One Step Educational Program for Medicine (English Medium)
Program Supervisor – Associate Professor Nino Ivanishvili, MD, PhD
Program Co-Supervisor – Doctor of Medicine Wolf Christopher J. A. (Germany)
Qualification to be awarded – Medical Doctor (MD)
Program Volume by ECTS – 360 ECTS
Language of Instruction – English
Preconditions for admission to the program
One Step Undergraduate Educational Program for MD can be attended by a person holding a state certificate confirming the completion of full basic educational level (National School Leaving Certificate) or its equivalent, who will pass the Unified National Examination and based on the obtained scores, will gain the right to study at university on the specialty of medicine, or the applicants under the Law of Georgia on Higher Education, Article 52, para 3.
Admission of foreign citizens is regulated according to legislation established by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. In accordance with the law of Georgia on Higher Education, Article 52, para 3, foreign citizen candidates seeking for admission to educational program are required to hold the document certifying the knowledge of English (not less than B1 level), by internationally recognized certificate (IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge English, UNIcert®, EnglishScore etc.)
Or
Present the document certifying the education covered in English language for foreign citizens (e.g. school leaving certificate, college diploma etc.), also Georgian citizens, having covered the full basic education in English abroad, or its equivalent, who have studied last 2 years at the basic education level
abroad, must present respective document certifying the latter (e.g. school leaving certificate, college diploma etc.)
Or
Pass the exam organized by the university for foreign citizen candidate, certifying the knowledge competency level in English, minimum at the abovementioned (B1) level (exam must include the following components: listening, reading and reasoning / analysis of the text, speaking).
Structure of the program
The medical doctor education program takes 6 years of undergraduate study. This involves 360 credits, which includes:
Minimum 330 credits – specialty mandatory (compulsory) courses/modules and scientific-research skills components.
Maximum 30 credits – mandatory elective courses (general and/or free components).
330 credits: compulsory study courses/modules and scientific-research skills components.
Specialty basic compulsory study courses: 17 credits for the sciences studying the normal development, structure and functioning of human body (Principles of genetics, medical chemistry, medical physics, general biochemistry, cytology and embryology), which are incorporated into one comprehensive educational block named “Life Sciences”.
Specialty basic compulsory integrated study courses/modules: 63 credits; it involves thematically integrated biomedical sciences and normal structure and functioning of human body (normal organ system modules, each of them including normal human anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, histology and clinical skills components).
Specialty pre-clinical compulsory integrated study courses/modules: 52 credits; it involves pathology of organ systems modules (each of them including pathology, pharmacology and clinical skills components); this also includes general pathology, general pharmacology, general surgery, microbiology, virology and immunology subjects.
Specialty clinical compulsory study courses: 157 credits
Specialty compulsory study courses: 28 credits
Scientific skills compulsory study courses: 13 credits
30 credits: Compulsory elective study courses (general and/or free components)
Semesters VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII – teaching by clinical rotations.
Precondition for awarding the qualification
The medical doctor qualification is earned by a student who collects not less than 360 credits after
completion of the education program.
The goal of the education program
The goal of MD undergraduate higher education program is consistent with the University mission, which implies the training of qualified competitive medical graduates, able to get employed easily both at local or international market, according to their qualifications.
The program goals include: development of competencies relevant to international standards which are indispensable for the graduates to perform their practice; the latter implies acquiring of theoretical knowledge as well as development of scientific and clinical skills, ethical values and professional responsibilities inherent for doctor’s profession. In addition, the program also prepares the graduates to pursue their further professional career, in residency, at doctorate degree, or at alternative postgraduate study courses; the program encourages the scientific activity in theoretical fields of medicine and other healthcare areas, which do not imply independent medical activity.
Program goals also imply the giving of medical education indispensable for the implementation of medical doctor activities which is compatible with World Federation of Medical Education (WFME) standards, national qualification frame and field descriptors of higher education. The program goal is to give the medical graduate the knowledge, competencies and skills of the field needed for their independent activity as a doctor; these include: medical knowledge – fundamental knowledge of biomedical, behavioral, social and clinical sciences; clinical reasoning – ability to assess clinical cases, develop the investigation plan, differentiate the diagnosis, develop the disease treatment plan, participate in medical board; practical skills – providing the emergency medical care, development of skills for drug prescription, providing practical medical procedures, communication skills with patients, their families and colleagues, guide their medical activity by legal and ethical principles, providing individual approach to patients, considering the psycho-social aspects of their disease, application of
evidence-based principles and knowledge, searching, collecting, treating and effective application of analyzed information within medical context, application of scientific-research principles and methods in practical activity, involvement in public health issues and effective collaboration within healthcare system, providing a quality medical service and readiness for professional growth, high responsibility for professional ethics, tolerance, empathy and confidentiality, critical thinking and self-criticism, gaining the skills of independent as well as group working with multidisciplinary team, communication skills both in their mother language as well as in foreign languages.
Study outcomes:
Knowledge and understanding
The medical graduate has sectoral knowledge which includes biomedical, behavioral, social, clinical sciences and fundamental sectoral principles of the field.
The medical graduate has fundamental and profound knowledge in the following fields:
Biomedical sciences:
- Normal function of human body (physiology) – – – –
- Normal structure of human body (anatomy, histology)
- Normal metabolism and hormonal function of human body (biochemistry)
- Normal immune function of human body and microbiology
- Normal cell biology
- Normal molecular biology
- Normal human development (embryology)
Behavioral and social sciences:
- Psychology
- Human development (infant, adolescent, adult, elderly)
- Sociology
Clinical sciences:
- Pathological structure and mechanism of disease (pathology)
- Infection (microbiology)
- Immunity and immune disorders
- Clinical immunology
- Genetics and inherited disorders
- Knowledge of clinical sciences in different medical specialties and subspecialties;
- Clinical access and experience gained by clinical practice in the following fields of medical service:
- Treatment of patients with acute disorders on site of accident and in emergency department
- Treatment of internal diseases in ambulatory department
- Practice in primary health care setting
- Treatment of elderly patients
- Treatment of pediatric patients
- Treatment of patients in terminal stage, palliative care
- Treatment of psychiatric patients
- Treatment of gynecological disorders, management of physiological delivery
- Treatment of critical states in intensive care unit
- Anesthesiology
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Treatment of different profile disorders (cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology etc.)
- Treatment of different surgical profile disorders (e.g. urology, traumatology)