Medical University of Gdańsk
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The Medical University of Gdańsk (formerly Gdańsk Medical Academy) is the largest medical academic institution in northern Poland. It educates more than 5000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in four faculties.
History
The Akademia Lekarska in Gdańsk was founded on 8 October 1945. Its history is related to the tradition of medical practice of surgeons associated in the Surgeons Guild (active since 1454), as well as teaching and medical and scientific research, particularly in Gdańskie Gimnazjum Akademickie (Atheneum Gedanese) established in 1558. This institution set up the Department of Science and Medicine (physices et medicinae), which was managed and supervised by eminent scholars. Among the most famous lecturers were: Joachim Oelhafius, a native of Gdańsk, who in 1613 was the first to perform a public autopsy of a newborn child in northern Europe, and Dr Jan Adam Kulmus, the author of the anatomical atlas Tabulae anatomicae, published in 1932. The work went into several editions and was translated into many languages. The Gimnazjum Akademickie represented a high standard of achievement and its graduates were accepted in the third year of medical studies at universities.[1] After the closing of the Gimnazjum Akademickie at the beginning of the 19th century, it was not until the first years of the 20th century that another academic school was established.
Pharmaceutical sciences in Gdańsk date back to the times of Johannes Placotomus, author and founder of the first pharmacy in Gdańsk in 1527, and Johannes Schmiedt, alias Fabritius, the co-author of the oldest Polish pharmacopoeia, published in 1665.
In 1935 the
After the end of
From 30 October 2019 the Medical University of Gdańsk officially holds the ministerial status of a research university. It is 1 of 10 universities in Poland and the only medical university in this group.[citation needed]
In 2020, the university became a member of the
Faculties
The faculties are:
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine
- The Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk.
Teaching activities are carried out by nearly one thousand of academic teachers, with over one hundred of them holding the professor position. Currently, MUG offers education in nearly all medical professions and classes are also conducted in English. This programme is called English Division of the Faculty of Medicine.
University rankings
MUG is recognized nationally as one of the top universities in Poland and ranked internationally for clinical medicine by some publications.
- National Ranking: In the 2020 edition of the annual University Academic Ranking published by Perspektywy, an independent non-profit educational foundation, that has been publishing rankings of Polish universities yearly since 1998, MUG is ranked 1st as a medical school[4] and 6th as a national university (advancing 1 position from the previous year).[5]
- International Rankings:
- U.S. News & World Report: MUG is ranked 290nd for Clinical Medicine in the 2020 edition of the Best Global Universities, moving up from 292nd in 2019.[6]
- Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities: MUG is ranked 301-400 for Clinical Medicine in the 2020 edition of Global Ranking of Academic Subjects[7] published by ShanghaiRanking.
Research
Aside from the educational activity, the MUG focuses on scientific research.
When the ranking system of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education was established, the Medical University of Gdańsk introduced an internal system of parametric assessment of particular research units. Today, three faculties of the MUG – Medicine, Pharmacy, and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology have top positions in the ranking, as does the unique Interdepartmental Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine. The Faculty of Health Sciences, founded in 2006, is preparing for the parametric assessment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and it has also submitted an application to be granted the right to award
The main funding sources for research are: statutory activity (118 research topics), commissioned projects, development projects, own projects, promoter projects, post doctorate projects (altogether 109 projects), own research (345 research topics), and research support activity (37 projects). Moreover, the academic teachers perform scientific research under contract with external entities, primarily with pharmaceutical enterprises (19 service and research projects). The university staff also carries out projects financed by the
Developments
Many new research institutes and clinics have been established, the equipment has been modernized, new facilities have been created and all the buildings including the campus have been equipped with computers and a computer network. In 2007 the modernization of the main teaching hospital,
Construction of the new Non-Invasive Medical Center with about 75,000 m2, at an estimated cost of 600 million Polish zlotys, commenced in 2015 and is scheduled to complete in 2020. When finished, the building will consist of 4 connected buildings that could house up to 687 beds (excluding bed space at day wards and the post-anesthesia unit).[11][12]
International links
The university cooperates with more than 50 universities and scientific centers abroad. It exchanges students and teachers in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme and is an active member of many European organizations and institutions. It is a founding member of two regional organizations: ScanBalt and the Baltic Sea Region University Network.
Clinical mission
Aside from fulfilling its teaching and research roles, the Medical University is the founding body of four health care institutes, including two clinical hospitals: the
The Medical University of Gdańsk and its hospitals operate locally, as well as outside the region. As a result, they cater for the health and security of around 3.5 million Poles.
Cooperation
The Medical University of Gdańsk provides health care for the people of Pomerania and inhabitants of neighboring regions, as the founder of clinical hospitals and other health-care facilities.
It undertakes work for the public authorities, for example in the Health for Pomerania Programme, which aims at health improvement for the inhabitants of the region. The university is actively involved in work on the Strategy of Pomeranian Voivodship Development, Regional Innovation Strategy and the Pomeranian Voivodship Regional Operational Programme.
The university's initiatives for the community spread awareness of preventive treatment and a healthy lifestyle, e.g. Good Health Picnic (Piknik na Zdrowie) and the local implementation of large-scale prophylaxis programmes. The university actively participates in the Baltic Science Festival.
The Moryś scandal
After a remote lecture on anatomy for first-year students of the Collegium Medicum UMK in Bydgoszcz, there was a discussion among scientists about passing the Internet exams.[13] After the meeting, a critical mistake was made, that is that the microphones were not turned off - something that would horrify the listening students. Specifically, a professor at the Medical University of Gdansk and two professors at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Bydgoszcz shared methods and bragged on about their methods of reducing student pass rates. The Rector of Medical University of Gdańsk then claimed that what their Professor said was not related to the university.[14]
References
- ^ Mariusz M. ŻYDOWO and Marek BUKOWSKI, DZIEJE NAUK MEDYCZNYCH W GDAŃSKU, page 3, third paragraph [1]
- ^ Construction of Modern CMN Hospital in Gdańsk
- ^ "Trzy gdańskie szkoły wyższe utworzyły Związek Uczelni im. Daniela Fahrenheita" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Uczelnie medyczne - Ranking Szkół Wyższych PERSPEKTYWY 2018". www.perspektywy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Ranking Uczelni Akademickich - Ranking Szkół Wyższych PERSPEKTYWY 2018". www.perspektywy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Top Clinical Medicine in the World | US News Education". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018 - Clinical Medicine | Shanghai Ranking - 2018". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Medyczny, Gdański Uniwersytet. "Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny: Badania naukowe". gumed.edu.pl. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Scientific categories awarded to scientific units (o przyznanych kategoriach naukowych jednostkom naukowym)" (PDF). Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. p. 10 to 18.
- ^ "The Prime Minister honoured the best research centres". www.premier.gov.pl. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Medyczny, Gdański Uniwersytet. "Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny: Kronika budowy Centrum Medycyny Nieinwazyjnej". gumed.edu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Centrum Medycyny Nieinwazyjnej Gdańsk". www.urbanity.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Afera na uczelniach. Wykładowcy rozmawiali o zaniżaniu zdawalności egzaminów - Polsat News".
- ^ "Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny: Oświadczenie Władz GUMed w sprawie doniesień medialnych".
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