PSYCHIATRY
TEACHERS:
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Doc. 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,
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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
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Mgr. Magdalena Izydorczyk
SYLLABUS
I. Department of Psychiatry
II. Head of the unit: Prof. Aleksander Araszkiewicz, M.D.
III. Faculty of Medicine, 5th year
IV. Course coordinator Anna Szota; e-mail: julias@vp.pl
V. Form of classes : tutorials, seminars
VI. Form of crediting – exam, 5 ECTS points
VII. Number of hours : 20 seminars, 40 tutorials
VIII. 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.
IX. Topics of seminars:
1. Schizophrenia- psychopathology, management and treatment, part II
2. Affective disorders- psychopathology, management and treatment, part II
3. Eating disorders, child psychiatry II - psychopathology, management and
treatment
4. Psychiatry of teenagers
5. Organic disorders, dementia
6. Psychoactive substance use- psychopathology, management and treatment
7. Sexual disfunctions
8. Law and ethic in psychiatry
9. 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
 Clinical Psychiatry for Medical Students by Alan Stoudemire 3 rd 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,
Skłodowskiej-Curie 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.