Pracownia ds. Kształcenia Lekarzy Obcokrajowców

Postgraduate Medical Training Centre
of Jagiellonian University

DIVISION FOR TRAINING
OF FOREIGN MEDICAL DOCTORS

31-531 Kraków, ul. Grzegórzecka 20,  POLAND 
 
phone (+4812) 4332 761; phone/fax (+4812) 4332 762

Director: Associate Professor Jan Dobrogowski, PROFESSOR
 

Postgraduate Medical Training Centre of Jagiellonian University is an interdepartmental unit whose most important aim is to facilitate the access to the most recent developments in different fields of medicine. Because of a dynamic progress of medical knowledge and new approaches to treatment it is necessary to ensure constant learning not only to young doctors but also those who are more experienced and in a specialised practice. In our actions we must take into consideration Polish regulations governing education of medical doctors and nurses, directives of the European Union as well as recommendations of national and regional consultants in different medical fields.

We also cooperate with medical associations, non-governmental organisations and with the District Chamber of Physicians and Dentists in Krakow.

Our activity consists of various actions that encompass courses obligatory for specialty training, non-obligatory courses improving skills, postgraduate studies, conferences and congresses and support to foreigners who intend to start their specialty in Poland.

Division for Postgraduate Training of Foreign Medical Doctors was founded as a part of this Centre, according to the decision of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University, and has been active since October 1, 2002.

The main purpose of the Division is to support the process of postgraduate training of foreign medical doctors at the Medical College.

 

Cooperating Departments and Chairs

The information about Division for Training of Foreign Doctors will be regularly published on our website, as well as the information about international conferences organized by individual units of Collegium Medicum and by Medical Associations cooperating with Collegium Medicum.

The number of Departments and Chairs which declared their participation in this program is still expanding, and at the moment we can offer training at units is mentioned below:

  Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine; head: Professor Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, M.D
  Institute of Cardiology - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplatology, head: Assoc. Professor Jerzy Sadowski M.D.
  Institute of Cardiology - Department of Cardiology; head: Professor Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, M.D.
  Institute of Cardiology - Department of Hemodynamics and Angiocardiography; head: Assoc. Professor Krzysztof Żmudka
  Institute of Cardiology - Department of Coronary Disease; head: Professor Wiesława Piwowarska, M.D.
  Institute of Neurology; head: Assoc. Professor Andrzej Szczudlik, M.D.
  Institute of Neurology - Department of Neurosurgery; head: Assoc. Professor: Ryszard Czepko, M.D.
  II Chair and Department of Medicine - Department of Medicine; head: Professor Jacek Musiał, M.D.
  Chair of Medicine and Gerontology, head: Assoc. Professor Tomasz Grodzicki, M.D.
  Chair and Department of Nephrology, head: Professor Władysław Sułowicz, M.D.
  Chair and Department of Conservative Dentistry; head: Assoc. Professor Maria Chomyszyn, M.D.
  Chair of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics - Department of Clinical Biochemistry; head: Aldona Dembińska-Kieć, M.D.
  Polish American Children's Hospital - Department of Pediatric Neurology;  head: Assoc. Professor Marek Kaciński, M.D.
  Polish-American Children's Hospital; Department of Pediatric Nephrology; head: Professor Krystyna Sancewicz-Pach, M.D.
  Polish-American Children's Hospital; Department of Clinical Biochemistry; head: Assoc. Professor Krystyna Sztefko, M.D.
  Chair of Occupational Medicine - Department of Toxicology Rydygier's Hospital; head: Professor Janusz Pach, M.D.
  Chair of Occupational Medicine - Department of Industrial Allergology; head: Professor Krystyna Obtułowicz, M.D.
  Chair and Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; head: Professor Daniel Zarzycki, M.D.
  Chair of Psychiatry; head: Professor Jacek Bomba, M.D.
  Chair of Psychiatry - Department of Adult Psychiatry; head: Professor Andrzej Zięba, M.D.
  I Chair and Department of General Surgery and the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery; head: Professor Tadeusz Popiela, M.D.
  II Chair and Department of General Surgery; head: Professor Danuta Karcz, M.D.
  Chair of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; head: Professor Janusz Anders, M.D.

 

Activities

Doctors from all over the world who are interested in postgraduate courses are welcomed which offers the following methods of training:

  Individual training and clinical clerkship in regular hospital wards which is carried out in English (doctors are entitled to choose a clinical unit)
  Courses organized by Center for Postgraduate Medical Training which are   within the confines of the postgraduate training. Due to the fact that courses are conducted in Polish, good knowledge of both written and spoken Polish is required as a prerequisite for admission. The list and programs of these courses can be easily found on our website. There is also a possibility to organize classes in English for groups of doctors who are interested in the particular subjects and different medical fields.
  Training workshops, practical classes and laboratories in English
  Seminars and lectures in English.

 
 

Useful links

Schools of Polish Language

Information on Specialisation in Poland

Contact

Address:
Postgraduate Medical Training Centre of Jagiellonian University
Division for Postgraduate Training of Foreign Medical Doctors
ul. Grzegórzecka 20, 31-531 Kraków