Information for medical students

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Information for medical students
University of Pécs Medical School Orientation
Day

• studying in credit system

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• The
• credit
• system

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Credit System

• EU 4 freedom principles free flow of capital,
  products, services and persons
• flow of persons study or teach abroad (old
  habit at guilds)
• - accepting earlier studies (Life-Long Learning)

• Bologna initiatives
• 1998 Sorbonne Declaration mobility of
  students and teachers
• comparability and mutual recognition of degrees
• 1999 Bologna Declaration to create a more
  competitive, compatible and
• attractive educational system in EU (autonomy,
  increased transferability)
• - 2010 European Higher Education Area
• Wide and transparent range of high quality
  courses
• and benefit from smooth recognition procedures
• A European economy based on knowledge,
  competitiveness,
• free flow of manpower.

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ECTS

• European Credit Transfer System
• Raising well educated manpower
• cycles skilled workers, graduate professionals
  (Bachelor program), scientists (Master program)
• Comparable degrees
• Credit points
• 30 hours of study lessons and home study
  (here 14 lessons 1 credit point)
• Quantity of work, not quality given if the
  grade is min. 2 (satisfactory)
• Suggested curriculum 30 3 credits / semester
  (GM 360 / 12 semesters, D 300/10)
• Overally collected number of credit points show
  the progress in studies
• A subject can be booked only 3 times (no
  completion at the 3rd dismissal)
• 300 credit points are needed for dentistry
  degree, 360 are for Gen. Med. degree
• Min 20 are non-obligatory subjects, min 5
  optional subjects

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ECTS at UP MS

• Credit system in medical training programs
• old system we had so called credit courses
  before as well
• undivided program (Masters degree)
• different curriculum versions
• courses based on each other (prerequisites)
  high percentage of practices
• no exam course chance
• ? if you fail a subject, it is hard to keep up
  with the original schedule
• courses can be completed once (retake only on
  failure) an upgrading exam chance is only
  available in the same exam period
• max. 3 prerequisite subjects (elective cannot be
  a prereq. for an obligatory)

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Credit points

• You can collect credit points by getting a grade
  in subjects.
• After every 14 hours of class hours 1 credit
  point is allocated to the subjects (14 hours 1
  credit, 18 hours 1 credit, 24 hours 1 credit
  but 28 hours 2 credits)
• All credit points allocated to that subject will
  be given if at least a satisfactory grade is
  given (this is a qualitative pointer how much
  work did it take).

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Minimum credit points

• You have to collect
• 360 credits (General Medicine major) or
• 300 credits (Dentistry major)
• to get the degree
• 80 of the credits come from obligatory subjects
• 15 you have to collect from elective subjects
• 5 you have to collect from optional subjects

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Student - curriculum

• Major
• Általános orvos
• Fogorvos
• Gyógyszerész
• General Medicine
• Dentistry
• Allgemeine
• Humanmedizin
• Zahnmedizin

• Curriculum
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006

General Medicine v02 Pl. OAAMB1
General Medicine 2006 Pl. OAAMB1

• Subjects and Crit. Requirements
• Obligatory Basic Modul
• Medical Chemistry 1
• Medical Chemistry 2
• Biophysics 1
• Biophysics 2

Curriculum a contract with student (tell
changes a year before)
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Obligatories

• What you surely have to complete
• All your obligatory subjects
• All the criterion requirements (4 semesters in
  Physical Education, summer practices Hospital
  Care (1st year), Medical Communication (1st
  year), Internal Medicine (3rd year), Surgery (4th
  year), and a final exam in Hungarian Language
• 34 (GM) / 25 (Dent) credits from elective
  subjects youll have to defense your thesis (20
  points as an elective subject)
• 18 (GM) / 15 (Dent) credits from optional
  subjects

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Suggested curriculum

• Suggested curriculum contains the obligatory
  subjects and criterion requirements that you have
  to complete - in the suggested schedule if you
  follow it, youll be able to finish your studies
  in 6 years (GM) or 5 years (Dent.).
• According to it you are suggested to complete
  303 credit points / semester.

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Criterion requirements

• Though criterion requirements are obligatory to
  complete, since in their cases no grade is given
  and no exam is taken, they go with 0 credits.

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Electives and optionals

• The list of elective and optional subjects can be
  found in a separate booklet every year.
• Electives are more closely related to the medical
  field, optionals can be anything from arts to
  technical character subjects, to serve your wide
  range of interest.
• By the end of the 5th year (GM before you start
  rotational year) you must complete 54/45 points
  in electives (remember thesis worth 20 credits),
  and 18/15 points in optionals.

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Needed for degree General Medicine
Elective subjects 15 (including 4 semesters of
Hungarian Language and including the Thesis)
Optional subjects 5
Complete all obligatory subjects, criterion
requirements and 54 credits in electives and 18
in optionals
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Needed for degree Dentistry
Elective subjects 15 (including 4 semesters of
Hungarian Language and including the Thesis)
Optional subjects 5
Complete all obligatory subjects, criterion
requirements and 45 credits in electives and 15
in optionals
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360/300 credit points
360/300 credit points
Obligatory subjects (80) criterion
requirements about 288 / 240 points
Elective subjects (15) 54 / 45 points
Optional subjects (5) 18 / 15 points
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303 / sem
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293 54 18 365
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• The Registration week

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Booking courses

• Which course should I choose from the list
  offered by the ETR?
• Do I need to complete it? (obligatory) or is it
  interesting enough? (you can read about courses
  in the program booklets course descriptions)
• Have I completed its prerequisite subjects?
• Will it fit to my schedule?
• Are there any available spots for me?
• Do I need that type of credit (especially in case
  of elective / optional subjects)?

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Code of subjects

• What shows if it is an obligatory subject or an
  elective or an optional one?
• Check the 3rd character in the course code
• A / P / K it is an obligatory subject
• E it is elective
• F it is optional
• R it is a criterion requirement
• Example OAA-MB1 medical school, gen. Med.
  English, obligatory in basic modul

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Booking period

• The semesters start with a booking period.
• step make your semester active in ETR
• step book the subjects that you want to study in
  that semester (see the list offered by ETR)
  beware of the deadlines!
• step double check your list before the deadline!
• Booking or cancelling a course after the
  deadline can be done only by using the law of
  equity (and loosing your deans exam chance).

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Subject or course?

• A subject is a part of the curriculum. It has to
  be completed by getting a grade (or a signature
  in case of crit. req. subjects). A subject is
  always connected to 1 major (this connection is
  shown in the code of the subject). E.g. Hungarian
  Language 1 is a subject.
• A course is the class you can attend (it has
  schedule, a place, and spots). A course is held
  upon the basis of subjects. Courses can be
  available for more majors. By attending the
  course you can complete a subject.
• E.g. Hungarian Language 1 on every Tuesdays and
  Thursdays at 14.00 is a course which GM and Dent
  students can attend, and there are 20 places
  (spots) available. Hungarian Language 2 on every
  Mondays and Fridays is an other course. It is
  also suitable for completing Hungarian language 1
  subject. Since you can get credits only once for
  completing the same subject, you have to choose
  one of the courses based on the same subject.
• In the ETR actually you book the course, and by
  this you express your decision that you want to
  complete that subject.

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Course ? Subject
The lecturer gives courses topic, schedule,
place, spots
You have subjects in your curriculum to complete
by taking courses
You (in major X) have a subject in your
curriculum to complete
Group A Hungarian Language 1 Mondays 14.00,
lect. room II., 30 persons
Hungarian Language 1
Group B Hungarian Language 1 Mondays 16.00,
lect. room II., 30 persons
An other guy in major Y also has a subject in
his/her curriculum
Hungarian Language 1
Group C Hungarian Language 1 Fridays 16.00,
lect. room II., 30 persons
You have to choose 1 course at a time you can
complete this subject only once (only 1 grade can
be given)
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Completing a subject
You have a subject or crit. req. in your
curriculum you have to / want to complete
A course is offered in the ETR in a semester with
which you can complete the subject / crit. req.
If the prerequisites are completed, the schedule
is OK for you and there is a spot for you you
book the course
If you complete the tasks and attend enough
classes a signature will be given
Your subject or crit. req. is completed
If it is needed in the curriculum, you get a
grade (as a mid-semester grade upon your
achievements during the instruction period or as
an exam grade in the exam period) - with the
grade you get the credit point
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Take up a subject max. 3 times

• At UP MS subjects can be completed once.
• That means if you were given a passing grade for
  a subject, you cannot take it up again in an
  other semester to make a better grade in it you
  were already given the credit points allocated
  for that subject. (For the same achievement you
  can get credits once.)
• A bettering grade can be only received in the
  same exam period.

Hungarian Language 1 ?
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Subject lists

• After the booking period the RO gives you a list
  with your subjects you booked.
• By signing this list you admit that the list is
  correct, and you cannot attend, nor take exam in
  or get credit points for any other courses in
  this semester.
• Students are asked then to copy the list into
  their gradebooks.
• The Registrar closes the list by putting a
  Closed seal on the page of the last item on the
  list.

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The course list
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The gradebook
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Tuition fee

• Usually 1-2 weeks before the instruction period
  starts the RO sends an information e-mail to each
  students how much do they have to pay, to which
  bank account they have to pay, what is the
  deadline, what delay fees can there be, etc.
• Tuition fee is to be paid in USD!
• Students are obliged to give a proof of payment
  (bank transfer receipt).
• Deadline for payment and sending receipt is
  usually the end of the first instruction week.
• Delay fee for delay in payment 0.3 of tuition
  fee / week, delay fee for delay in bringing in
  the receipt 3450 HUF / week.
• Students can have a discount from the tuition
  fee
• Upon educational scholarship if the average of
  averages in the first and second semesters of the
  last academic year is
• 4.01 4.50 10 reduction
• 4.51 4.99 20 reduction
• 5.00 40 reduction
• Reduction
• if signed up for only 1 obligatory subject (30),
• if signed up for only 2 obligatory subjects
  (15),
• if signed up for only elective and optional
  subjects 1500 USD.

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• The instruction period

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During the instruction period

• During the instruction period youll have to
• attend classes at practices and seminars a
  catalog is taken.
• Number of absences accepted is always issued in
  the program booklets or should be released at the
  beginning of the instruction period.
• If you were absent in 15-30 of the classes
  usually practices and seminars the course
  director can deny giving you the signature.
  Beyond 30 your gradebook cannot be signed.
• There will be mid-semester tests and oral
  interviews, tasks to complete.

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Shortly before the exam period

• 4 weeks before exam period the departments agree
  with student representatives about the exam
  dates.
• The RO puts in the dates to the ETR.
• On the last week of the instruction period the
  ETR opens for students so they can start
  registering and changing their exam dates.
• Also on the last week of the instruction period
  students who owe nothing towards the UP MS
  (tuition fee, delay fees, C chance fees, absence
  fees, bank transfer receipts, shown their
  residency permit / visa and address card) can
  pick up their gradebooks for the exam period.
• Students have to collect the semester closing
  signatures from the course directors on the last
  week, but at least before the exam.

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Semester closing signature

• Criterion requirement only this signature is
  needed (they are fail/pass type subjects)
• Subjects ending with a mid-semester grade (all of
  the elective and optional subjects and some of
  the obligatories) you can get the mid-semester
  grade only if this signature is given.
• Subjects ending with a semester or final exam
  you can take the exam only if this signature is
  given.
• The course director has the right to deny this
  signature. If the student was absent at 15-30 of
  the classes the course director may decide, but
  if the absence was over 30 he has no right to
  sign the gradebook. In these cases a did not
  attend nem járt notice is written in the
  gradebook.

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Exam sheets

• There are two simultaneous ways to register exam
  results and other achievements.
• The exam sheets
• The student has to register himself/herself to an
  exam spot (date for a course number of students
  accepted) through the ETR. This way his/her name
  appears on an exam sheet containing the name of
  the students on that exam date in that course. (I
  said course spots can be available for more
  majors in common.)
• Students can cancel their names from an exam
  sheet until 2 working days before the exam 9.00
  a.m. and they can register for an exam sheet
  until 1 working day before the exam 9.00 a.m..
• After this deadline exam sheets are closed and
  the departments print them out and they organize
  the exam date.
• A student can have only one exam spot in a course
  at the same time.
• If your name is not on the exam sheet, you cannot
  take the exam.
• At the exam the examiner fills in the exam sheets
  with the grades given. After the exam the
  examiner fills in the grades into the ETR.

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The gradebook

• The other method of registering exam results and
  other achievements is the using of the gradebook.
• The student has to take the gradebook with
  him/her to the exam. Without the gradebook no one
  is allowed to sit for the exam.
• The examiner has to check whether the signature
  is given in that course.
• At the end of the exam the examiner writes in the
  result into the gradebook (and to the exam sheet
  as well) and signs it.
• Warning the gradebook is an authenticate
  document of proof. Faking it can cause someone
  being dismissed from the university and being put
  into jail! (E.g. signing instead of the
  examiner)
• If the result written on the exam sheet is
  different from the one written into the
  gradebook, the result written in the gradebook is
  valid.
• At the graduation ceremony the gradebook will be
  given to you.

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Results

• Results can be
• In case of criterion requirement subjects (where
  only a signature is given) signing the
  gradebook or nem teljesítette / did not attend
• In case of midsemester grades 1 (elégtelen /
  fail), 2 (elégséges / satisfactory), 3 (közepes
  / average), 4 (jó / good), 5 (jeles / excellent)
  or if signature is denied nem teljesítette /
  did not attend
• In case of exams 1 (elégtelen / fail), 2
  (elégséges / satisfactory), 3 (közepes /
  average), 4 (jó / good), 5 (jeles / excellent) or
  if signature is denied nem teljesítette / did
  not attend or in case of absence as shown below.
• If the student was absent from the exam without
  medical reason, a note will be entered to the ETR
  (and to the gradebook after returning it to the
  RO) nem jelent meg / absent.
• If there was a medical reason and the student
  could prove it to the examiner before sitting for
  the next exam chance, the following note will be
  entered to the gradebook and the exam sheet
  igazoltan nem jelent meg / justified absence.
• Being absent without medical reason from an exam
  means you lose that chance and you have to pay an
  absence fee (4000 HUF).

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A, B, C exam chances

• In every semester you take a subject, you have 3
  chances to complete the exam (if it ends with an
  exam).
• First chance is called the A chance.
• Second chance is called the B chance.
• Third chance is called the C chance (a fee should
  be paid for C chances for semester exam 4000
  HUF, for final exams 8000 HUF).
• If you retake this subject because you couldnt
  complete it, during this second semester all your
  chances are considered as C chances.
• You can sign up for the next exam chance if the
  result is entered into the ETR by the examiner.

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Retake / bettering exams - 1

• In case of mid-semester grades since the result
  is determined upon the overall achievement shown
  during the instruction period (this was not an
  exam), no retake or bettering examination can be
  taken.
• If there was something missing during the
  instruction period (e.g. you missed a test), and
  the department has declared to give a chance, in
  the first 2 weeks of the exam period this missing
  thing can be made up and then the department will
  determine the grade you get.

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Retake / bettering exams - 2

• In case of semester or final exams
• you can sign up in the ETR for retake/bettering
  exam spot only if your previous result is already
  put in the ETR by the Department. This usually
  happens on the afternoon of the exam date
  (deadline next working day 12.00).
• The signing up deadline should be considered in
  this case probably youll not be able to sign up
  for the next 1 or 2 days.

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The Deans exam chance

• The Code of Studies gives the students the chance
  called the law of equity.
• This section is dedicated to help those students
  who for reasonable problems need an extra
  help (favor granted by the Dean) during their
  studies.
• Once in your studies you can use this law of
  equity chance e.g. for asking for a 4th exam
  chance in an exam period.
• Once you have used this law of equity for any
  of the reasons given, you lost this chance and
  you can not ask for a favor on the basis of this
  again Law of equity only once in your studies.

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Deans exam chance

• This chance can provide you a fourth exam chance
  in an exam period.
• This chance can be granted on the law of equity
  (that can be used only once during your studies)
  if anything else was granted for you on the law
  of equity, you lost the deans exam chance.
• You have to give in a request on a form, it is
  judged in one working day and then you can
  register for the exam spot through the RO.

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Returning gradebooks

• 2 working days after your last exam date in the
  semester you have to return your gradebook to the
  RO but not later than the last day of the exam
  period (delay fee 2000 HUF in 8 days and 11000
  HUF beyond 8 days).
• The RO compares the entries in the gradebook and
  the ETR.
• The RO closes the semester by counting the
  weighted average of the grades (the credit points
  are the weights) and the number of credits
  completed.
• The Vice-dean of Education signs and seals the
  results on the right side just opposite to the
  signature of the Registrar.
• The RO copies every entries from the gradebook
  into the registry book.

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Credits taken / credits completed

• What happens if you register for a course but you
  cannot complete it?
• If it is the 1st or 2nd time you booked it
  nothing harmful.
• If it is the 3rd time youll be dismissed from
  the program.
• The tuition fee is designed to cover the
  completion of an amount of 360 / 300 10
  credits (thats normal).
• If you booked more than 396 / 330 credits (no
  matter how much you have completed), there is an
  extra fee you have to pay _____ USD/credits.

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30 / 60 credit rules

• There was a rule saying if a student
• by the end of his/her 2nd active semester
  couldnt complete 30 credits in obligatories and
  in electives
• or
• by the end of his/her 4th active semester
  couldnt complete 60 credits in obligatories and
  in electives
• he/she has to be dismissed from the program.
• GOOD NEWS!
• This rule is cancelled!
• In fact only modified scholarship receiving
  students at the Hungarian program will loose
  their scholarship and can continue their studies
  on a self-financing basis but no one can be
  dismissed upon this reason.

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Cases of automatic dismissal

• Booking a course / subject for the 3rd time and
  not completing it (at the moment electives and
  optionals are also taken into consideration for
  this!)
• Not setting your students status for the
  semester to active or passive in the ETR at the
  matriculation period for the 2nd time after each
  other.
• (You may remember you can be passive by setting
  your status to passive or not setting anything).
  You can be passive for 2 semesters continuously
  but you have to set your status to passive.
• etc. (see in Code of Studies and Examinations
  Article 23)

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Experts and misc

• Building is open from 6.00 to 22.00
• Tünde Gracza
• Tamás Téczely
• Gábor Rébék-Nagy
• Student Council
• A few words about the Year Opening Ceremony (the
  oath, the seating)

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SOLEMN PROMISE OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS

• I, , student of University of Pécs
  Medical School, solemnly promise to respect the
  rules of this University and the Medical School.
  I will pay due reverence to all the tutors and
  other staff members of the University. I will
  always behave in a way worthy of the name of the
  student of this University. I will conduct my
  studies to the best of my abilities.
• I vow to respect all patients human dignity. I
  will never break their confidence or disclose
  their secrets.
• With all my efforts I will familiarise myself
  with the latest accomplishments in the medical
  sciences so as to make a highly qualified
  professional of great erudition.