On the invitation of the German Federal Association for Bundesverb and NeuroRehabilitation (BNR) and German-Chinese Medical Training Center, the Director Chen Wanqiang, Doctor Xing Wenting, Chief Therapist Liu Xingchi, PT Therapist Xu Zhiwei and PT Therapist Wei Zhaowen were invited to participate in the German Neurorehabilitation Online Training Program on November 14, 15 and 18, 2022, learning the advanced concepts and technologies and improving the development of early intensive rehabilitation in our hospital.

    Germany enjoys a world-wide reputation for its rigorous and standardized medical technology and perfect medical service system. German neurorehabilitation is in a leading position in the world, especially the early postoperative rehabilitation in the acute period is a major feature of German neurorehabilitation. BNR is the highest level federal institution in the field of neurorehabilitation in Germany. The online training course was conducted by Prof. Thomas Mokrusch, an internationally renowned neurorehabilitation expert, the president of the German Federal Neurorehabilitation Association.

    The topics of the training included the overview of early severe rehabilitation, the concept of six-stage neurological rehabilitation, early postoperative rehabilitation intervention and rehabilitation technologies, the clinical and animal scientific experiments on brain-computer interface after brain and spinal cord injury, as well as the development model of rehabilitation medicine under multidisciplinary collaboration. Through the study, the Rehabilitation Department has had an in-depth understanding of the German rehabilitation medicine model, the German early neurological rehabilitation, and the rehabilitation management model of multidisciplinary collaboration.

    In recent years, with the strong support of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University and the assistance of other departments, the Rehabilitation Department has continuously introduced domestic and international advanced modern rehabilitation technologies and management mode. Integrating traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, we have gradually formed a modern rehabilitation treatment center.

    The Rehabilitation Department continued to promote the concept of the hospital’s early rehabilitation, advanced the work from early severe rehabilitation to pre-rehabilitation of ERAS in perioperative period, developed from the initial physiotherapy department to the current comprehensive rehabilitation discipline with complete sub-specialty construction standards, and made continuous progress. It is hoped that through the in-depth exchanges with the German Federal Association for Neurological Rehabilitation (BNR) and German-Chinese Medical Training Center, a good cooperation model has been established to promote the further development of rehabilitation medicine in our hospital.

By Xing Wenting/Lin Juanzhen

Edited by Office of International Cooperation and Communication