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Recently, another GMS journal has made it into
PubMed Central (PMC). You may access the full texts of all English-language articles of
"GMS Krankenhaushygiene Interdisziplinär" via PMC. We will deposit all future English articles of the journal in PMC soon after publication.
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The 10th Health Technology Assessment (HTA) symposium from 18th to 19th March 2010 in Cologne focuses on the question “Nothing without evidence?”. Join the discussion about the development and the importance of HTA as well as about health relevant interventions with regard to the aspect of evidence. HTA-reports concerning MRSA infections, fall prophylaxis, arthroplasty register as well as hypertension and diabetes are points of departure.
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The society of the Ophthalmologists of the Rhineland and Westfalia – RWA – held its 172nd meeting on January 2010, 29th and 30th in Bonn. The abstracts are published on the GMS site at
http://www.egms.de/en/meetings/rwa2010/.
A petition in support of cost-free access to scientific and scholarly publications resulting from public funding has been submitted to the German Bundestag's Petitions Committee. To view and sign the petition, click here:
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The
Society for Promotion of Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratories (INSTAND e. V.) has launched a new e-journal at GMS:
GMS Zeitschrift zur Förderung der Qualitätssicherung in medizinischen Laboratorien. The scope of this interdisciplinary journal is to publish contributions dealing with current issues of quality assurance in medical laboratories in German or English language. All articles will be peer-reviewed and freely available (open access). The
editorial board welcomes your contributions via the
manuscript operating system of GMS.
The 16th conference of the German Drug Utilisation Research Group (GAA, e.V.) will take place in 19th and 20th of November 2009 in Berlin. This year the conference has its special focus on tools to improve safety of drug therapy and on future issues of pharmacotherapy. Each session will be introduced by invited speakers:
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The meeting "60 years ADANO" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Audiologen und Neurootologen) will take place october 22 and 23 in Koblenz/Germany.
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This year’s DKOU (Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie) is themed „Living with Challenges“ and takes place from October 21 to 24, 2009 in Berlin. It comprises the 95th Annual Conference of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery (DGOOC), the 73rd Annual Conference of the German Society of Trauma Surgery (DGU), as well as the 50th Annual Conference of the Professional Association of Orthopaedic Specialists and Surgeons (BVOU).
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PTCOG 48 - the 48th Meeting of the "Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group" (PTCOG) will take place from September 28th to October 3rd 2009 in Heidelberg (Germany).
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The GMS portal has been extensively redesigned. It underwent a complete conversion to a modern technical basis and a refreshment of layout and has now a better usability with clearer navigation. We hope you like the new face of GMS!
