CURRICULUM OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2002
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• Publication Date: April 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18. Sections 763 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission revelation of its Contents
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Curriculum of Medical Schools
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1., The Polish medical schools' include four courses of studies: Medicine (general.
course), Pediatrics, Sanitary Hygiene, and Military Medicine.
2. The curriculum of the general medical course comprises
a. First year
Number of hours
Medical physics 105
Anatomy 300
General chemistry 210
Histology and embryology 75
Biology and parasitology 165
Military medicine 105
Physical culture 60
Marxism -- Leninism 90
Languages (Russian) English,
French or German) 120
b. Second -year
Military medicine 150
Anatomy 90
Histology and embryology 75
Physiological chemistry 270
Physiology 210
Microbiology 75
Marxism- Leninism 60
Languages 120
Physical culture 60
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c. Third year
Number of hours
Military medicine 60
Microbiology 135
Pathology 150
Pharmacology 150
Internal diseases 240
Surgery 210
Pathologic anatomy 240
Political economy 60
Health protection 15
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Health protection 25
Hygiene 135
Surgery 225
Internal diseases 225
Children's diseases 120
Skin and venereal diseases 105
Radiotherapy 60
Nervous diseases 105
Gynecology 180
Military medicine 90
Ear, nose and throat 90
e. Fifth year
Gynecology 75
Surgery 240
Internal diseases 240
Military medicine 105
Contagious diseases 120
Children's diseases 120
Psychiatry 90
Eye diseases 90
Forensic medicine 90
Stomatology 30
Dissection 30
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The curriculum of the pediatrics course is similar to that of the general course
up to the fourth year. The curriculum-of the fourth and fifth years is as follows:
a. Fourth Year
Health protection 15
Hygiene 135
Surgery 120
Internal diseases 165
Children's diseases 345
Skin and venereal diseases 90
Radiotherapy 60
Gynecology 165
Military medicine 90
Ear, nose and throat 90
Nervous diseases 90
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b. Fifth year
Number of hours
Gynecology 60
Surgery 150
Internal diseases 150
Military medicine 105
Contagious diseases 120
Children's diseases 450
Psychiatry 60
Eye diseases 60
Forensic medicine 60
Stomatology 30
Dissection 30
Surgery and orthopedy 150
School hygiene 30
4.
The sanitary hygiene course also has the same curriculum as the general medical
course up to the fourth year. The curriculum of the fourth and fifth years is
as follows:
a. Fourth y_qag
Number of hours
Health protection 30
Hygiene 30
Surgery 120
Internal diseases 195
Children's diseases 90
Skin and venereal diseases 90
Radiotherapy 60
Gynecology 120
Military medicine 90
Ear, nose and throat 90
Nervous diseases 90
School hygiene 135
Food hygiene 135
b. Fifth year
Gynecology 60
Surgery 120
Internal diseases 120
Military medicine 105
Contagious diseases 180
Children's diseases 60
Psychiatry 60
Eye diseases 60
Forensic medicine 90
Dissection 30
School hygiene 30
Hygiene in populated areas 45
Work hygiene 120
Epidemiology 150
5. The military medical course has approximately the same curriculum as the general
medical course, except that more hours are devoted to surgery and first aid. A
:great deal of time is also given to physical culture. Students in this depart-
ment must pass a very thorough loyalty test.
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b, Various restrictions apply to medical schools only. A student is allowed to
double the first year only by special permission from the Ministry of Health.
A student is not allowed to double any of the other years. `There are no final
examinations. Each subject is examined at the end of the year during which it
was studied. The student who passes all the examinations successfully receives
the title of doctor.
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