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| FOUNDATION & HISTORY |
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| Dated 04.01.1973, Karadeniz University Faculty of Medicine, 6th faculty of Karadeniz University was founded under the name of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences according to the Chapter 1650. In addition to its own divisions, Trabzon Faculty of Medicine, established as a unit of Hacettepe University, was also staffed by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Trabzon Faculty of Medicine, once affiliated to Hacettepe University, admitted students in 1976-1977 instructional year and those students continued their education in Hacettepe University. In accordance with the legal decision, issued 41 and dated 20.7.1982, KTU Faculty of Medicine and Health Medicine joined together as Karadeniz University Medicine Faculty. | | | QUALIFICATION AWARDED | | | The students who have graduated from the Faculty of Medicine is awarded with a Medical Doctor degree in the field of medicine. | | | LEVEL of QUALIFICATION: | | | First Cycle Degree | | | MODE of STUDY | | | Full Time | | | ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS | | | High school diploma
Obtaining the required grade from National University Entrance and Placement Exam (ÖSS,OYS)
English proficiency (500 from TOEFL / 6 from IELTS)
Medical Board .Report | | | OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME | | | Technological advancements and the continuing development of international medicine have given rise to dynamic educational opportunities in the new millenium. Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine has also continued to develop while scientific developments happen around the world. The main purpose of the faculty is to train expert, hard-working, open-minded, and research and scientifically oriented students to become physicians of good character. Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine are trained to promote health and to be aware of the main health problems of their local communities. The students are taught to use technical equipment cost-effectively. The faculty attempt to form the attitudes of the students according to ethical approaches. The students are taught to learn all of their lives and to work for humanity as well as to do their best for Turkey. | | | RECOGNATION of PRIOR LEARNING | | The "Directive on Recognition of Prior Learning", Senate Decision No. 340 issued on July 28, 2023, has been accepted and entered into force regarding the students registered in all programs of Karadeniz Technical University to determine the principles to be followed for the recognition, crediting, and adaptation of the achievements acquired by the students at non-university institutions.
In this Directive,
- recognition of knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired with special interest through an exemption exam to be substituted as program courses,
- recognition of workplace and internship experiences through portfolio evaluation to be substituted as program courses,
- and the crediting of certificates received from accredited institutions regarding students' special interests are covered.
Announcements of courses included in the scope of recognition of prior learning, applications, and evaluation will be made on the dates specified in the academic calendar.
Recognition of prior learning will offer numerous benefits to our students and employers. For our students, increasing professional development and mobility in the labour market, preventing repetition of education and waste of time, providing early graduation, reducing the cost of learning, encouraging learning, and increasing the student's motivation and self-confidence can be counted among the benefits of recognition of prior learning. From the employers' perspectives, it will contribute to satisfying skill or competence deficiencies in the workplace, reducing the time employees spend outside the workplace for training purposes, and thus using resources more efficiently. | | | QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS and REGULATIONS | | | To be able to secure the Medical Doctor degree in the field of Medicine (and thus title of Medical Doctor) the students are required to have passed all basic medical and clinical courses in the curiculum with a grade of at least CC and serve a 12 month rotating internship at last year. | | | EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS | | The examination, assessment and grading regulations have been set up for the university by the University Senate and the Faculty of Medicine is bound by these regulations. In the first three years, according to our integrated educational system each tissue committee has its own exam and two final exams at the and of midterm. In the fourth and fifth years students are assessed by oral, written and practical exams. In the sixth year as a internship, students should get proficiency degree for each courses.
The marking is made out of 100. Grades of 86-100 is assigned a letter grade of AA, 81-85 BA, 76-80 BB, 66-75 CB, 60-65 CC and 0-59 F3 . The AA is the highest grade and has a grade credit of 4.00, BA 3.5, BB 3.0, CB 2.5, CC 2.0 and F3 0.0. Grades of AA to CC are needed to pass the exams..
During Phase 1,2 and 3, grade for each midterm is calculated as the sum of 60% of the committee's average and 40% of the final examination. The students who receive 60 out of 100 points as calculated by the avarege of two midterm grades pass the phase. | | | GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS | | | The graduation requirements for the Faculy of Medicine are the same as the qualification requirements and regulations. There is no additional requirement to secure the Medical Doctor Degree provided that the students have passed all the courses in the curriculum with at least a CC grade. | | | OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES | | | The graduates of the Faculty of Medicine have many opportunities of employment in a varitey of state and private companies. The job opportunities for the graduates are immense. They are recruited as practitioners or they can get a job in private institutions. Moreover, they can specialize in any field after obtaining the required scores from Medical Specialization Examination (Its abreviation is TUS in Turkish). Those who complete post-graduate programme can establish their own consulting-rooms or still they can get a job in various health clinics or institutions. Besides, they can continue their academic career in faculties. | | | ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES | | | The students who have successfully graduated from the department may apply to post graduate programmes in the field of medicine here and in other universities, as well as other fields accepting student from the field of medicine. | | | CONTACT INFORMATION | | | Postal Adress | : KTÜ Faculty of Medicine 61080 Kanuni Kampüsü,Trabzon | | Phone | : 3775405 | | Fax | : 325 2270 | | E-Mail | : | | Web Adress | : http://www.ktu.edu.tr/med |
| | | DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : | | | The faculty is composed of three departments, namely Basic Medical Sciences, Internal Medical Sciences and Surgical Medical Sciences. The faculty provides laboratories having access to the Internet, CD shelves, reading halls, medical skills and multidisciplinary student labs and student clubs(e.g. Scientific Research Organization, TurkMSIC.) Farabi Hospital, a research and application centre of our faculty with a capacity of 800 beds, has been a center intensively cited. The services that the hospital offers are immense: services affiliated to the divisions, computerized tomography, bone marrow transplantation, magnetic resonance, angiography, stone fall machine, coronary intensive care, radiotherapy, dialysis units, emergency service offering multidisciplinary services, surgical intensive care and reanimation units are all available. |
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