PSYCHIATRY
Aim of the course: The course is designed for medical students to broaden their knowledge in a field
of psychiatry especially in psychopathology of mental disorders, it’s management and treatment.
TEACHERS
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Dr hab. Wiktor Drożdż
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Dr Ewa Pilaczyńska-Jodkiewicz
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Dr Mirosław Dąbkowski
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Dr Małgorzata Dąbkowska
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Dr Anna Szota
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Dr Monika Wiłkość, psycholog
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Lek. Wojciech Kosmowski
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Lek. Borys Gniot
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Lek. Michał Danek
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Lek. Lech Giziński
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Lek. Maurycy Araszkiewicz
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Mgr. Agnieszka Szałkowska, psycholog
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Mgr. Magdalena Izydorczyk, psycholog
CONTACT: Dr Anna Szota julias@vp.pl
SYLABUS
I.
Department of Psychiatry
II. Head of the unit: Prof. Aleksander Araszkiewicz, M.D.
III. Faculty of Medicine, 4th year
IV. Course coordinator Anna Szota; e-mail: julias@vp.pl
V. Form of classes : tutorials, seminars, lectures
VI. Form of crediting – exam with grade, 5 ECTS points
VII. Number of hours : 40 seminars, 40 tutorials, 4 lectures
VIII.Aim of the course: The course is designed for medical students. It has to provide students
with information on psychopathology, diagnosis and skills of proper interviewing
mentally disordered patients. The course contains also detailed information about
particular mental disorders and their treatment.
IX. Topics of seminars:
1. Introduction to psychopathology
2. Psychiatric interview- presentation of patients in psychiatry clinic
3. Schizophrenia- psychopathology, etiology. What does it mean “psychotic”?- part 1
4. Affective disorders- etiology
5. Anxiety disorders- etiology
6. Laboratory tests in psychiatry
7. Alcohol abuse – psychopathology
8. Personality disorders
9. Child Psychiatry- etiology
10. Schizophrenia- psychopathology, management and treatment, part II
11. Affective disorders- psychopathology, management and treatment, part II
12. Eating disorders, child psychiatry II - psychopathology, management and treatment
13. Psychiatry of teenagers
14. Organic disorders, dementia
15. Psychoactive substance use- psychopathology, management and treatment
16. Sexual disfunctions
17. Law and ethic in psychiatry
18. Psychotherapy
X. Self-study topics due to topics of seminars listed above.
XI. Booklist
1. Basic:

Psychiatry for Medical Students by Robert J. Waldinger 3rd Edition 1997
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Clinical Psychiatry for Medical Students by Alan Stoudemire 3rd Edition, 1998

Synopsis of Psychiatry : Behavioral Sciences Clinical Psychiatry by Harold I
Kaplan, Benjamin J. Sadock 10th Edition, 2010.
2. Additional:
 Psychiatry Crash Course by Cameron , Bloye , Davies
 The Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry
 ICD-10
X. To complete the course students are obliged to presence at seminars and tutorials and pass
final test exam at the end of the course .
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Seminars and tutorials take place in Collegium Medicum UMK, in Bydgoszcz, SkłodowskiejCurie 9 street, and in Toruń , WOLP; Skłodowskiej-Curie 27/29 according to the schedule.
2. Presence at seminars and tutorials is obligatory.
3. White coats during tutorials and seminars are not obligatory.
4. Students are required to come to class on time.
5. Tutorials will count on the basis of an oral response and/or writing.
6. The absence up to 3 days will be excused on a basis of a sick-leave given by a physician or
other institutions, but a student has to contact with all assistants who had seminaries and
tutorials these days and present orally the knowledge from the abandon classes.
7. The absence above 4 days is treated as a non-classified course and a student has to repeat all
course in next Academic Year.
8. Abandoned classes should be classified within 7 days after exemption period.
9. Unexcused absence from class will be treated as a non-classified tutorial.
10. At the beginning of the V th year the entry test from the topics of the IV th year will be conducted
(only for students who had psychiatry on the IVth year in academic year 2014/2015)
12. The final exam contains a practical part and a written test which are performed after the 5th year
(for students who had psychiatry on the IVth year in academic year 2014/2015) and after 4th year for
students who will have psychiatry course in academic year 2015/2016. The final exam will take place
on the last day of the psychiatry course and begins with a practical part. The student who will not
pass the practical part of the exam will not be able to enter for the written test until passes the
practical part.
13. The practical part of the exam is an interview with a patient. After conducting the interview the
student has to estimates the patient mental health in 3 areas: 1. symptoms of disease; 2. diagnosis;
3. treatment. For each area the student may get 0-2 points, maximum 6 points. Student needs at
least 3 points to pass the practical part of the exam.
14. The written test includes 60 questions based on the knowledge from all seminars and tutorials. It
is essential to have at least 65% of good answers to pass the written exam.
15. The final grade from psychiatry contains points from the written test plus points from practical
part of the exam.
16. Improving non-passed written test will be held within a period of time specified by the assistant
teacher.
17. Obtaining the unsatisfactory grade of the final test results in non-pass of a course.
18. It is unacceptable to use mobile phones and the internet during seminars and tutorials.
19. Recording seminars, tutorials and patient’s interviews is not allowed.