Rector of KUL: We are ready to educate doctors, we want to increase the number of intakes

The university is prepared for education in medicine, and many are interested in the field of study. As of today, we have opportunities for 60 students, but we are already thinking of increasing this number to even 180 in the future. The KUL Rector, Rev. prof. Mirosław Kalinowski, gave this declaration on June 16, 2023 when he signed a memorandum of understanding with three other hospitals. The group of cooperating institutions was joined by: St. Padre Pio Regional hospital in Przemyśl, the hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Lublin and the hospital in Lubartów. The launch of education in the field of medicine is the realization of the plans of the founder of the university, Rev. Idzi Radziszewski and the culmination of several years of efforts to enrich the university's offer with studies in the field of medicine and health sciences. In recent months, the university has also established cooperation with leading medical centers in the world, including with the Medical College of Wisconsin in the USA, the Gemelli Polyclinic and the "La Sapienza" University in Rome, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon and the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, the University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain, as well as with the Medical University of Lublin and hospitals in the Lublin region. Today, more institutions joined the group of cooperating institutions. The Rector of KUL emphasizes that the university is fully ready to start education in medicine, while constantly expanding its possibilities, e.g. apprenticeships and internships for future students. Rev. prof. Kalinowski says - I believe that the experience in the areas in which each of these institutions specializes can significantly enrich our offer. He adds that the university is already thinking about increasing the limit of opportunities in medicine. At the moment, we already have 470 candidates for 60 seats, but we expect this number to increase. As Dr. Konrad Sawicki, the director of SPZOZ of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Lublin, declares, we are open to cooperation with any institution that educates not only future doctors, but also nurses or paramedics.

In turn, Dr. Barbara Stawarz, the head of the St. Padre Pio Regional Hospital in Przemyśl, emphasizes that KUL students will be able to gain knowledge in 23 departments, including one of those few departments in the country - the department of vascular surgery. The director of the SPZOZ in Lubartów, Mirosław Makarewicz, notes that participation in the education of doctors, who are so lacking today, is a distinction and ennoblement for the district hospital, and the hospital he manages has, apart from the gynecology and orthopedics department, also a modern diagnostic imaging facility. The medical field will complement the didactic offer of the Faculty of Medicine, where nursing, midwifery, dietetics and biotechnology are already taught in Polish and English languages. It is also a response to social needs resulting from the increasing percentage of elderly people in Polish and European society, the spreading diseases of civilization, the deteriorating health of children and youth due to unhealthy lifestyles, and the risk of another pandemic. All these factors necessitate the education of more doctors, and also, the conducting of research in the field of medicine, biomedicine and biotechnology, which sciences should not only respond to existing threats, but also anticipate future ones, and thus, increasing the level of social security. Education will be conducted at the Konstantynów Campus, where the necessary research and teaching infrastructure is located. The teaching staff will consist not only of KUL lecturers, but also doctors from the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw and hospitals from Lublin and Puławy. In October 2023, 60 future doctors will start their education at KUL. The program of the first year of studies will include, among others: classes in anatomy, cytophysiology, chemistry and biochemistry, biophysics, physiology, information technology, basics of telemedicine. In order to become a student of medicine at KUL, you must pass a secondary school-leaving examination in biology and one of these subjects of choice: mathematics, chemistry or physics.