GENERAL MEDICINE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Content of subjects
1st Academic Year
Basics of medical terminology - 1st and 2nd semester
The aim of teaching this subject is orientation in Latin medical terminology because the knowledge of certain components of the linguistic structure of Latin and partly Greek is a prerequisite for adequate and quick mastering of terminologies all medical disciplines. The main output of the teaching is the acquisition of terminological competence, i.e. ability to use Latin medical terminology accurately and correctly. A graduate of medical faculty should meet the following criteria:
a) mastery of the phonetic and graphic sides of Latin
b) command of selected elements of the linguistical morphological system, related to selected noun and verb forms
c) knowledge of Latin vocabulary, i.e. acquisition of a basic corpus of terms with and emphasis on anatomy, basic clinical disciplines, and pharmacy
d) mastery of the basic syntactic structures of medical terms (multi-word terms, matching and non-matching adjectives, word order, prescriptions in Latin)
e) control of the word-forming systems of single-word terms (affixation, polysemy of prefixes, polyfunctionality of suffixes) and mutual relations of word-forming elements (synonymy, antonymy, homonymy).
1st and 2nd year
Slovak language - 1st - 4th semester
The aim of teaching the Slovak language at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine is to teach the international students the vocabulary of the colloquial language in everyday communication in the Slovak environment as well as the basic medical terminology needed in contact with Slovak patients. Student of the Slovak language should be able to use actively all four language skills - reading, understanding the text heard, speaking and writing.
SYLLABUS
Basics of Medical Terminology 1,2 - 1st academic year
Latin Terminology in Anatomy - 1st academic year
Slovak Language 1,2 - 1st academic year
CD1 to upload (zip format, 96,4MB) - for uploading open the page in Slovak language
Slovak Language 3,4 - 2nd academic year
CD2 to upload (zip format, 171MB) - for uploading open the page in Slovak language
German Language 1,2 - 1st academic year
German Language 3,4 - 2nd academic year