General Medicine and Dentistry Programs
Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove provides both undergraduate and postgraduate education to students, doctors and other health care professionals in the whole spectrum of medical disciplines. The Faculty prepares general-oriented graduates, who can, after gaining appropriate specialization, work as general practitioners, general pediatricians and specialists in any medical field (study program General Medicine) or graduates practising in Dental Medicine ( study program Dentistry).
Medical Degree Study Programs
Medical degree study programs in General Medicine (6 years) and Dentistry (5 years) are arranged along the lines of theoretical, pre-clinical and clinical studies in 49 theoretical and pre-clinical departments, clinical departments and institutes.
The clinical instruction takes place in the Faculty Hospital - a complex of 37 clinics and departments with 1500 beds and a staff of 3800, of which 520 are physicians.
Undergraduate studies
General Medicine program
The General Medicine program in basic theoretical disciplines is organised into four terms during the first two years of studies. It includes biophysics, biostatistics, biology, genetics, chemistry and biochemistry, anatomy, histology and embryology, and physiology. Teaching is oriented towards a detailed knowledge of the structural and functional relationships of the human body from the molecular level to the level of organs and systems. Even during the first two years of studies students visit the University Hospital where first aid and the basis of patient care are introduced. During the summer vacation after the second year of study, students are required to pass a one-week practice in the University Hospital.
The third and fourth years of study are devoted to preclinical disciplines such as pathological anatomy, pathophysiology, microbiology, immunology, and pharmacology. The introduction to clinical medicine includes internal and surgical propedeutics. Some of the clinical subjects (e.g. neurology, psychiatry, dermatovenerology, and radiology) are also taught. During the summer vacation after the fourth year of study, students are required to pass a four-week practice in the University Hospital.
In the fifth year, exclusively clinical disciplines are taught. The sixth year is organised in the University Hospital as a bedside practice in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics and in preventive medicine and hygiene. The instruction in the above subjects is completed by the state exams.
Although the language of instruction is English, basic knowledge of the Czech language is necessary. Great attention is paid to the bedside teaching that takes place in the University Hospital. Therefore, the Czech language is an obligatory part of the curriculum in the first two years of study during which students are requested to learn the language in order to communicate with patients from the third year onwards. An elective course in the Czech language is available also for students of the higher years.
