- •Medical education in Ukraine
- •5. What scientists contributed to the development nmu? Speak on Pirogov’s medical achievements?
- •6. What are the requirements for entering a medical university?
- •13. When do the students take Step1, Step2, Step3?
- •14. What grading methods are the used by most medical school in the usa?
- •15. How long does the period of internship and residency last in the usa? Is it necessary to have the period of residency and what does it depend on?
- •16. Describe the procedure of entering a medical school in Great Britain?
- •17. What is the term of medical training in Great Britain, in the usa?
- •18. Speak on so-called sessionals. What are the requirements before finals in obstetrics and gynecology?
- •19. What is the period of internship in Great Britain? Make comments on it. What certificate does a doctor get after internship?
- •20. What are md and ms degrees in Great Britain? What right do medical students get obtaining the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery?
- •The Human Body
- •21. What parts does the face consist of?
- •22. What are the principal organs in the chest and abdominal cavity?
- •23. What are the upper and lower extremities divided into?
- •24. What are the principal parts of the skeleton?
- •26. What parts does the circulatory system comprise? What is its function?
- •27. Speak on the composition of blood, types of cells in the blood, their functions.
- •28. What are the types of blood? Give short characteristics to main types. Which blood type is most useful for emergencies?
- •29. What does the digestive system consist of? Speak on the functions of the liver, pancreas, stomach duodenum, small and large intestines, rectum.
- •30. What organs does the urinary system consist of?
- •History of medicine
- •31. What methods did people use in the past to prevent illnesses?
- •33. What was Hippocrates’ contribution into medicine?
- •34. What made scientists in the 14th century to be in search of practical ways of coping with medical problems?
- •35. How did dissection of cadavers help physicians in their study of human body?
- •36. What medical discoveries and advances were made in XX century?
- •37. What two revolutional discoveries in surgery were made in the 19th century?
- •Health Service in Ukraine
- •38. Speak on the structure of the Health Service in Ukraine?
- •39. What types of medical institutions are there in the structure of Health Service in Ukraine?
- •40. Is health service free in Ukraine? Should medical service be free? Give your comments on it.
13. When do the students take Step1, Step2, Step3?
If students successfully complete pre-clinical training, they generally take Step 1 of the medical licensing boards.
During the fourth year, most medical students take Step 2 of the medical licensing boards.
After completing internship students take Step 3.
14. What grading methods are the used by most medical school in the usa?
Medical school use the variety of different grading methods. Most medical schools yse the pass/fail schema, rather than letter grades.
15. How long does the period of internship and residency last in the usa? Is it necessary to have the period of residency and what does it depend on?
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree and who practices medicine under the supervision of fully licensed physicians, usually in a hospital or clinic. A residency may follow the internship year or include the internship year as the first year of residency. A medical practitioner may choose a residency in anesthesiology, sports medicine, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatric medicine, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, radiation oncology, surgery or other specialties.
16. Describe the procedure of entering a medical school in Great Britain?
To enter a medical school in Great Britain candidates must pass entrance examinations. Entrance examinations are both oral and written. Students take these examinations at the end of 6-year secondary-school course, generally at the age of 18-19. To enter a faculty of medicine or a medical school, it is required that such subjects as chemistry, physics and biology or mathematics should be taken at the advanced level.
17. What is the term of medical training in Great Britain, in the usa?
Medical school in the United States is a four year graduate institution with the purpose of educating physicians in the field of medicine.
In Great Britain undergraduate education occupies five years, consisting essentially of two year of basic sciences and three years of clinical work.
18. Speak on so-called sessionals. What are the requirements before finals in obstetrics and gynecology?
At the and of each term and after each special course students take sessionals. Most of them are written. They include academic and practical problems. The written test includes questions of multiple choice. Oral tests include diagnosing a case( students must assist in operations).
Before final in Obstetrics and Gynecology the students must assist during the delivery of at least 20 babies.
19. What is the period of internship in Great Britain? Make comments on it. What certificate does a doctor get after internship?
After the finals graduates work in hospitals for a year. This period is called internship. The newly qualified doctor must serve for six months as a house physician and six months as a house surgeon under supervision of his medical school. House physicians and surgeons are on call every second or third night. The work of interns is very difficult. Interns work for a least 8 hours a day. After the internship a young doctor obtains a “Certificate of Experience” from the medical school and he or she may work as a medical practitioner.