Student profile
Type of Degree
Students of medicine must have the following:
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A vocation. This is an essential requirement for working in medicine. A capacity for work. This is another basic requirement, as a doctor’s complete training requires intense and sustained effort over a very long period of time that does not come to an end even after specialisation. Teamwork skills. The breadth of medical knowledge and our current health structure means that it is essential for medical professionals to be fully qualified in order to be able work as part of a team.
This Degree complies with European Higher Education Area requirements
WORLD HERITAGE
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Career opportunities Although there are some professional opportunities that do not require a medical speciality, the complex nature of medicine, European regulations and the structure of the Spanish health system mean that the vast majority of graduates decide to specialise after completing their studies. In Spain, in order to specialise, it is necessary to sit a national examination that enables doctors to choose the speciality to be taken, based on the result. After making the choice, graduates take a training programme called the M.I.R. (Resident Medical Intern) which lasts 4 or 5 years depending on the speciality chosen. The majority of specialist doctors work in the national health system, either in hospitals or in health centres, although it is also possible to work in private centres. Other employment options are the areas of public health, health management, university teaching and research.
Course contents Doctors are professionals responsible for preserving health, treating disease and the recovery of functions lost or affected by pathological conditions. This medical work is undertaken both with individuals and the general population. Medicine therefore includes the fields of health promotion and education, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and rehabilitation. Medicine courses are structured so that students acquire the scientific knowledge and skills necessary to work in the medical profession. The chronological sequence of learning starts with knowledge of the healthy human body, continues with the process of becoming ill and ends with the study of disease. The specific content includes the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out procedures for diagnosis and treatment competently, methodologies for the maintenance and promotion of health and the prevention of illness, and rehabilitation techniques.
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, km 33,600 28871 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) www.uah.es/medicina
INFORMATION CENTRE www.uah.es ciu@uah.es
Bachelor’s Degree in:
Official University Bachelor’s Degree valid in the entire European Higher Education Area. Overall credit distribution SUBJECT TYPE
Medicine
ECTS
Basic Training (B)
60
Obligatory (Ob)
234
Optional (Opt)
6
External Practical Training (clinical practice) (Ob)
54
Bachelor’s Degree Final Project (Ob)
6
TOTAL CREDITS
360
STUDY PLAN FIRST YEAR First semester
Type
ECTS
Biochemistry
B
9
Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ob
9
Human Anatomy I
B
6
Medical Embryology
B
6
Biology: Medical Cytology and Cytogenetics Medical Humanities: History of Medicine and Medical Anthropology Medical Psychology
B B
6 6
Human Histology Biostatistics
Ob B
6 6
3 30
Medical Ethics
Ob Total ECTS
3 30
Type
ECTS
Ob Ob B Opt Ob Total ECTS
9 6 6 6 3 30
Type
ECTS
Ob Ob Ob Ob
9 9 6 6
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
Ob Ob Ob Ob
9 9 6 6
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
Ob Ob Ob Ob
9 6 6 4,5
Ob Total ECTS
4,5 30
Type
ECTS
Ob
9
Ob Ob Ob Total ECTS
9 6 6 30
SECOND YEAR First semester Human Physiology I Human Anatomy II (Annual) Organography and Human Tissue Engineering Introduction to Research, Scientific Documentation and ICTs Epidemiology
THIRD YEAR First semester General Medicine and Pathophysiology (Annual) Pathology Pharmacology (Annual) Medical Microbiology (Annual) Clinical Radiology and Image Diagnosis
FOURTH YEAR First semester Medicine and Medical Specialities I (Annual) Surgery for Organs and Systems Obstetrics Dermatology Urology
FIFTH YEAR First semester Medicine and Medical Specialities II (Annual) Orthopaedic Surgery. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Gynaecology Otolaryngology Communication Techniques in Clinical Medicine
SIXTH YEAR First semester Supervised Practical Training: Medicine and Medical Specialities I Supervised Practical Training: Psychiatry Supervised Practical Training: Surgery Supervised Practical Training: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ob Total ECTS
Type B Ob Ob B Ob Total ECTS
Type Ob Ob Ob Ob Ob Total ECTS
Type Ob Ob Ob Ob Ob Total ECTS
ECTS 9 6 6 6 3 30
ECTS 9 6 6 6 3 30
ECTS 9 6 6 4,5 4,5 30
Type
ECTS
Ob Ob Ob Ob
9 9 4,5 4,5
Ob Total ECTS
3 30
Type
ECTS
Ob
9
Ob Ob Ob Total ECTS
9 6 6 30
Second semester
Second semester Human Physiology II Human Anatomy II (Annual) Immunology Cross-Disciplinary Skills General Radiology
Second semester General Medicine and Pathophysiology (Annual) Basic Surgery Pharmacology (Annual) Medical Microbiology (Annual)
Second semester Medicine and Medical Specialities I (Annual) Paediatrics Pathology II Legal and Forensic Medicine. Medical Criminology
Second semester Medicine and Medical Specialities II (Annual) Psychiatry Preventive Medicine and Public Health Medicine in Specific Environments: Primary care and Emergency medicine Ophthalmology
Second semester Supervised Practical Training: Medicine and Medical Specialities II Supervised Practical Training: Paediatrics Supervised Practical Training: Primary Healthcare Bachelor's Degree Final Project
TOTAL ECTS CREDITS: 360 B: Basic Training; Ob: Obligatory; Opt: Optional
Type
ECTS