Nature of OMFS
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Dual degree OMFS mandated
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Advice for OMFS from Europe
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Advice for OMFS from Europe wishing to work in Austria |
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Dentistry before or during specialty training
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Length of specialty training
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4 yrs
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Number of OMFS specialists
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OMFS surgeons (total) : 262 (58 female, 204 male)
OMFS working in hospitals: 100 (29 female, 71 male) OMFS in (private) practice: 162 (29 female, 133 male)
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Number of OMFS trainees
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42 (12 female, 30 male)
These are in addition to the 262 surgeons) |
Number of OMFS training rotations
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-
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Major (Hub) units
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11
6
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National Specialty Assoc
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Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie
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Contact for specialty association
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office @ oegmkg.at
Prim. PD. Dr. Dr. Christina Eder-Czembirek, MSc, MBA
Institut für Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie und Zahnheilkunde
Klinik Hietzing
Wolkersbergenstraße 1
1130 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 801 10 3201
christina.eder-czembirek @ gesundheitsverbund.at
President
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Werner Millesi
Sandgasse 24, 1190 Vienna
werner @ millesi.at
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Medical Assoc (confirming status)
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Austrian Medical Association / Oesterreichische Aerztekammer
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Section representative
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Prim. DDr. Michael Oeckher
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Board representative
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DDr. Cornelia Czembirek
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Oral Surgery
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Specialty training not implemented yet
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Number of oral surgeons
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In hospital practice: 0
In office practice: 0
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Oral surgery training duration
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no Oral Surgery training established but planned – boards for implementation stopped at the moment
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Update on national scene
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Changes since last year
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Established Austrian aesthetic law allowing full scope of aesthetic procedures for plastic surgeon only has been revised. Performing aesthetic rhinoplasties, blepharoplasties is again allowed for Oral-Maxillo-Facial Surgeons having started their training after 2015. There is still one exception – otoplasties.
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Opportunities
Threats
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Upcoming specialty training in Oral Surgery for dentists. Goal to regiment this title automatically for OMFS and implementing a mandatory training time for dentists at a clinic for OMFS
ENT, Plastic Surgery
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CME Requirements
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Mandated 250 hr per 5 year cycle medical regulator
Mandated individual appraisal of practice
5 yearly review of above to be re-licenced
Requirements by dental regular overlaps
120 per 3 years |