Benefits of choosing the Medicine programme at the Collegium Medicum of WSB University

High quality of education:

• learning in small groups using the latest educational materials and technological solutions, including the advanced three-dimensional anatomy learning platform Complete Anatomy by Elsevier and a Digital Atlas of Pathomorphology containing a database of more than 200 high-quality annotated scans of real histological specimens;
• teaching staff consisting of experienced specialists and practitioners with many years of experience in top-quality medical institutions;
• courses and practical classes enabling contact with patients from the first semester of studies;
• classes enabling the development of clinical skills, including those conducted at the Prof. Kazimierz Imieliński Medical Simulation Centre, as part of courses including first aid, emergency medicine, anaesthesiology and intensive care, surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, carried out in low- and high-fidelity simulation rooms using specialised medical simulators, as well as classes in interpersonal skills and the psychology of working with patients;
• classes in the Virtual Reality Laboratory equipped with VR equipment, including dedicated headsets allowing participants to become part of a virtual environment and experience it from a first-person perspective while working with a patient;
• the opportunity to take advantage of a wide range of additional courses important for various clinical career paths, such as the use of ultrasonography in pre-hospital diagnostics or contracting medical services as elements of a future career in healthcare system management;
• additional classes preparing students for the Medical Final Examination (LEK) in the fifth year of studies.

Additionally, the interdisciplinary programme provides unique elective courses conducted by distinguished academic staff in the following areas of interest:

• scientific development (e.g. research methodology, medical statistics);
• management (e.g. contracting medical services with the National Health Fund, commercial and non-commercial clinical trials);
• social aspects (e.g. patient rights violations – medical error, conflict resolution methods);
• medical topics (e.g. ultrasonography in emergency medicine, life-threatening conditions in infectious diseases).

Education will be based on cooperation and the use of the specialised laboratory, teaching, and infrastructure facilities of the Collegium Medicum of WSB University in the fields of basic, pre-clinical, and clinical sciences.

Equipped, among others, with research microscopes intended for biological and medical research, featuring modular construction.

Available materials and equipment include: microbiological preparations: human tissue preparations; bacterial preparations; human histology preparations; human pathology preparations; microbiological culture media prepared on plates; disposable equipment: microscope slides, swab kits with transport medium, swab kits without medium, sterile containers for biological material culture for direct testing, sterile containers with spatulas for culture collection, Petri dishes and other disposable laboratory equipment and materials. The laboratory also contains advanced sets of dyes and microscopic preparation tools.

Equipped with, among others: preserved human body and dissected body parts stored in formalin; anatomical spatial models including: human skeleton, human skeleton with ligaments, skeleton of a 5–6-year-old child, skeleton of a 30-week foetus, individual human bones, spinal cord models, spine and spine with pelvis, hand and leg models, brain model (9 parts), 3D head and brain, skull, brain model with skull (8 parts), eye, anatomical model for learning muscles (80 cm, 27 parts), heart, kidney, ear, lungs, vestibular system, head with neck, male reproductive organs, female reproductive organs with pelvis, lung model, knee and foot models, skin models, torso model with internal organs.

Bone sets include: scapula bones, pelvic bones, individual rib bones, individual vertebrae, sacrum vertebrae, sternum, patella, intervertebral discs, humerus, ulna, radius, hand bones, foot bones, sternum model, tibia, femur, fibula.

Joint models include: knee joint, hip joint, elbow joint, shoulder joint, clavicle.

The laboratories also include: anatomical charts and system diagrams.

Students use the advanced Complete Anatomy by Elsevier 3D anatomical learning platform, a highly precise, realistic, and interactive model of the human body consisting of 17,000 three-dimensional structures, with: English and Latin terminology, full descriptions and definitions, and advanced technologies including: beating heart simulations, muscle and bone movements, anatomical cross-sections, microanatomical models, quizzes and tests, and anatomical model editing tools enabling virtual organ dissection, simulation of pathological changes, and addition of labels and notes.

Equipped with: exercise physiology station, bicycle ergometer, treadmill, heart monitoring device, steps of varying heights, weights of different loads, metronome, Wright peak flow meter, Barnes spirometer, electrocardiograph, equipment for physical examinations, hair esthesiometer, tuning forks, neurological hammers, measuring tapes, blood pressure monitors, sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, stopwatches, weighing station, electronic scale for measuring body weight and height, equipment for biophysical experiments, supports, levers, flat bars, dial gauge sensor, sets of weights, electrodes, measuring systems, resistors with known resistance values, cables for connecting circuits in different configurations.

Classes conducted at the Medical Simulation Centre provide major benefits to the educational process of future medical professionals, preparing them for comprehensive patient care and work in a dynamic healthcare environment.

The Medical Simulation Centre consists of several laboratories and rooms, including: high-fidelity simulation rooms, technical skills training rooms, laboratories for teaching non-invasive and invasive clinical skills, low-fidelity simulation rooms, and rooms for conducting Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE).

The centre is equipped with, among others: multiple advanced high-fidelity adult patient simulators, geriatric patient simulators, a high-class childbirth simulator reproducing a woman in labour and a newborn, and high-fidelity paediatric simulators including: premature infant, newborn, infant SimBaby, and child SimJunior.

These simulators are adapted for high-quality simulation training in a wide range of medical cases and procedures.

Equipped with software enabling practical training using virtual patients and case analysis in fields such as: internal medicine, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency medicine, and other medical disciplines.

The system allows students to practice: assessment of a patient’s clinical condition, principles of pharmacotherapy, and appropriate clinical decision-making. Virtual reality enables repeated verification of students’ skills in handling specific clinical situations and allows assessment of the potential risk of medical errors.

This centre brings together specialists implementing interdisciplinary projects supporting mental and physical health. Activities include, for example: EEG biofeedback – a non-invasive therapeutic method that increases the effectiveness of brain functioning and improves self-control of physiological functions such as: heart rate, breathing, and muscle tension.

The centre will also conduct classes within the Behavioural and Social Sciences group, including elements of professionalism such as: medical communication and professional conduct in medical practice.