One important concern of the division is university teaching. Medicine students are prepared to practice biopsychosocial medicine in Module XXII Menschliche Psyche/Human Psyche and in different required tracks. In the Dentistry program, this curriculum is integrated into Module XXII Nervensystem und Psyche/Nervous System and the Psyche. Different electives, a research seminar and a special research module round off the department's course offerings.
In teaching, the department seeks to network with related disciplines, e.g., the joint module Menschliche Psyche/Human Psyche (with the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine and the Institute of General Practice and Evidence-based Health Services Research). The practice of biopsychosocial medicine is accelerated by the use of simulation patients in cooperation with other departments.
Furthermore, the cooperation with the local Clinical Skills Center (CSC) on the objective structured clinical exam (OSCE I) is excellent and well-established, and the use of simulation patients in the different clinical subjects for the OSCE II has been successful.
The wide range of professional development opportunities at the Medical University of Graz is directed at a variety of occupational groups in the fields of medicine, science and research, nursing and health services. Most of the professional development courses can be completed while the participant is regularly employed and provide him/her with a valuable additional qualification.
