Prof. Dr. Hans Lassmann
The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Vienna Open Medical Institute was held.
"intra" - the staff magazine of the Vienna Hospital Association - reported about the Vienna-OMI.
FACTS AND FIGURES
The Vienna Open Medical Institute
The program's objective is to identify young, English speaking physicians from countries in transition, who will benefit from state-of-the-art education in their medical specialities and act as multipliers in their home countries by sharing the knowledge they have acquired.
From 1993 to the present, 1000 world renowned faculty members from American and Austrian academic institutions have trained more than 1,500 observers from over 100 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the former Soviet Union, as well as from countries in Africa and the Middle East. Fellows attend on full scholarship and faculty members serve pro bono.
Facts and Figures
| Observerships in 2012 | 96 |
| Observerships in 2011 | 112 |
| Observerships in 2010 | 146 |
| Observerships in 2009 | 148 |
| Observerships in 2008 | 95 |
| Total |
597 |
| Countries and Regions | 29 |
| Physicians in Charge / Mentors | 119 |