Medical University of Bialystok. Rules & Regulations.

THE DEPARTMENT OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE

RULES & REGULATIONS

for 4th year medical students 2024/2025

During classes at the Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine students are obliged to wear scrubs and CLEAN changed shoes.
The place where students can change their clothes and shoes is clearly marked students’ cloakroom. It is forbidden to carry in to the Department any outdoor clothes, bags or backpacks.
Students are obliged to have stethoscopes, which should be disinfected after auscultation of every patient.
Students are allowed to enter patients’ rooms only with the assistant's permission and they should remain by the assigned bed.
Entry to the patients’ rooms is restricted only to the students currently having classes at the given Department, according to the previously known schedule, who wear scrubs and CLEAN changed shoes.
It is forbidden to walk into the treatment rooms and perform any kind of procedures without supervision of the teaching assistant.
It is forbidden to use any multimedia devices by the patients’ bed during classes. Taking photographs and recording is strictly forbidden.
Allowing entry to other people to the Department is strictly forbidden.
Student during classes at the Department is obliged to obey the rules of asepticism and antiseptic, especially in using disinfectants according to standards. Before examination of the every patient (or every medical procedure) and immediately afterwards hands and used medical equipment should be disinfected. When hands are visibly soiled, hygienic washing should be performed.
Rules for personal protection, hand and stethoscopes disinfection will be reminded during first classes
In case of using personal masks, hand gloves, spatulas or other disposable materials, they should be discarded to the marked bins.
Students with any symptoms of the infection of the respiratory or digestive tracts should notify their assistant immediately before classes in the given Department, so that precaution action can be taken to eliminate immediate danger to the patients and other medical personnel.
Students are allowed to enter rooms with signs „Izolacja ochronna” or „Izolacja kontaktowa” only with the assistant's permission.
In case of any trauma, cut or immediate contact with biologic material, student should notify the teaching assistant about this fact.
During examination of the patient students are not allowed to have any hand jewelry.
It is forbidden to bring in and consume meals or drinks at the Department. Chewing gum during classes is forbidden.
It is forbidden to take out any medical devices or biological material from the Department.
On the grounds of the University Teaching Hospital smoking is strictly forbidden.
Students are not allowed to use open fire, especially in the proximity of the oxygen sources.
In case of noticing uncontrolled fire source, student should notify teaching assistant immediately.
Fire extinguishers are located in the strategic points at the Department and marked in red color.
In case of evacuation of the hospital, students should strictly follow announcements of the leader of the action.
In case of noticing any danger during the classes, students are obliged to immediate notification of the teaching assistant or other hospital personnel.
Attendance at the classes is obligatory. Students are obliged to come to classes on time. In the case of absence the relevant certificate must be provided to the assistant within 7 days.
Excused absence more or equal than 2 days must be made up according to the assistant rules.
Unexcused absence equals a lack of credit.
The course begins with a medical examination knowledge test.
An exam in Gastroenterology (20 test questions) takes place on the day before the last day of the course. It should be remembered that participation in the written test must comply with §9 point 2/20 of the Study Regulations.
To pass the Gastroenterology course, each student is required to take an active part in course meetings, produce 1 patient history in writing, and pass the final exam.
According to the University Rules & Regulations, attendance at all lectures is mandatory.
A student who fails at the final exam will have to retake it within the subsequent 28-day period (which is final and cannot be extended).
Students will be given an opportunity to view their test papers on the final day of the course, in the presence of the course teacher or another person duly authorized by the Head of Department.
Final evaluation is based on the engagement during the classes and written test. In case of failing Student is obliged to pass it in another time which be scheduled by the Department in the end of semester (one for every groups).