Warsaw, Poland

Medicine

Kierunek lekarski

Integrated Master's degree
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Medicine at UW

Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: medicine, health care
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: en.uw.edu.pl

Test: check whether Medicine is the right major for you!

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Test: check whether Medicine is the right major for you!

1. Do you have a strong curiosity about human biology, disease mechanisms, and how treatments work?

2. Are you motivated by helping people in vulnerable situations and improving their well-being?

3. Can you maintain focus, composure, and good judgment under pressure?

4. Do you enjoy working in multidisciplinary teams and coordinating with others for a common goal?

5. Are you comfortable communicating complex information clearly and compassionately to patients and families?

6. Do you approach ethical dilemmas thoughtfully, weighing consequences for others?

7. Are you willing to commit to long periods of study, irregular hours, and continuous updating of knowledge?

8. Do you pay attention to detail and notice subtle signs that could change a diagnosis?

9. Are you resilient enough to cope with emotional challenges like suffering, death, or difficult patient outcomes?

10. Are you curious and open to integrating new medical research into your practice?

Definitions and quotes

Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.
Medicine
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech to the Second National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights – Chicago, March 25, 1966, as quoted in "America's Forgotten Civil Right - Healthcare" by the the Forbes.com Dan Munro on August 28, 2013 See also: Tracking Down Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words on Health Care by The Huffington Post's Amanda Moore on August 18, 2013.
Medicine
'Tis time to give 'em physic, their diseases
Are grown so catching.
William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (c. 1613), Act I, scene 3, line 36.
Medicine
Use three Physicians,
Still-first Dr. Quiet,
Next Dr. Merry-man
And Dr. Dyet.
From Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, Edition 1607.
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