The lecture series will take place for the fifth time during the 2026/2027 winter semester. It is aimed at students at MedUni Vienna and is open to anyone interested. The series will cover the fundamentals of digitalization in medicine and present examples of how digitalization and AI are being used in the clinics and departments of the Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health (C³NMH).
The registration link will be sent out before the day before the event and will be available on MedCampus.
Students should register via MedCampus. Contact persons: Katja Reichhard (katja.reichhard@meduniwien.ac.at), Daniela Kolic (daniela.kolic@meduniwien.ac)
Program
13 October 2026
Fundamentals of the Digitalization of Medicine, Part 1
- Overview of the course, assignments, and reflections
- What is digitalization? Structure and interoperability of data; what are algorithms? What is machine learning? etc.
- Fundamentals of academic work with AI; assignment on the reflective reports
Georg Dorffner (Institute for Artificial Intelligence), Alexander Kaltenböck (Division of Social Psychiatry), Henriette Löffler-Stastka (Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)
27 October 2026
Fundamentals of the Digitalization of Medicine, Part 2: Ethics
- Where is data stored?
- Data protection and privacy
- Social dimensions of digitalization
Georg Dorffner, Lorenz Kapral (Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine)
10 November 2026
Computer-Assisted Neuroimaging
Ammar Mallouhi (Division of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology)
24 November 2026
Digital Cognitive Tools for Dementia
Helena Untersteiner, Julia Linke (Department of Neurology)
15 December 2026
Digital Interventions in Psychotherapy
Eva Lehner-Baumgartner (Medical Directorate, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy)
Lukas Pezawas (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
22 December 2026
Vascular Simulation and Intraoperative Histology in Brain Tumor Surgery
Philippe Dodier, Lisa Körner (Department of Neurosurgery), Thomas Rötzer-Pejrimovsky (Division of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry)
12 January 2027
Digital Interventions in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Oswald Kothgassner (Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
26 January 2027
Student Reflections and Feedback on the Written Reflection Papers
Alexander Kaltenböck (Division of Social Psychiatry), Henriette Löffler-Stastka (Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)
Registration
Registration: Students register via MedCampus.
Contact persons:
Katja Reichhard (katja.reichhard@meduniwien.ac.at)
Daniela Kolic (daniela.kolic@meduniwien.ac.at)
Participants: Up to 50 students (with possible participation of members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences).
The course is also open to external students, including students from other universities.