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
Vision