Southeast Europe Cooperation

Prof. Dr. med. H.J. Seitz

DAYS OF SERBIAN

MEDICAL DIASPORA

2001

12 – 15 October, 2011

3 students from Belgrade to Hamburg for 4 weeks clinical training;

3 students from Hamburg to Belgrade for 4 weeks clinical training;

6 Med. Doctors from Belgrade to Hamburg for 4 – 8 weeks clinical

training/PhD experiments;

1 Summer School ENDOCRINOLOGY in Belgrade (Org. Prof Dr Vera

Popovic) in September with > 120 Participants – ess. Funding Europ. Soc.

Endocrinology (~€ 25,000);

1 Summer School IMMUNOLOGY in Belgrade (Org. Prof Dr Mio Lukic &

others) in September with 42 Participants – ess. Funding Europ. Soc.

Immunology (~ €25,000)

T H E H AM B U R G – B E L G R AD E – C O O P E R AT I O N I N 2 0 11

Southeast Europe Cooperation

Emerg ing cha l l enges to hea l th sys tems

A German Med ica l Assoc ia t ion

Medical Association of Nordrhein

Organ ig ram Of A German Med ica l Assoc ia t ion

Medical Association of Berlin

Organigram of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Work Task of the Science Counci l

The Science Council advises the Federal Government of

Germany and the governments of the states in matters

of content and structural development of higher

education, science and research.

Foundat ion o f one med . chamber /assoc ia t ion

One political independent voice to take care of:

• The interests of med doctors

• The interests of med students, your future doctors!

• The standardization of med science education

• The interest of excellent health service for the patients in the country

• The standardization in med quality and evaluation

• Publishing together with the med science societies the international

guidelines (state of the art) for treating the patients in widespread diseases

(e.g. Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer)

• Establishing an office for complaints of patients and a procedure for

management of complaints (Ombudsman)

• Organize and supervise specialization of med doctors together with the

Serbian Med Soc together with other European Soc

• Organize and supervise CME together with Serbian, Regional & other

Europ Soc

• Start re-evaluation of med doctors’ quality

• Organize PhD-Studies and med qualification in Twinning Procedures

• Develop Information Technology & open education

EXAMPLES OF BUDGET FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION

USA Med Education US-$ 55 Billion

Yoga 34 Billion

Vitamins/Suppl. 23 Billion

Global Health Care Industry ~US-$ 5.5 Trillion

Investment in health education < 2%

USA cost of 1 Med School/ year ~ US-$ 400 Mio

Hamburg running expenses Univ Hospital/year ~ € 900 Mio

From:

Research Cooperation With The Western Balkans: A Tool To Facilitate Integration, by the European Commission, 2010

GDP:

€ 29.5 billion

GDP/Capita: € 4000 ( ~ 35% of EU 27)

R & D: 0.3 % of GDP

Number of Scientists : ~ 10,000

Total Budget Research (2009): € 88 Mio

For Medicine (~10%): € 9 Mio

Average R & D /capita/ year: ~ € 1.30

USA NIH Budget/year: ~ US-$ 30 Billion

Average R & D /capita/year: ~ US-$ 100

R & D in Serb ia

From:

Welfare in the Mediterranean Countries; Serbia and Montenegro, by Laura D'Aniello, C.A.I.MED. c/o Formez - Centro

Formazione Studi

• Specialty oriented health system

• Little or no strategic planning

• Poor distribution of human resources with too many staff at hospital level

and in urban areas and an under provision in rural areas

• Lack of adequately trained human resources compared with European

standards

• Lack of health management skills

• Unregulated private health sector

• Over prescribing and uncontrolled private pharmacies

• Poor facilities, equipment, and infrastructure at the three levels of care

provision

• No referral system and gate keeping, resulting in excessive demand on

hospital services

• Lack of access for minority groups to the full range of available health

services

The cha l l enges p resen ted by the inher i ted

sys tem can be summar i zed as f o l low s :

From:

Welfare in the Mediterranean Countries; Serbia and Montenegro, by Laura D'Aniello, C.A.I.MED. c/o Formez - Centro

Formazione Studi

From:

Background Report on Social Sciences and Humanities; Serbia; prepared for

the project WBC-INCO.NET; by Prof. D Kutlaca et al, 2011

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