Basic information

Admission Process

Application

Characteristics of the study

In the first two years of study, the teaching is oriented towards detailed knowledge of the structural and functional relationships of the human body from the molecular level to the level of the organs and their systems. Students are required to pass basic first-aid courses and get acquainted with our Simulation Centre. The Simulation Centre provides a safe high-tech training ground preparing students for various high-risk scenarios be it in the role of a lead doctor or assistant trying to save the life of a patient. Though the emphasis is on traditional learning via hands-on experience and working with real materials and tissues, the teaching is also gradually more and more intertwined with modern technology such as with the virtual dissection tables, 3D scans of rare specimens, high-tech microscopes, tablets etc. Students need to be proficient in both in order to be well prepared for their professional practice. At the end of the second year, students are required to pass a one-week practice in the hospital during the summer vacation.

The third and fourth years of study are devoted to the preclinical disciplines and an introduction to some clinical disciplines - mainly internal and surgical propaedeutics. Much of the teaching takes place in the clinical departments of the University Hospital. During the summer vacation after the fourth year of study, students are required to pass a four-week practice either in the University Hospital or abroad in an approved facility of their choosing.

In the fifth year, exclusively clinical disciplines are taught. The sixth year is organized in the University Hospital a bedside practice in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. The instruction in the above subjects is completed by the “state exams” (in front of an examination committee acknowledged by the Scientific Board). As the exposure to clinical practice and the treatment of patients in a large healthcare facility intensifies, students are also getting to know different specializations of medicine more closely and are encouraged to search for opportunities to explore their professional interests and preferences outside the compulsory teaching and training as well.

General Medicine graduates have knowledge and manual skills enabling them to practice general medicine or continue into further specialization .Graduates can proceed to specialization training anywhere in the Czech Republic (an exam in the Czech language is required) or anywhere in Europe. Apart from that, there is also an opportunity to apply and proceed into doctoral studies in various medical fields either at our faculty or at any other university or accredited research facility.

Particular features of our general medicine study program:

An adaptation program before the start of the studies.

Extensive volume of preclinical training as well as sessions with patients.

Intensive practical training – groups of 5 to 7 students during clinical lessons.

International experience – the diverse international community and the possibility of completing part of the practices abroad.

Modern technologies and teaching methods (simulators, high-tech microscopes, 3D printing and more).

Contacts

Officer for Study Programs in English:

Applicants, 1st year of General Medicine: Bc. Lucie Vančurová

Tuition fees, Nostrification: Mgr. Simona Rozkošová

Head of the Study Division: Mgr. Monika Vernerová

Vice-Dean for Study Programs in English: Prof. Dr. Emil Rudolf, Ph.D.

E-mail: students@lfhk.cuni.cz

Tel.: +420 495 816 438, 178, 131