Level:  integrated undergraduate and master academic studies

Upon end of the studies student will receive a title: medical doctor

Integrated academic medical studies for achieving the academic title Doctor of Medicine, at the Belgrade School of Medicine, last 6 years or 12 semesters i.e. 5500 active teaching classes. The classes represent a process that combines lectures, exercises, seminars, clinical practice and clinical internship. The clinical internship is a part of the process of making the final graduation dissertation The teaching process of an individual subject takes course within either one or two semesters according to the curriculum. Total student engagement within the study program of the integrated academic medical studies is expressed in ECTS credits. Total number of credits within one school year is 60 ECTS, i.e. 360 ECTS credits for the entire medical studies. Teaching activities relevant to the achievement of the subject goal and result as well as the time necessary for each teaching activity are defined within each subject, so that the total student’s working engagement corresponds to the number of credits allocated to the subject. The student gains the subject credits after completing the final exam.

The basic study program goal of the integrated academic studies of medicine is to train medical doctors for the implementation of scientific and professional achievements in preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases, as well as promoting a healthy lifestyle, legal and moral values, in accordance with the principles of good scientific and clinical practice. Special program goals are: a) scientific principle based teaching (practice based on science) and the implementation thereof. b) the understanding of health and promoting healthy lifetyles c) acquiring knowledge of biological functions of the organism, the causes and mechanisms of disease origination, the prevention and treatment of diseases. d) acquiring knowledge about the reproductive health e) acquiring clinical skills at the top institutions of our health system, which provide the competence to perform basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. f) training in using new medical technologies as well as information systems. g) introducing students to the organization and functioning of the health system.

The most important competences of a medical doctor are: a) medical knowledge in the sciences upon which medicine is based on and the understanding of the scientific method which includes biology function measurement basics, the estimation of scientifically proven facts and data analysis b) the understanding of the structure, functioning and behaviour of both healthy and sick persons, as well as the relation between the health condition and the person’s physical and social environment. c) appropriate knowledge of clinical disciplines and practice which enables the student to acquire a coherent image of the mental and physical diseases, of the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutical aspects of medicine and of the human reproduction. d) the clinical experience acquired under appropriate supervision at a health institution that is necessary for professional activity. - the advancement of professional relationships with patients and colleagues, the personal respect towards patients and colleagues, free of prejudices against language, culture, sex, race or lifestyle - the understanding of a patient’s rights to refuse treatment or participation in educational or research activities. - the respect of privacy policies, according to the professional code of ethics which binds doctors to withhold confidential patient information and release them without consent solely in extraordinary circumstances i.e. if the patient or other persons are at risk.

A person can enroll in the first year of integrated academic studies of medicine upon completing four years of high school education in comprehensive or medical high schools.

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