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Charles University, one of the oldest universities in Europe, was founded in Prague by the Czech king and Roman emperor Charles IV in 1348. Over the centuries it has developed into a world-famous scientific and educational institution comprising 17 faculties, five of which are faculties of medicine. One of them was established in Pilsen in October 1945.

During its existence the Faculty has educated over 6000 doctors now practicing their profession both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The curriculum equals the programs of all European faculties. There are two courses of study - General Medicine, the duration being six years, and Dental Medicine being five and half years of study. At present every academic year there are 150 new students admitted for the study of General Medicine and 25 for Dentistry. The first two years are dedicated to the basic disciplines, such as anatomy, histology, embryology, biophysics, biochemistry and physiology. In the third and fourth year the pre-clinical subjects, such as pathological anatomy, pathological physiology, microbiology, and pharmacology are studied. The last years are fully dedicated to the clinical subjects. Bed-side teaching, however, starts in the third year. Students of the dental course also study the basic disciplines during the first two years as well as stomatological propedeutics. In the third year they start with clinical stomatology.

Teaching is generally performed in Czech, but in1992 our faculty introduced a Medical Course Program in English. Having completed the studies the students are graduate at a traditional ceremony held in Carolinum, the historical University Hall in Prague., receiving the diplomas of "Doctor of Medicine". This degree is widely recognized in many countries. The General Medical Council in Britain accepts this degree as a primary medical qualification for limited registration purpose, providing the doctor successfully passes the PLAB test.

The students do not only learn all the important facts about medical work but also get acquainted with the basics of scientific work and are led to carry out such work independently.

Studying at the Faculty of Medicine exacts high intellectual abilities and good moral qualities from our students. It is not the aim of the Faculty to produce a high number of graduates, but to educate professionally and morally well prepared doctors of high quality who are willing to dedicate their strength to caring for the progress of medical sciences.

Pilsen (in Czech Plzen) is a town about 85 km south-west of Prague, near the border of the Federal Republic of Germany. The town of almost 200,000 inhabitants houses the world-renowned Pilsner Urquell brewery, the Škoda factory and the University of West Bohemia. Pilsen frequently hosts various scientific congresses and gatherings. Buses and trains make frequent connections with Prague, the journey last 1,5 hour. There are numerous cultural facilities, such as theaters, concert halls, etc. in the city.

The University Hospital in Pilsen

The University Hospital in Pilsen- basic data

The University Hospital in  Pilsen is an independent allowance organization under the direct management of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic. Its main mission is:

• rendering of basic, specialised and highly specialised diagnostic and medical care - in-patient as well as out-patient treatment
• pre-graduate and postgraduate teaching (medicine doctors - Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, medical personnel - graduated from universities, high schools, higher vocational schools, etc.)
• basic and clinical research

Medical care rendering

The University Hospital in Pilsen ensures the basic medical care for the area of Pilsen Region (catchments area about 550 000 inhabitants) and specialised as well as so-called super-specialised medical care in all branches of health care (with the exception of burn medicine, bone marrow transplantations for children, the most complicated organ transplantations and heart operations of children) for the Pilsen Region and Karlovy Vary Region (catchments area about 850 000 inhabitants).

The hospital also secures the health care for the inhabitants of the neighbouring regions, especially in the area of South and North Bohemia and part of Central Bohemia. The significance of the University Hospital in Pilsen covers the whole Czech Republic in the branches like assisted reproduction, bone marrow transplantations, liver, prostate gland or kidney tumours operations. The following accredited special centres have been established within the University Hospital in Pilsen, in which the complex health care and treatment of the patients with the selected types of diagnosis are concentrated:

Accredited centres of the University  Hospital in Pilsen:

Centre of assisted reproduction
Centre of complex of oncology care
Centre of complex care about children with the risk of development disorders
Centre of pain treatment
Centre for travel medicine and vaccination
Centre pro demyelinisation diseases and other inflammatory disablement of nervous system
Centre for complex care about the patients with disorders of haemostasis, including haemophilic centre
Centre for patients with vascular cerebral apoplexy
Centre for preventive cardiology and hypertension
Centre for screening of mammary gland diseases
Centre for transplantation of bone marrow
Diabetology and nutrition centre
Cardiological centre
Complex oncological centre
Osteoporosis centre
Oncological-gynaecological centre
Perinatological centre
Transplantation centre (organs)
Traumatological centre for children and adults

Additional data about the University Hospital in Pilsen (situation on 31^st December 2006):

• Bed capacity                                                                              1838
• Number of employees (recalculated work load)                              3850
• Number of employees (natural persons)                                       4035
• Number of clinics / institutes / departments                                   50
• Annual turnover 4 milliards of CZK, balanced management

• 66 570 in-patients
• 988 000 out-patient examinations
• 27 418 surgeries
• 3526 childbirths