The Medical University of

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was founded on October 1, 2002 as a merger of the

Medical Academy of Łódź Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

(founded January 1, 1950) and the Military Medical Academy of Łódź (founded July 1, 1958). It is the largest teaching hospital unit in Poland and a European research center.

Structure

It comprises *6 research institutes, *49 chairs, *7 fully equipped university teaching hospitals with a total capacity of ''2900 beds'', as well as *438,000 specialist consultations every year in ''specialist outpatient clinics'', in addition to the *collaboration with 22 international universities.

Aspect

At the Medical University of Lodz, students are instructed from a 250 plus Basic Science and Clinical Medicine Faculty, composed of physicians, teachers and researchers. Most faculty members of the university holds a dual MD/PhD. Degree, and all are board certified in their respective specialties. The Medical University is the biggest state medical university in

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implementing the following basic tasks: *educating students in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and medicine-allied disciplines; *educating research staff and conducting research work; *conducting postgraduate training of highly qualified health care system staff; *participating in health care programs set by the social health care system. The university made an important evolution of a unique system, based on the availability -during posted office hours- of all professors for individual consultations with students in their offices. This helps promote better interaction between students and faculty as opposed to the previous

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style system.

University teaching activity

The Process of education has been focused on preparing specialists for work in various communities and national health care systems. Our educational offer has been adjusted to requirement laid down in the resolutions validated by our Government within the European Union co-operation. Following the entry of Poland into the European Union on May 1, 2004 the University offers a chance of an automatic recognition of the Diploma of most of the faculties within all 25 countries of the European Union. Currently, over 8000 Polish Students are getting their education within medical and medicine-related areas at various faculties. Medical teaching in English was initiated in 2003/2004. Presently over 300 foreign students from various countries, primarily Saudi Arabia, but also the People's Republic of China,

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, Sweden, Norway attend medical and dental courses. The quality of the medical curriculum is comparable among Polish universities, and subject to regular official inspections and rankings. In previous years, a few select students of the Faculty of Medicine have been the recipients of scientific awards like "Medical Laurels" of Polish Academy of Science or "Primus Inter Pares" - Best Student of the Polish Republic in the Lodz Region.

Science and research

Medical University of Lodz is one of the major medical research centers in Poland. In one academic year over a hundred research grants are awarded, as well as numerous research contracts. At present substantial number of individual research projects are being conducted. Medical University of Lodz has been carrying extensive international scientific cooperation with such foreign academic and research centers as: * The Catholic University in Nijmegen,

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* Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States * University of Toronto Humboldt Universitat, Berlin, Germany * Friedrich-Alexander Universitat, Erlangen, Germany * King's College London, UK * Universite degli Studi di Milano, Italy * The Human Craniofacial Institute in Dallas, United States * The Howard Hughes Medical Center, United States * The University in Bielefeld, Germany * Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France * University of Kuopio,

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* Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen, Germany The majority of University chairs, clinics and departments directly co-operate with foreign centers through staff Exchange programs.

Clinical activity

At present, Medical University has over 1600 hospital beds in Teaching Hospitals that provide medical services for patients, being the essential base for research work and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. University Teaching Hospitals and University-affiliated department constitute a basic source for highly specialized diagnostic and treatment services provided by professors, associate professors and specialists of various medical disciplines who take care of health needs of the Lodz region community and promote health-related programs.

Students' academic activities

Students of the Medical University take part in ERASMUS – European international academic Exchange program. Within last few years there were almost 25 incoming students from France,

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, Spain and other parts of

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and over 100 outgoing students in the frame of this exchange program. Students' Scientific Society has been involved in active popularization of research work among students, organization of scientific conferences and co-ordination of Students' Scientific Groups

Faculties

University had merged its faculties into three larger, list of faculties before merging: *Faculty of

Medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

*Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry *Faculty of

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

*Faculty of

Physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...

*Faculty of

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

and

Midwifery Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. In many cou ...

*Faculty of Health Sciences *Faculty of Military Medicine And after merging: * Faculty of Medicine with Department of Dentistry and Department of Biomedical Sciences * Faculty of Pharmacy * Faculty of Health Sciences with Department of Nursery and Midwifery

Subjects

Medical University realise mostly Polish-language subjects/fields of studies: * Medicine * Military Medicine (together with Military University of Land Forces) * Dentistry * Biotechnology * Electroradiology * Pharmacy * Cosmetology * Medical Analytics * Physiotherapy * Nursery * Midwifery * Public Health * Emergency Medical Services * Dental Techniques * Dietetics

References

External links

Medical University of Łódź (polish version)Official website in Archive.org
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