MEDICAL FACULTY

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG

In order to teach key skills such as communication, attitude and empathy in medical studies, the Faculty of Medicine at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg is once again looking for interested amateur actors who, after completing training, will be used as acting or simulation patients in the training of future doctors.

For more than 15 years, Volker Fuhr and Werner Brose from the aquarium association Vallisneria Magdeburg e.V. have been looking after two aquariums in the parents' home and in the pediatric oncology department at the UMMD. These aquariums create a positive, therapeutic environment that supports the healing process and provides a form of mental and emotional relief.

Neuroscientists at the University Medical Center Magdeburg are investigating the influence of non-invasive electrical stimulation on patients with long-COVID-related fatigue.