Purpose and Objectives

Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine is an educational institution that aims for continuous development by blending its understanding of education, research, and service with societal values.

Our Educational Objectives

• Understands the evolution of medicine, medical practices, and the medical profession.
• Knows the normal structure and function of the human body at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels. Distinguishes the changes in these structures and functions during diseases.
• Can obtain accurate and comprehensive medical and social histories and perform comprehensive physical examinations.
• Can maintain patient records; interpret physical examination, laboratory, and imaging findings; and reach a diagnosis using an appropriate problem-solving approach.
• Knows laboratory procedures related to diseases; in primary care, can obtain necessary materials (blood, urine, etc.) from the patient using appropriate methods and perform necessary laboratory procedures for diagnosis and follow-up.
• Can apply fundamental principles of disease prevention and health promotion and identify individuals and/or communities at risk.
• Knows, plans, and applies primary care and emergency medical treatment applications, as well as rehabilitation stages.
• Can communicate effectively, both verbally and/or in writing, with patients and their relatives, the community, and colleagues.
• Understands the biopsychosocial approach and evaluates the causes of diseases by considering the individual's interaction with their environment.
• Knows research techniques, methods, and rules. Can collect health data, analyze it, summarize it, and present it.
• Knows the clinical decision-making process, evidence-based medicine practices, and current approaches.
• Contributes to the creation, sharing, application, and development of new professional knowledge and practices by using science and the scientific method within an ethical framework.
• Knows the physician's role as an educator, administrator, and researcher in healthcare delivery. Is aware of their responsibility for their own and their teammates' professional and personal development within all interdisciplinary teams established to raise the community's health level.
• Knows occupational health, environmental, and work safety issues and assumes responsibility when necessary.
• Knows health policies and can evaluate their effects in the field of practice.
• Has acquired the scientific awareness to keep their medical knowledge up-to-date within the framework of principles of continuous professional development.
• Aims to provide qualified medical education that will train physicians who can practice their profession selflessly throughout their medical careers, knowing their ethical obligations and legal responsibilities, prioritizing human values, and without discrimination.

LEVELS

1. Acquiring knowledge, skills, and attitudes
2. Transforming knowledge, skills, and attitudes into competencies
3. Demonstrating behaviors appropriate to competencies and performing medical practices (Demonstrating performance appropriate to competencies)
4. Internalizing professional and human values oriented towards professionalism

• 2(S): Competency in simulated environments (model, mannequin, simulated patients, etc.)
• 2: Competency in real clinical environments

Program Competencies

Stage 1 Educational Objectives

1. To recognize the medical profession, know the evolution of the medical profession and medical practices, and understand the values, concepts, and terms related to the medical profession.
2. To know the goals and challenges in acquiring a professional identity, understand the physician's role (physician, health advocate, scientist, communicator, team member, leader, and manager), duties, and responsibilities.
3. To comprehend the factors influencing knowledge production and the impact of scientific knowledge development on medical practices; to know the importance of science, scientific thinking, and the use of scientific knowledge.
4. To comprehend factors affecting health and their impact on the individual, society, diseases, and service delivery.
5. To examine the meaning of human behavior in the context of health, illness, healthcare service, and the patient-physician relationship.
6. To comprehend the requirements of establishing a patient-physician relationship in line with the purpose of medicine and professional ethics values, respecting human values.
7. To know the use of computer and communication technology in healthcare services.
8. To comprehend the human aspect of the medical profession by understanding humans through social sciences and arts; to evaluate the health needs of the community and explain the effects of social factors on health, illness, and medical practices.
9. To be able to perform ethical analysis and produce justifiable solutions based on the right to health and professional values in the face of ethical problems; to apply professional values in case examples.
10. To comprehend the basic components of living organisms and understand the structure of the human body and the functions of organs.
11. To comprehend the normal structure and function of the body and to determine the clinical picture that an abnormal deviation would create.
12. To identify a problem through teamwork and brainstorming, and to conduct research and produce solutions for the problem using critical and analytical thinking.
13. To use information technologies in understanding the requirements of the medical profession and in its practices.
14. To use medical knowledge and the practice of the profession in areas of social responsibility, in line with ethical principles, knowing that one is a member of society.
15. To be able to define the professional ethical rules that physicians are obliged to follow, to define how these rules are included in national and international regulations, and to comprehend how to access the relevant regulations.
16. To comprehend the value of scientific research and developments for the medical profession, to know the steps of scientific research, and to know the analysis of obtained data with basic statistical knowledge.

Stage 2 Educational Objectives

1. To communicate with the patient and take a history using basic communication skills.
2. To identify normal findings and signs of disease through physical examination.
3. To interpret patients' laboratory and/or radiological imaging results and detect signs of disease through analytical thinking.
4. To classify/stage the clinical condition of patients.
5. To understand the clinical course of the disease and learn the necessary follow-up procedures.
6. To integrate basic knowledge with clinical sciences.
7. To possess skills in accessing information and continuous development.
8. To know and apply the deontological and ethical rules of the medical profession.
9. To comprehend the importance and practices of preventive medicine.
10. To understand that specialized knowledge is used in collaboration for all stages of a disease.
11. To empathize by communicating with patients and their relatives using basic communication skills.
12. To develop and institutionalize this sense of trust between hospital management and employees; among employees themselves; and between employees and service recipients (patient/relative).
13. To adopt lifelong formal, non-formal, and continuous learning as a principle, to apply evidence-based medicine principles in the clinical decision-making process, and to access current literature related to the profession.
14. To work in small groups to identify a problem, use information technologies and research methods to access information for reaching a solution, offer suggestions for solving the problem using critical and analytical thinking, and make decisions.
15. To integrate evidence obtained from scientific research into the processes of improving and protecting individual and community health, and diagnosing and treating diseases.
16. To gain an understanding of the functioning of academic activities by participating in events such as seminars, case presentations, article and translation sessions conducted by relevant departments.

Stage 3 Educational Objectives

1. To gain experience and skill in the practice of the medical profession by performing the clinical applications of acquired knowledge, skills, and attitudes; to reach the level of presence where the medical profession can be best practiced in healthcare delivery settings.
2. To know the rights of patients and their relatives in hospital work; to respect them and adhere to the principle of confidentiality of patient information.
3. To determine pathological symptoms and findings based on anamnesis and physical examination using detailed history-taking principles, to form preliminary or definitive diagnoses, to request appropriate diagnostic tests, to keep patients' medical records in written and electronic media, and to prepare discharge summaries.
4. To communicate effectively with patients and their relatives and to work in teams. To be aware of the need for conscientious responsibility and respect in relationships with patients and their relatives.
5. To exercise care in the appropriate use of drugs, medical materials, tools, and equipment used during diagnosis and treatment for the benefit of the patient and society.
6. To recognize the organization in which health services are delivered and to take on a role as a member of the healthcare team within this organization.
7. To organize/participate in health communication and education activities to raise the health level of the community, promote health, and ensure community participation.
8. To conduct health services considering ethical rules and societal benefit, within the framework of evidence-based approaches.
9. To evaluate individual and professional competencies and to improve professional performance by using teamwork, research methods, and information technologies through continuous learning.
10. To update medical knowledge, conduct literature reviews according to learning needs, evaluate the obtained information from an analytical and critical perspective, organize it, and share it with stakeholders.
11. To know the risk factors threatening public health (smoking, sedentary lifestyle, unbalanced diet, obesity, etc.) and to make recommendations for protecting individual and community health.
12. To ensure that the profession is recognized by other professional groups and service recipients while physicians fulfill the responsibilities required by their profession, and to contribute to the process of maintaining the necessary respected position and developing the profession.
13. To possess the awareness of having a special responsibility for the health of the individual, family, and community, knowing that one is a member of the society in which they live.
14. To plan and conduct health services in disasters and in cases of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear injuries with a sense of social responsibility.
15. To practice the profession without discrimination, respecting human rights within the framework of ethical values, conscious of its responsibilities.
16. To be open to knowledge and research with the principle of lifelong learning, keeping professional knowledge fresh, and following developments in all areas of medicine.

Our Research Objectives

• Ensuring student participation in research conducted by Faculty Members.
• Encouraging research studies within the "Clinical Research and Presentation" practice included in the program and conducted under the supervision of Faculty Members.
• Supporting student participation in educational meetings, symposia, and congresses, particularly student congresses.
• Ensuring that the results of studies conducted by students are presented at educational meetings, symposia, and congresses.
• Supporting science festivals and congresses organized by students.

Our Service Objectives

It is aimed for our graduates to:

• Possess advanced knowledge in health protection and maintenance, as well as diagnosis and treatment.
• Be able to address the patient holistically as an individual, a component of the family, and the community.
• Be able to provide high-quality, comprehensive, continuous, and personalized healthcare services.

ROLES and COMPETENCIES

Sixteen general competency headings have been defined for the Medical Doctor graduate of Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine through seven fundamental roles. These roles and competencies are: