Study Guide 2018/19

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UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED

Faculty of Dentistry

Szeged, Hungary

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for the first year dental medicine program

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Faculty of Dentistry

2018/2019

MANAGEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED

Address: 6720 Szeged, Dugonics tér 13.

Tel.: + 36 62 544-001

rector

Prof. Dr. lászló rovó

VICE RECTOR FOR scientific affairs and Innovation

Prof. Dr. ZOLTÁN KÓNYA

Vice rector for education

Dr. habil KLÁRA GELLÉN

VICE RECTOR FOR STRATEGIC planning

Prof.Dr. MÁRTA SZÉLL

VICE RECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Dr. habil PÉTER ZAKAR

MANAGEMENT OF THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

Dean’s Office

Address: 6720 Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 64.

Tel.: + 36 62 545-299, Fax: + 36 62 545-282

dean

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZOLTÁN LAJOS HABIL BARÁTH Ph.D.

HEAD OF THE DEAN’S OFFICE

ESZTER RÉVÉSZNÉ KOCSIS

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Faculty of Dentistry

2018/2019

1^st (Fall) semester:

Education period: from September 03 to December 7, 2018
Examination period: from December 10, 2018 to 26 January, 2019

Repeat examination period: from January 28 to February 2, 2019

Winter break: from December 24, 2018 to January 01, 2019

(The school is closed; there are no exams.)

Fall break: 22-24 October, 2018

Holidays: October 23, November 1, 2018

NEPTUN course registration period: from August 29, 20:00 to September 16, 2018 23:59.

Exam registration period: from November 28, 2018 20:00 to February 01, 2019 23:59

2^nd (Spring) semester:

Education period: from February 04 to May 18, 2019

Examination period: from May 20 to June 29, 2019

Repeat Examination period: from July 01 to July 06, 2019

Spring break: from March 25 to March 29, 2019

Holidays: March 15 and May 01, 2019

GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE STRUCTURE OF STUDIES

AT THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

I. STRUCTURE OF STUDIES

In the academic year 2018/2019, first year students follow the new Curriculum / Suggested Study Plan of University of Szeged, Faculty of Dentistry.

In order to obtain the Doctor of Dental Medicine diploma, students need to acquire a minimum of 300 credits (by fulfilling the study and examination requirements of the subjects listed in the suggested study plan). In the final year, students furthermore have to complete the Final (State Board) Examination which consists of writing and defending a thesis, passing a complex written test and an oral patient examination (made up of a theoretical and a practical part).

The order of taking the subjects is defined in the suggested study plan which is designed for completing their dental medicine studies within 10 semesters (5 years). It is highly recommended to take the subjects according to the Suggested Study Plan.

Teaching is performed in 3 modules: Basic Module (1^st, 2^nd year)

Pre-Clinical Module (3^rd year)

Clinical Module (4^th, 5^th year)

Types of subjects: Compulsory Subjects

Compulsory Elective Subjects

Elective Subjects

Criteria Subjects

Credits to be acquired:

	Basic Module (semesters 1-4)	Pre-Clinical Module (semesters 5-6)	Clinical Module (semesters 7-10)
	Credits
Compulsory Subjects	80	52	108+20 thesis
Compulsory Elective Subjects	25
Elective Subjects	15
Criteria Subjects (no credits)	Physical Education, Hungarian Language, Latin Language for Dental Students, Summer Practice	Dentist-Patient Communication, Preclinical Course of Prosthodontics and Gnatology, Preclinical Course of Operative Dentistry, Hungarian Language, Summer Practice	Hungarian Language, Summer Practice, Prosthodontics and Implantology, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Periodontology

All the requirements of a module have to be fulfilled in order to enter the next module.

II. SPECIAL RULES FOR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS

Recommended order of schedule for the behavioral science subjects for students of dental medicine:

Introduction to Medicine lecture and practice (compulsory elective subject, 1 credit, year 1, fall semester)
Communication in dentistry lecture and practice (compulsory elective subject, 2 credits, year 1, spring semester)
Medical Anthropology (compulsory elective subject, 1 credit, year 2, spring semester)
Ethics in Medicine for Dental Students lecture and practice (compulsory subject, 2 credits, year 2, fall semester)
Medical Psychology for Dental Students lecture and practice (compulsory subject, 2 credits, year 2, fall semester)

Dentist-patient communication
(compulsory subject, skill training, year 3, fall semester

The behavioral science subjects are built on each other. ATTENDANCE OF THE COURSES IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. It is important to meet the requirements of the course and to complete them.

III. MAIN GUIDELINES AND EXPRESSIONS

Compulsory Subject: It is obligatory to take the subject in the module given.

Compulsory Elective Subject: There is a set number of credit points that has to be acquired in the Compulsory Elective Subject category. One can choose freely from the subjects offered, however, it is strongly recommended to follow the Suggested Study Plan.

Contact hours: Contact hours are the units of time required for a teacher to present subject material and to assess a student’s performance. Contact hours include lectures, seminars, practical demonstrations, consultation hours and assessment.

Course registration chances: Students can register for a course 3 times. In accordance with the new Act on National Higher Education in Hungary, the maximum number of course registration chances is bound to the maximum number of repeat exams in that particular subject, which is 5.

Course requirement: The course requirement defines the precondition of a certain course. The course requirement can either be another subject or an examination requirement. In case of the subject requirement, a course can be signed up for only if the examination defined in the course requirement has been completed successfully. In case of the examination requirement the examination of a course can only be taken if the examination defined in the course requirement has been completed successfully. Course requirements are indicated in the respective Suggested Study Plan.

Credit: Credits are the standard measurement of a student’s accepted study time. One credit equals thirty hours of study time.

Credit Transfer: A process as per the academic and examination regulations, in which a previously completed subject, acquired body of knowledge or skill is considered or acknowledged with the transference of credit points as a part of the curricular study requirements, by way of complete or partial exemption from one or more subjects, with or without a condition.

Criteria Subject: Completion of criteria subjects is a precondition for entering the next module or receiving the diploma after finishing the final year (Physical Training, Summer Practices, Hungarian Language). Criteria subjects have no credit allocated to.

Elective Subject: There is a given number of credit points that have to be acquired. One can chose freely from the subjects offered, however, it is strongly recommended to follow the Suggested Study Plan.

Examination chances: Students have 3 chances to sit for an examination in one examination period (a fourth chance might be granted as an exceptional permission by the Dean of the Faculty).

Under the present Higher Education Act the examination in a certain subject can be taken 6 times during the entire course of studies (first examination+5 repeated examinations)!

The University automatically terminates the student’s status after 6 failed examinations in a certain subject!

Examination course: If one cannot pass an examination successfully in the semester given, the examination can be repeated in the next examination period if the Department concerned announces it in the given semester and you request and subsequently get permission from the Academic Board. This means that the student will be exempted from fulfilling the requirements of the semester (classes do not have to be attended). An examination course can be taken only once in a certain subject.

Suggested Study Plan: The order and schedule of subjects offered to students enabling them to obtain the qualification within a specified period of time.

IV. General RULES

1.) Registration: Students have to register for each semester in order to have an active student status. Students who are not registered are not entitled to attend the classes. Late registration is not possible.

Registration requirements:

The tuition fee has to be credited to the University’s bank account in full before registration
Valid residence permit. Please make sure whether you have submitted a copy of your valid residence permit. If it was renewed recently please present the original and a copy to the Academic Office.
Valid health insurance. (If it was renewed recently please present the original and a copy to the Academic Office. If you contract the Generali Providencia insurance you do not have to bring a copy).
Summer practice evaluation sheet (if applicable)
Valid Medical Fitness Certificate (completed medical check-up by the University Doctor) You will be notified via e-mail in case any part of the medical checkup has been found insufficient.

2.) Payment of the tuition fee: The deadline of payment is always specified in the information sheets distributed to the students before the beginning of the upcoming semester. Proof of payment has to be submitted to the Academic Office. Students have to make sure that the exact amount of the tuition fee is credited to the University's account until the deadline. Late payment is not possible.

3.) NEPTUN course registration: Students have to sign up for their courses in the NEPTUN (computer-based academic system) each semester. Students failing to meet this requirement are not entitled to attend the classes. The number of course registrations in a subject is limited: One course can be registered 3 times during their studies. Make sure you sign up for all your courses (both the lectures and practices, examination courses, physical education – 2 semesters required).

4.) Residence permit

Details: http://www.med.u-szeged.hu/fs/current-students/residence-permit

5.) Health Insurance

All students must have a valid health insurance during their stay in Hungary.

6.) Attendance of classes: If the absence does not exceed 15% of the total number of classes, students are not obliged to provide a certificate justifying the absence. If the absence falls between 15 and 25% of the total number of classes, students may only make up for the missed classes if they provide a certificate. The departments have the right to refuse the acceptance of a semester if the student missed more than 25 % of the practicals and did not make up for the absences.

7.) Obligation to report changes to the Academic Office: If there is a change in your personal data (address, e-mail address, telephone number etc.) you are required to notify the Academic Office and correct the data in the NEPTUN.

If you have to leave Szeged for a longer period of time during the lecture period due to substantial reasons (hospitalization, extraordinary family issues), you need to request permission in writing. Applications have to be handed in at the Academic Office.

8.) General information regarding the examinations:

General information before you sign up for your exams:

All exams including date, time and place are posted on the NEPTUN. Make sure to arrive for your exam on time.
Exam dates can be postponed before the NEPTUN closes the registration (usually 24 hours before the start of the exam. By clicking the course code, one can determine when the registration closes), it is your duty, however, to secure another date and time for your exam when you make changes.
Students not showing up at an exam will lose one chance unless their absence is accounted for. Documents accounting for the absence have to be presented at the Academic Office.
A successful examination can be improved on only in one subject/semester and only with the permission of the Program Director. The requests have to be handed in at the Academic Office.

Please make sure to register for all your exams.

Your academic progress will be recorded in the NEPTUN. The examination results will be registered directly in the NEPTUN by the Departments. In case of any discrepancy concerning the written examination results, the test-paper should be investigated.
In case of oral examinations, students have to print the “Course and Mark Registration Sheet” (Training/Orientations and training/Course Registration Sheet) from their own NEPTUN site, which has to be presented before starting each oral examination. Students must prove their identity with an official document bearing their picture and their personal data (passport/ID card/student card).

Procedure for unsuccessful exams:

A Repeated exam can be scheduled at the earliest on the third day following the unsuccessful exam.
Upon finishing your examinations, you will be charged for all your unsuccessful examinations in one installment.

ATTENTION! A new repeat examination fee schedule and payment system will be introduced for the Foreign Language Programs. Details on the new fee schedule and payment system will be provided at a later point in time.

Unsuccessful exams can be repeated 2 times during the exam period.
Try not to be absent from the exam on your first exam attempt, because in the repeat examination period only repeated exams can be taken. First examinations – even with a former absent registration – cannot be taken in the repeat examination week!

All matters not regulated in the Study and Examination Regulations of the University of Szeged will be evaluated on individual basis by the Academic Board.

Further details are available in the relevant Info Sheet received via e-mail.

Recommended textbooks for first year dental students

Recommended textbooks of dental subjects are available on COOSPACE scenes.

For the textbooks of the medical basic module subjects check the medical recommended textbooks (pg: 56.)

CHEMISTRY FOR DENTAL STUDENTS I-II.

Ebbing: General Chemistry
(Several different editions are available and can be used. The latest one is the following:
Ebbing – Gammon: General Chemistry, 10th Edition,
Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, Boston)
Hart: Organic Chemistry
(Several different editions are available and can be used. The latest one is the following:
Hart –Craine – Hart – Hadad: Organic Chemistry, A Short Course, 13th Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York)
P. Gergely: Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry for Medical Students
University Medical School of Debrecen

Recommended textbooks for second year dental students

Recommended textbooks of dental subjects are available on COOSPACE scenes.

ETHICS IN MEDICINE FOR DENTAL STUDENTS

Ronald Munson: Intervention and Reflection. Basic Issues in Medical Ethics (Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2004)
World Medical Association (WMA, http://www.wma.net/e/about/index.htm )
WMA Ethics Manual (http://www.wma.net/e/ethicsunit/resources.htm )
WMA Policy (http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm )
The Declaration of Geneva (http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/geneva/ )
The Declaration of Helsinki (http://www.fda.gov/oc/health/helsinki89.html )
Lisa Schwartz, Paul E. Preece, Robert A. Hendry: Medical Ethics – A Case-Based Approach.
WB Saunders, 2002.

MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY FOR DENTAL STUDENTS

Compulsory material will be uploaded on coospace.
Gerry Kent, Mary Dalgleish: Psychology and Medical Care. London, 1996. Saunders

Recommended textbooks for third year dental students

Recommended textbooks of dental subjects are available on COOSPACE scenes.

For the textbooks of the medical pre-clinical module subjects check the medical recommended textbooks (pg: 58.)

PHARMACOLOGY

Katzung: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, McGraw-Hill Medical, 11^th ed., 2008.
Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology, Churchill-Livingstone, 6th ed., 2007.

HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE

Putz Mónika: Magyar fogorvosi szaknyelv, Semmelweis Egyetem, Bp.2006
Györffy Mária: Mi a panasz? PTE, Pécs 2003

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Texbooks

· Gayton and Hall: Texbook of Medical Physiology 12^th ed. 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4160-4574-8/978-0-8089-2400-5

Damjanov: Pathophysiology, Elsevier (Saunders title), 2008,

ISBN: 978-1-4160-0229-1

· McPhee, Hammer: Pathophysiology of Disease 6th ed., McGraw-Hill Medical, 2009,

ISBN- 0071621679/9780071621670

· Silbernagl, Lang: Color Atlas of Pathophysiology, George Thieme Verlag, 2000,

ISBN: 9780865778665/9783131165510

· Kumar, Abbas, Fausto, Aster: Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th ed, Elsevier (Saunders title) 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4160-3121-5

· Goldman, Schafer: Goldman’s Cecil Medicine, 24^th ed., Elsevier (Saunders title), 2012,

ISBN: 978-1-4377-2788-3

· Longo, Fauci, Kasper, Hauser, Jameson, Loscalzo: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 18^th ed.,

McGraw-Hill Medical, 2012, ISBN 9780071748896/007174889X

Handouts (for practice)

Fekete M.: Pathophysiology exercises II. 1987.
Szabó G.: Introduction to Electrocardiography 1999.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Paulik E (ed.): Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Medicina Publishing House, Budapest, 2013

Recommended textbooks for fourth and fifth year dental students

Recommended textbooks of dental subjects are available on COOSPACE scenes.

FORENSIC MEDICINE

Payne-James, Jones, Krach, Manlove: Simpson's Forensic Medicine 13th Edition, 2011 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. ISBN 978 0 340 986 035

Péter Sótonyi, Éva Keller (ed.) Lecture Notes of Forensic Medicine, Semmelweis Kiadó, Budapest 2008 ISBN: 9789639656925

HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE

Putz Mónika: Magyar fogorvosi szaknyelv, Semmelweis Egyetem, Bp.2006
Györffy Mária: Mi a panasz? PTE, Pécs 2003

DERMATOLOGY

J. A. A. Hunter, J. A. Savin, M. V. Dahl: Clinical Dermatology, Blackwell Scientific Publications 2nd ed. ISBN:0632037148

CONTACT INFORMATION

Academic Office for Foreign Dentistry Students

Address: H-6720 Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 83. 1st floor 36. room

Academic Officers:

ZOLTÁN KÁDÁR

Tel.: +36 62 342 116

e-mail: kadar.zoltan@stoma.szote.u-szeged.hu

BORBÁLA KASÁNÉ VÁRÓ

Tel.: +36 62 342 116

e-mail: varo.borbala@stoma.szote.u-szeged.hu

Reception hours:

MONDAY-FRIDAY: 9:30 – 12:00

Requests

Permissions regarding postponement, exam chances or special requests can be given online via MODULO to the Academic Board or the Dean.

IF YOU WRITE A REQUEST, PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINE BELOW.

From: your name

* Associate Professor Zoltán Lajos habil Baráth Ph.D.

Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry

* Dr. Csaba Berkovits

Head of the Academic Board of the Faculty of Dentistry

Date: today’s date

Dear Professor,

I am your name a...… year student of medicine/dental medicine/pharmacy…

State your problem
Be short and to the point
State your request
Attach supporting documentation (if necessary–i.e., you mention something in your request requiring proof)

Yours sincerely,

your name