Final examination at the end of 2-d cycle of training

Clinical cases and evaluation grid

Qualification state examination

• Permission for 3-d cycle of training

• Is applied to all medical students

• Examinations are composed at trans-regional level – One place is chosen for conducting of

examinations

Qualification state examination

• Admission to medical faculties of students from:– European Union– Swiss Confederation– Principality of Andorra– States-members of Agreement on common

economic space

Qualification state examination

• Written task includes:– Clinical cases (9)– Reading of scientific articles for critical

thinking (1)– Duration: 3 x 3 hours

Qualification state examination

• Anonymous centralized correction– Ballot among correctors (state list of university

professors – hospital consulting physicians)– At average 4500 (x9) copies for correction– Each copy is corrected together with partner – Duration of correction and number of copies

per one corrector: 1 week/at average 40 clinical cases

Qualification state examination

• Number of positions at option is determined by– Ministry of Health– Ministry of Higher Education and

• Allocation – In disciplines – In subdivisions

Qualification state examination

• After examination and according to his/her ranking place, student chooses subjects (therapy, surgery, pediatrics, public healthcare, occupational medicine) and destination city

• Internship duration : 3 to 5 years depending on direction of study

Qualification state examination

• Expected improvements (in 2-3 years):– Automatic correction

therefore– Disappearance of clinical cases – And questions with answer variants, short free

questions, ….

Internship: organization of training process

• Directions

– Diploma of Vocational Training– Diploma of Additional Vocational Training– Diploma of Vocational Medical Training– DFMSA – Diploma of Specialized Medical

Training

Organization of training process

• Internship:– Duration: from 3 years (General Medicine) to 5

years according to specialization

• During internship (before completion) defence of doctoral thesis

Organization of training process

• Additional potential education : – Diploma of University Education– Interuniversity diploma– Master Diploma

• After internship : – Employment in private sector– Position in hospital or university clinic

Organization of training process

• Position in university clinic:– Director of university clinic – Clinical Assistant (2

years + 1 + 1)Then after competition before university commission– University Assistant Professor – Hospital Consulting

Physicianor– University Professor – Hospital Consulting Physician(it is possible to obtain Professor rank only after new

university commission)

Organization of training process

• After Director of University Clinic –Clinical Assistant– Employment in private sector– Position in hospital:

• Position of consulting physician – University Clinic

– General Clinic

• Admission is realized in State Competition (State commission that is changed and gathers once a year)