Here you will find all the information regarding
- the Department of Primary Care Medicine with the manifold activities of the staff in the field of science and teaching
- the subject General Practice and Family Medicine as well as Primary Care Medicine in teaching at the MedUni Vienna
- to the endowed chair of nursing science
Take a look at the NEWS and RESEARCH sections, where you will find concentrated knowledge about:
- Health services research in primary care (health system utilization, primary care & pandemic, antibiotic resistance)
- eHealth in primary care with a current focus on Artificial Intelligence (LLMs & ChatGPT)
- SARS-CoV-2 and postinfectious diseases (Post-COVID, ME/CFS)
Students and KPJ teaching pratices can find information about clinical traineeship and the KPJ in general practice under the heading TEACHING.
History of the department
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The Department of Primary Care Medicine emerged from the Department of General Practice. The Department of General Practice and Family Medicine was founded in 2001 as a successor institution to the "Special University Institution for General Practice" (1991); it is thus the first university institution for general practice in Austria.