Title: Hints for Freshmen
1Hints for Freshmen
University of Pécs Medical School Orientation
Day
- Administrational Guide for Medical Students at
the UPMS
2At your service
- The Student Service Center
- Klara and Orsi
- ADMISSION
- Immigration Office cases (e.g. residency permit)
- Student card
- Vaccination
- lockers
- Everyday-life problems (renting a flat, need a
doctor, craftman, etc.)
- The Registrars Office (RO)
- Livia, Kata, ZOLI
- Students legal status
- Booking courses
- Exam period
- Summer practices
- Certifications
- Transcripts
- Counseling in study related questions
3Registrars Office (RO)
Office hours In instruction period
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday
08.00-12.00 Thursday 12.00-16.00 In
exam period and during summer vacation
Monday-Friday 08.00-12.00
Contacts ? Mailing address Szigeti út 12, Pécs,
7624 Hungary ? UP call center 00-36-72-536-001
or 536-000 ask for extension or wait for the
operator ? Fax 00-36-72-536-106 and
536-017 _at_ office e-mail registrars.office_at_aok.pte
.hu
Quiet in office, pls!
4RO Administrators
Zoltán (Zoli) ILLI zoltan.illi_at_aok.pte.hu exten
sion 1061 Kata NAGY kata.nagy_at_aok.pte.hu e
xtension 1137 Livia (Livi) VÁGÓ livi.vago _at_
aok.pte.hu extension 6016
Year of 2008
Year of 2007 Year of 2006
Year of 2005 or earlier
5Leaders, committees
- University of Pécs (Rector)
- Medical School (faculty) (Dean, Vice-Deans,
Registrar) - Faculty committees Faculty Council, Educational
Committee, Curriculum Committee, Credit Transfer
Committee and the Student Council
Prof. Valér J. CSERNUS, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice-Dean for General Affairs, Education and
Science
Prof. Attila J. MISETA, M.D. Ph.D. Vice-Dean
for Financial and Student Welfare Affairs
Office hours Thursday 10.00-11.00
Office hours Thursday 11.00-12.00
6Requests
- Use A4 (or letter) sized paper
- Address it
- Greet the him/her
- Tell who you are
- Tell what you ask
- Give reasoning
- Give response address
- Sign it and put a date on it
- Or ask for a form (if exists) from RO
It is something official and you ask for a favor
7Studies A General Overview
8Training Programs
- General Medicine
- (6 years, MD degree)
- Dentistry
- (5 years, DMD degree)
- Pharmacist
- (5 years, mag. pharm.)
- PhD programs
All of them are credit-based.
9Technical Background
- ETR https//www.tr.pte.hu
- (native and web-based platforms)
- setting student status,
- booking courses, booking exam dates,
- checking status, payments, grades
- contacting fellow students and teachers
- CooSpace (Modulo) https//coospace.tr.pte.hu/
- https//modulo.tr.pte.hu
- (Cooperation in virtual space web-based
community site with scenes) - Contacting teachers, fellow students, even
consultation - Sharing educational materials (up- and
downloading lecture materials, home works,
mid-term test results, exam sheets, etc.) - Faculty website http//aok.pte.hu
- Downloadable publications (timetable, program
booklet, forms, schedule, etc.) - Contact details for departments/clinics and for
teachers
username for ETR university ID lost password ?
ask RO for a new one
10Other Useful Sites
- English-German Student Council http//www.pecs-st
udents.hu/ - Forums, exam notes, community, etc.
- Website of the University of Pécs http//english.p
te.hu/ - Contacts for faculties, maps, events, news, even
a Hungarian vocabulary - Especially for the International Relations Office
- Dancing University
- Autumn Dance Show 2008. September 22.
2000-2200 in UPMS Aula - Google Maps
- Off-line info source ROs bulletin board on the
corridor - E-mail newsletters from RO keep your e-mail
address working!
11Facilities
- Physical Education and Sports center
- Sports hall, tennis courts, swimming pool,
handball/football court, gym - Sport clubs, hiking, ski and water camps,
championships - UPMS Library
- reading room, borrowing books,
- Books, periodicals, databases, interlibrary
loans, photocopy - Health Psychology Counselling
- http//aok.pte.hu/magtud/pszikon/index.html
Confabula Student magazine write articles,
novellas, poems Faculty computer
room Stationery shop and photocopy
services Printing Services Book binding,
printing Club, Buffet, Bakery
12Training program
- Bologna initiatives A European economy based on
knowledge, competitiveness, free flow of manpower
(EU 4 freedom principles free flow of capital,
products, services and persons) - The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation
System - ECTS comparable degrees, easier recognition of
European diplomas ? mobility of students and
workers ? more competitive economy - 1.) Raising well educated manpower cycles
skilled workers, graduate professionals (Bachelor
program), scientists (Master program) - medical training undivided program, a little
more, than a masters degree - 2.) credit points for each educational
component - credit point quantitative pointer for student
workload (passing grade) - 30 hours of study (class home workload) 1
credit - collect 30 3 credits in a semester (if you
progress normally)
13Credit System
- Rules
- - 1 credit 14 class hours (generally)
- Get 30 3 credits in each semesters
- Collect at least the minimum number of credits to
get the degree (360 / 300 points) - No years (first year, etc.). The total number of
credit points shows your progression - 3 chances to complete the subject (3 bookings),
but once completed, cannot book again (retake
only on failure) - Prerequisites subjects are built on each other
(max. 3 prerequisite subjects for each) - High percentage of practices (no exam courses)
- Curriculum, recommended curriculum, courses
available in semester
14Curriculum, recommended curriculum
- Curriculum
- list of subjects accepted at UPMS. List of
obligatory and non-obligatory components. -
- To get your degree you have to learn these.
- Recommended curriculum
- Obligatory components
- Winter or spring semester
- years
- Modules, milestones
- If you want to finish your studies on time,
progress like this.
15Elements of Curriculum
- Forms of educational items
- 1.) Subjects
- obligatory lecture practice seminar, EXAM /
FINAL EXAM, 1-9 credits - elective / optional lecture practice
seminar, MID-SEMESTER GRADE, 1-2 credits - 2.) Criterion requirements obligatory to
complete, SIGNATURE, 0 credit - Forms of testing your knowledge
- Mid-term attendance (15-30), mid-term papers,
tests, homeworks, class activities ? signature - Mid-term grades are not in ETR and not in
gradebook! - Exam/final exam in exam period, 3 chances (A, B,
C), bettering only in the same exam period, 5
grade scale ( 1 failing, 2-5 passing grade),
passing grade ? credit point - Mid-semester grade on mid-term achievement, no
exam!, at the end of instruction period , 5 grade
scale ? credit point - Signature mid-term obligations are completed
16Details of subjects and crit. req.s - 1
- Subject code e.g. OAAOK1
- 1st character O medical school
- 2nd character A general medicine S
dentistry - 3rd character A obligatory subject in Basic
Module, - P obligatory subject in Preclinical Module,
- K obligatory subject in Clinical Module,
- S obligatory subject in Rotation Year,
- E elective subjects,
- F optional subjects,
- R criterion requirement
- 4-5-6th character short ID of the subject
itself. If it contains a number at the end
multi-semester subject which part - In the example O UPMS, A General Medicine, A
obligatory, OK1 Medical Chemistry 1
17Details of subjects and crit. req.s - 2
- Subject title e.g. Medical Chemistry 1
- Subject director a teacher in charge
- a department or clinic
- Prerequisite subjects normal
- taking up (parallel)
- max. 3 prerequisites, for obligatory only
obligatory prerequisite - Type of classes lecture, practice, semester
- Exam type exam, final exam, mid-semester
grade, signature - Credit points allocated for the subject
18Subject descriptions
- General description,
- semester of announcement,
- headcount limitations,
- number of hours in class,
- conditions for acceptance,
- making up for missed classes,
- lecture/practice/seminar topics,
- reading materials, exam questions, website,
teachers - http//aok.pte.hu ? English ? Students ?
Registrars Office ? Courses for schoolyear
2008/09 - You can join courses from other faculties can be
accepted ask the RO of the other faculty or the
RO
19Recommended curriculum for General Medicine
sem Obligatory 80 of credits Elective 15 of credits Optional 5 of credits Criterion Requirements No credit, no exam, obligatory to do
1 Basic Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Physical Education 1, First Aid
2 Basic Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Physical Education 2, Summer Practices Nursing Skills, Hospital Care, Med. Comm. Skills
3 Basic Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Physical Education 3
4 Basic Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Physical Education 4, Final Exam in Medical Hungarian (oral and written)
5 Preclinical Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses
6 Preclinical Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Summer Practice in Internal Medicine
7 Clinical Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses
8 Clinical Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Summer Practice in Surgery
9 Clinical Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses
10 Clinical Module Collect 34 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses Collect 18 credit points with completing SOME of the accepted courses
11 Rotational year Thesis 20 credit points
12 Rotational year Thesis 20 credit points
Recommendation collect 30 3 credit points in
each semester
20Recommended curriculum for Dentistry
sem Obligatory 80 of credits Elective 15 of credits Optional 5 of credits Criterion Requirements No credit, no exam, obligatory to do
1 Basic Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses Physical Education 1,
2 Basic Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses Physical Education 2, Dental Assistant - Summer Practice
3 Basic Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses Physical Education 3
4 Basic Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses Physical Education 4, Final Exam in Medical Hungarian (oral and written)
5 Preclinical Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses
6 Preclinical Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses Dento-alveolar Surgery Summer Practice
7 Clinical Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses
8 Clinical Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses Integrated Dentistry
9 Clinical Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses
10 Clinical Module Collect 25 credit points with completing courses Thesis 20 credit points Collect 15 credit points with completing courses
Recommendation collect 30 3 credit points in
each semester
21Studies Progressing
22The School Year
- School year (2008-2009)
- 10 months September July
Fall/Winter Semester 5 months September
January
Spring Semester 5 months February July
1. Registration period 1 week enrolling/matricula
tion, booking courses
1. Registration period last week of previous
exam period enrolling, booking courses
2. Instruction period 14 weeks classes, mid-term
attendance, papers
2. Instruction period 14 weeks 1 week extra
Easter holiday classes, mid-term attendance,
papers
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
No August exam period!!!
23Main goals
- Pass all the obligatory items subjects and
criterion requirements, write thesis (start in
4th year) - Collect enough credit points (until the end of
the 5th year in recommended curriculum - GM 300 in total, 34 in electives, 18 in
optionals, (in 6th years 60 credits are given) - D 300 in total, 25 in electives, 15 in
optionals - Try to follow the recommended curriculum (Try not
to fail obligatory subjects, try to do everything
on time) - Try passing everything maximum at third (3.)
endeavour
24The School Year
- School year (2008-2009)
- 10 months September July
Fall/Winter Semester 5 months September
January
Spring Semester 5 months February July
1. Registration period 1 week enrolling/matricula
tion, booking courses
1. Registration period last week of previous
exam period enrolling, booking courses
2. Instruction period 14 weeks classes, mid-term
attendance, papers
2. Instruction period 14 weeks 1 week extra
Easter holiday classes, mid-term attendance,
papers
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
No August exam period!!!
25Students Legal Status
- Semester start
- Admission ? matriculation (creating status,
accepting place) in MODULO - Later semesters enrolling (decision on
continuing / suspending studies) in ETR - Active semester book subjects, attend classes,
take exams, get grades and credit points pay
tuition fee - Passive semester no classes, no exams, no
grades, status suspended no tuition fee - Suspending studies must declare (make semester
passive), w/o permission twice after each other,
w permission 1 year
26Dismissing or Terminating studies
- Dismissing
- couldnt pass subject (even elective or optional
but not valid for criterion requirements) even
booking it for the third time - did not set semester active or passive for 2
semesters in ETR - Number of active and passive semesters are more
than 24/20 - Disciplinary reason
- Old rule (not valid anymore) 30 / 60 credits
- Terminating
- on request (write request)
- transfer away
27Completing Items in Curriculum
- Possible by attending courses
- Subject what should be learnt topics, form of
getting the grade, criterions in your majors
curriculum - Courses an event for learning the subjects
content place, time, classes, headcounts, - Courses can be available for more majors.
-
28Course ? 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 Medical Hungarian 1 Mondays 14.00,
lect. room II., 30 persons
Medical Hungarian 1
Group B Medical Hungarian 1 Mondays 16.00,
lect. room II., 30 persons
An other guy in major Y also has a subject in
his/her curriculum
Medical Hungarian 1
Group C Medical Hungarian 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)
29Booking a course
- Only in ETR!!!!! Not on teachers list!
- How to prepare for booking courses
- Check the recommended curriculum what obligatory
subjects and criterion requirements you have to
do? - Read about elective and optional subjects on the
UPMS website interesting? Prerequisites are
completed? - Book the courses of your choice available on ETR
within the given deadline! - About the booking process we have a description
on the UPMS website (Students?Registrars Office
? Guidelines and Presentations section)
30Student Groups
- Over 200 students,
- 8 subjects with practices or seminars in
timetable - ?
- to ease attending obligatory classes (practices
and seminars) - set by RO (recommendation)
- appr. 20-24 people in one group
- for changing group the departments permission is
needed - Group leader / year representative
31Completing 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
?
32Gradebook
- Official document registering courses and
signatures/grades through your studies. - (When I mention grades I mean grades for
courses granted by passing exams in exam period
or granted as mid-semester grades. Mid-term
grades for papers, etc. are registered only by
the departments/clinics.) - Normally stored at the RO. You get it for the
exam period only (if all the payments and fees
are paid). - Must have it at exam with you.
- After the exam period you must return it to RO.
- Authentic document of proof faking it
dismissal - or jail!!!!
33The course list
34The School Year
- School year (2008-2009)
- 10 months September July
Fall/Winter Semester 5 months September
January
Spring Semester 5 months February July
1. Registration period 1 week enrolling/matricula
tion, booking courses
1. Registration period last week of previous
exam period enrolling, booking courses
2. Instruction period 14 weeks classes, mid-term
attendance, papers
2. Instruction period 14 weeks 1 week extra
Easter holiday classes, mid-term attendance,
papers
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
No August exam period!!!
35In instruction period
- Study, study, study
- Attend classes
- Do classroom and home works
- Prepare notes
36Money makes 1
- Tuition fee
- To be paid for active semesters
- Winter semesters 5900 USD, spring semesters
5000 USD - Pay by bank transfer
- e-mail notification about payment details appr.
2-3 weeks before semester start - Deadline for payment
- Proof to be submitted until deadline
- Reduction can be granted only 0-1-2 obligatory
course in semester or scholarship for good
students - Educational contract
37Reductions
- Reduction can be granted from the basic amount on
two bases - number of obligatory courses youll have in the
coming semester - you do not want to have any courses, just to have
an active status 100 USD to be paid, - 0 obligatory course (only elective, optional or
criterion requirement courses) 1500 USD to be
paid, - only 1 obligatory course (doesnt matter if you
have other courses) 30 reduction from the basic
amount, - only 2 obligatory courses (doesnt matter if you
have other courses) 15 reduction from the
basic amount. - Scholarship for good students you can apply for
it only from next year. We need to count an
average of the averages achieved in the two
semesters of the previous academic year. It this
average is between - 4.014.50 10 reduction from the basic amount,
- 4.514.99 20 reduction from the basic amount,
- 5.00 40 reduction from the basic amount.
- Another important circumstance is that only
students progressing according to the recommended
curriculum can apply for this scholarship
provided by the UP MS.
38Money makes 2
- Service fees and penalties
- Paid at cashiers in HUF, cash
- missing deadlines (submit gradebook, pay tuition
fee, submit proof about payment) - C chances (exam or final exam)
- unjustified exam absences
- if you lose gradebook
- valid residence permit show after the 13th week
of instruction
39Before exam period
- Exam dates to be determined agreement between
students and departments - Exam places (spots) 2 x number of students at
course - Revealed in ETR 4 weeks before exam period
- Booking start 2 weeks before exam period
- Gradebooks can be picked up from RO if no
payments are missing 1 week before exam period - Signatures (testifying attendance at course)
should be collected from departments.
40The School Year
- School year (2008-2009)
- 10 months September July
Fall/Winter Semester 5 months September
January
Spring Semester 5 months February July
1. Registration period 1 week enrolling/matricula
tion, booking courses
1. Registration period last week of previous
exam period enrolling, booking courses
2. Instruction period 14 weeks classes, mid-term
attendance, papers
2. Instruction period 14 weeks 1 week extra
Easter holiday classes, mid-term attendance,
papers
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
3. Exam period 7 weeks exams, exams, exams
No August exam period!!!
41Booking exam places (spots)
- For courses (subjects) ending with exam or final
exam. - (Courses ending with mid-semester grade or
signature dont have to sign up for anywhere,
result is entered automatically) no retake
chance! - In ETR only!
- 1 exam date in one course at one go
- sign up for next if result is in ETR
- sign up 1 WORKday before exam until 9.00 a.m.
- sign off 2 WORKdays before exam until 9.00 a.m.
- Booking your name appears on an exam sheet
the department will see this. Name not on exam
sheet no exam.
1
2
42Registration of Results
- EXAM (exam or final exam)
- Exam sheet sign yourself up
- Must have your gradebook with you.
- Oral exam teacher writes your grade into
gradebook, and until next workday 12.00 a.m.
enters grade into ETR - Written exam leave gradebook in department, they
correct tests in 2 workdays, enter grades into
ETR and into gradebook. Do not forget to pick up
gradebook from department. - Check grade in ETR!!!!
- If grade in gradebook and in ETR are different,
grade in gradebook is valid. - MID-SEMESTER GRADE OR SIGNATURE
- Technical list of results only one, with all
names at course - Get it written in by the teacher until the end of
the exam period. Teacher has to enter grade into
the ETR in the 1st or 2nd week of the exam
period. - It is your responsibility to have all grades and
signatures written into the gradebook until the
end of the exam period!!!
43Absence
- Booked an exam spot and you do not appear at exam
- Lose exam chance (A/B/C)
- Result did not attend (or absence)
- Unjustified fee to be paid
- Certified absence on medical reason, take
medical certification to department then did
not lose exam chance
44Retakes / bettering exams
- First chance A chance
- First retake chance B chance free
- Second retake chance C chance fee
- Pay fee before exam, and show receipt to
examiner! After exam period all receipts should
be submitted with the gradebook to RO. - Bettering exam (you are not satisfied with the
passing grade you got) can be B or C chance. You
can get worse grade (or fail) even - EXAMS ONLY!! No retake or bettering chances in
mid-semester grades.
45Deans chance
- Law of equity (Code of Studies and Examinations
Article 14) - Can be used for having a 4th exam chance or
signing up for a course after the booking
deadline special permission granted by the Dean - Can be used for only once during your studies!!
- Fill in a form at RO and RO enters your name to
exam sheet. Deadlines are the same as for booking
other exam dates!
46Credits taken / completed
- Credits taken ? credits completed
- Tuition fee covers taking 396 (GM) / 330 (D)
credits - (lt10 more than necessary is covered).
- Book more extra fee
- Indexes (averages)
- for a semester or for your studies
- Weighted average
- Credit index
- Corrigated credit index
?(completed courses credit x grade) ?
completed credits
?(completed courses credit x grade) ? 30
?(completed courses credit x grade) ?
completed credits
x
? completed credit points ? credit points
taken up
47Research Opportunities
- Student Researchers Society
- Conferences (here at MS or elsewhere)
- ERASMUS trips
- Other projects organized mainly by the Hungarian
Student Council (e.g. Teddy Bear Hospital)
48Dislikes
- everything changes,
- cheating (detection, punishment),
- moody teachers,
- interpretation at oral exams,
- first 2 years (hell, build your uni learning
skills), - statistics,
49Attention
- Some rules again, just to make sure you remember
them! - No problem if you fail a subject 2 times. If you
book it for the third (3.) time, make sure you
pass it or youll be dismissed - Exam chances in an exam period you have 3
chances to pass an exam (A, B, C chances) if
you can book an exam date for yourself. - Complete courses only once once you passed an
exam in a semester and this way completed a
subject you cannot book it again in any coming
semesters. Reason for completing an item you can
be given credit points only once. - No exam courses if you have to retake a subject,
officially you have to attend the classes again.
There are no exam courses available. Officially - Attendance at classes is obligatory. General
rule, if you missed more than 15 of classes (not
only practices and seminars, but lectures count
as well), the teacher can deny giving signature.
Above 30 he must deny it. - Summer practices
50Hints for surviving
- using names in Hungary (your name, mothers
maiden name), - how to address teachers (professor, associate
professor, senior lecturer, demonstrator) - keep your personal data in ETR (addresses!!!)
up-to-date, - notice boards, web-announcements, official
letters, - make checklists, pay attention, ask, keep
deadlines, keep each other informed - You are our costumer, not your parents and
friends (data protection)
51Opening ceremony - Oath
- I, SAY YOUR NAME LOUDLY, student of Pécs
University 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.