Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
Doctor of Medicine 6 years MD programme
Szczecin, Poland
M.D.
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 14,500 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine consists of six years of medical courses. Upon successful completion of the course, the student is entitled to receive an MD diploma (title of physician “LEKARZ”).
The duration of the program is 12 semesters, with a total number of 5710 hours of lectures and practical classes. Each year awards 60 ECTS points. A new system of education, so-called outcome-based, has been implemented at PMU.
Morphological Sciences
Year I
- Anatomy
- Histology with embryology
- Pathophysiology
Scientific Basis Of Medicine
Year I
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer science with biostatistics
- Scientific medical information
- Basic Medical Procedures
- Electives
Year II
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
Year III
- Pathophysiology
- Electives
Preclinical Sciences
Year II
- Immunology
- Parasitology
Year III
- Microbiology
- Pathomorphology
Year IV
Toxicology
Behavioral & Social Sciences With Elements Of Professionalism
Year I
- History of medicine
- Sociology in medicine
- Foreign language (Polish)
- Safety of work training
- Physical education
Year II
- Ethics in medicine with bioethics
- Foreign language (Polish)
- Physical education
Year III
- Medical psychology with elements of professional standards
- Methodology of scientific research
General Clinical Sciences
Year III
- Dermatology
- Laboratory diagnostics
- Pharmacology
Year IV
- Pediatrics
- Internal diseases
- Geriatrics
- Family medicine
- Infectious diseases
- Laboratory diagnostics
- Pharmacology
- Clinical Allergology
- Clinical genetics
- Pulmonology Diseases
- Nuclear medicine
- Clinical anatomy with elements of radiological procedures
- Electives
- Preparatory course for State Medical Exam
Year V
- Evidence Base Medicine
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Oncology with palliative medicine
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical pharmacology
- Neonatology
- Preparatory course for State Medical Exam
Year VI
- Pediatrics
- Internal diseases
- Psychiatry
- Family medicine
- Preparatory course for State Medical Exam
Practical Clinical Sciences (With Treatment)
Year IV
- General surgery with urology
- Gynecology and obstetrics
- Pediatric surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Ophthalmology
- Radiology
- Emergency medicine
- Specialty to choose
Year V
- General and oncology surgery
- Anaesthesiology and intensive therapy
- Neurosurgery
- Transplantology
- Orthopaedics with traumatology
- Emergency medicine
- Electives
Year VI
- Surgery
- Emergency medicine
- Specialty to choose
Legal And Organizational Aspects Of Medical Practice
Year I
Disaster medicine
Year II
Public health with epidemiology and hygiene
Year IV
Forensic medicine with law
Year VI
Jurisdiction
Students are additionally obliged to complete a total of 600 hours of summer practical training. The 6th year of studies comprises 30 weeks of practical training in seven main fields of medicine.
Students can do their 6th practical year in their home countries.
Learning outcomes are statements of what each student is expected to know, understand, and/or be able to demonstrate after completion of a process of learning.
The outcomes are based on the following essential elements of a competent and reflective practitioner:
- what does the student know (demonstrating evidence of knowledge, assessing comprehension, assessing application, assessing analysis and synthesis)
- what the student is able to do (practical skills )
- the student as a professional (competences - a dynamic combination of attributes, abilities, and attitudes)
From the first to third academic year students will have a semester system of studies. Classes in the fourth and fifth years will be conducted in a block system.
The seven major domains, which students will have to master during 5 academic years:
- Morphological sciences
- The scientific basis of medicine
- Preclinical sciences
- Behavioral sciences with elements of professionalism
- Clinical sciences
- Clinical sciences with treatment
- Legal and organizational basis of medicine