In the winter and as well in the summer semester of the current academic year 2023/24, our Department of Languages and Medical Terminology of the 3FM CU in the cooperation with the European Office of the International Relations Department of the Rectorate CU organized the Czech classes for foreigners – for the Erasmus+ “incoming” students.
5 June 2024
On 20 May 2024, students of the Advanced Czech Communication for Medical Purposes course visited the Medical Museum of the National Medical Library, which is celebrating 90 years of existence. The students listened to an engaging lecture and viewed the collection's objects, documents and books, mainly donated by doctors and others interested in the history of medicine.
22 May 2024
On 29 April 2024, Dr. Florian Steger (Director of the Institute of History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine at Ulm University and member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences) visited the Department of Languages and Medical Terminology. Prof. Steger is a doctor, ethicist, historian and classical philologist, all of which gives him deep insight into many areas of medicine. The academic staff of the Department discussed with him not only the system of medical education at Charles University as well as the one conducted at Ulm University but also potential cooperation. As part of the elective course "Medical Terminology: History and Present", Prof. Steger gave a captivating lecture on Galen's Quod Optimus Medicus, which showed very clearly how critical many competencies from the humanities are for doctors. The interdisciplinary field of Medical Humanities should be integral to studying medicine.
The next day, a meeting was held with Petr Valo, the director of the Karolinum publishing house, to discuss the translation of Prof. Steger's highly critically acclaimed monograph on ancient medicine: a work that includes original sources on the history of medicine. The translation of this book will also involve the staff of the Department of Languages and Medical Terminology, resulting in a joint endeavour. In addition, Prof. Florian Steger has kindly agreed to deliver a lecture at the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in the fall of 2024 as part of the Medicine as Science series.
6 May 2024
On April 5th in Aula Magna at the historical building of Karolinum, we gathered to celebrate the 675th anniversary of the founding of Charles University. Highlight of the event was the announcement of the winners of the Miloslav Petrusek Representation Award and the Bedrich Hroznys´ Creative Award.
11 April 2023
Karolinum Press has newly published the long-awaited Greco-Latin terminology textbook titled Essential Medical Terminology: Your Lifeboat in the Sea of Terms by Petr Honč, Jana Přívratská, and Kristina Hellerová from the Department of Languages, 3 FM CU. Tailored to the needs of international students at medical faculties, the book is a useful resource for both in-person classes and self-study, offering structured explanations of grammar, casting a light on basic word formation principles, and featuring the most common vocabulary used in anatomical as well clinical and pathological terminology.
10 February 2023
In the winter and as well in the summer semester of the current academic year, our Department of Languages of the Third Faculty of Medicine in the cooperation with the European Office of the International Relations Department of the Rectorate organizes Czech classes for foreigners – for the Erasmus+ “incoming” students.
15 November 2022
From 21 September to 30 September 2022, the annual Intensive Czech Course for foreign first year students of General Medicine took place at the Department of Languages of the 3 FM CU. Students were acquainted with basic grammatical categories and vocabulary that will enable them to understand and use phrases when introducing themselves, getting information, visiting a shop or restaurant, etc.
5 October 2022
Karolinum Publishing House publishes the textbook Talking Medicine 2: Case Studies in Czech by Iveta Čermáková from the Department of Languages and Tereza Bakusová from the Department of Nursing. This textbook is a sequel to Talking Medicine: Czech for Medical Students. It is intended for foreign medical students who study at Czech medical faculties and need to communicate with patients and medical staff in Czech hospital settings and work with essential medical documentation.
9 March 2022
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