- The answer to the question of the quality of medical education in Poland is becoming not only crucial for the future of the health sector, but also for the well-being of society as a whole, point out the authors of a report on the conditions of medical and medical-dental education, prepared by the Supreme Medical Chamber. The survey assessed various aspects, including access to the scientific base and professorial staff.
Education conditions for medical and medical-dental faculties. There is a NIL Report
Published Nov. 23, 2023 11:39
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The survey of the Supreme Medical Council included 13 universities that have a long tradition of running medical faculties, as well as those that have relatively recently introduced a curriculum for future doctors into their teaching offerings. The report was based on the results of a questionnaire, the questions of which dealt with fundamental issues concerning the education of physicians and dentists, including the scientific and didactic staff, the teaching of preclinical and clinical subjects, and the results of teaching.
"The Supreme Medical Chamber undertook the task of assessing the quality of education in Polish medical universities. The survey, to which 29 universities were invited, yielded valuable data on various aspects of education. (...) The first results show the diversity of approaches to education in different universities, while emphasizing the importance of scientific and teaching staff in the educational process. The collected data, as the source indicates, is based on responses from 13 universities, which gives a fairly representative picture of medical education in Poland." - Artur Bialoszewski and Marek Fudala, the authors of the report, point out in their introduction.
Among other things, it turned out that the total number of professors teaching students in the medical and medical-dental faculties is 912. More than 91 percent of all professors are employed at "old" universities. The proportions are similar for those with other titles/degrees (respectively, more than 90 percent of postdoctoral fellows and more than 90 percent of those with doctoral degrees are employed at the "old" universities.
The universities were also asked whether they have their own teaching facilities in the basic sciences with which to implement preclinical education.
"Three "new" universities (University of Zielona Gora, Medical University of Warsaw and University of Kalisz) report that they only partially have their own teaching facilities in basic sciences. The University of Zielona Gora reported that it does not have a pathology/pathology/pathology lab facility. It also does not have a pathophysiology laboratory facility. The Medical University of Warsaw does not have its own pathology/pathophysiology lab/facility. The University of Kalisz does not have a prosectorium, a pathology/pathology laboratory facility/workshop and a histology facility/workshop. The other universities participating in the survey have their own teaching facilities in the basic sciences, as described in the survey.
Two of the three universities reported on the solutions used in the area under discussion. University of Zielona Gora: "Classes in the subject of "Pathology" are implemented in histological laboratories. Classes in the subject "Elements of Pathophysiology" are realized in rooms with the equipment necessary for the realization of the subject" Medical University Warsaw: "the only shortage - post-mortem base: in the field of pathomorphology - post-mortem classes are realized within the framework of the agreement signed with the Mazovian Bródnowski Hospital Ltd. and are held in the Post-mortem Diagnostic Department of the Department of Pathomorphology at the Bródnowski Hospital," the report reads. - the report reads.
The Medical University of Białystok, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Medical University of Gdańsk, Medical University of Silesia, Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań, Medical University of Warsaw, Medical University of Lodz, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, University of Zielona Góra, University of Opole, Radom University (formerly: Kazimierz Pulaski Technological and Humanities University in Radom), Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical University in Warsaw, Kalisz University (formerly: President Stanisław Wojciechowski Kaliska Academy).
In the face of rising social expectations, technological pressures and global health challenges, the answer to the question of the quality of medical education in Poland is becoming not only crucial for the future of the health sector, but also for the well-being of society as a whole, add the authors of the report, who in their conclusion point out the importance of constant monitoring of the quality of education at medical universities, and consequently conducting regular surveys analogous to the one conducted by NIL.
