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The public health expert has been teaching on degree programmes in the Department of Health at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences for 17 years. The collaboration is characterised by a great deal of trust, he says.
In science, you don't always have to agree, quite the opposite. But respectful interaction and an academic standard should always be maintained. The people in charge at the Department of Health are real role models in this respect.
I really enjoy teaching and working with interested students is a lot of fun. I always find it exciting to meet them again after several years, when they have established themselves in working life and in some cases have already become teachers themselves.
Martin Sprenger, public health expert and lecturer at FH Burgenland
Sprenger was born in Chur in the canton of Graubünden and grew up in Switzerland and Tyrol. In 1982, he graduated from the HTL for civil engineering in Saalfelden in Salzburg. For almost ten years, he worked as a freelancer for various architecture and structural engineering offices in Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz. In 1994, he completed his doctorate at the Medical University of Graz. After a four-year training programme in Styria, he worked for two years as an assistant and emergency doctor in the Department of Surgery at Weiz Regional Hospital in Styria.
From 2001 to 2002, he trained as a Master of Public Health (MPH) at the Department of Community Health in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2002 he began working as a scientific coordinator and since 2010 he has been head of the Public Health programme at the Medical University of Graz. He is a freelance management consultant and has numerous teaching assignments at various universities and universities of applied sciences. He has worked on numerous national and international health projects.
He advises young people aspiring to a career in the healthcare sector: "Stay curious and critical. Network well, especially with people who care about the cause and less about power and money. Trust your gut feeling when making career decisions. Don't miss out on good opportunities just because you're too lazy or inflexible. Having courage is part of life."
To date, he has given two very well-attended online open lectures on current developments surrounding the Covid pandemic for FH Burgenland. The next event with Martin Sprenger on COVID 19: Knowledge-based management through the pandemic will take place on 27 May 2020. Click here for the event.
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