Branch programme/details

The goal of the studies in Experimental Surgery is to train the students for independent scientific as well as practical work in the field. The study will provide the candidates with absolute knowledge of theoretic fields, cell biology, pharmacology, immunology, medical chemistry and biochemistry, physiology and pathology, basic laboratory technology as well as the latest laboratory technology in the field, and above all, professional knowledge in the areas of children surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otorhinolaryngology, plastic surgery, stomatology and urology. The graduates will be capable of setting the hypothesis for scientific work, choosing relevant methods for verification of the hypothesis, performing the practical tasks needed, scientifically evaluating and subsequently publishing the results in scientific journals with an impact factor, and giving talks and presentations at professional conferences, symposiums and congresses. The graduates will have good prospects for careers in the surgical speciality, for achieving further scientific and educational grades, and to participate in independent development of the field.

The programme is carried out without any specialization.

The entrance exam must be completed by each applicant in the presence of their intended supervisor. The entrance examination is conducted in the form of an interview before a board and it checks the student’s capacity for scientific work in the given field as well as the significance and practicability of the project that the applicant enters the procedure with.

Criteria of evaluation:
1. Quality of project of the dissertation thesis and level of its quality – max. 40 points.
The project of the dissertation thesis must contain the following:
- Title and subtitle
- Hypothesis and goals of the work – specification of the Applicant’s work
- Principal points (briefly in 5 sentences)
- Methodology of the research – manner of collecting the data, duration of the project, methodology of solution (markers observed, technique, intervals of sampling, etc.), statistical evaluation, presumed results of the research
- Data of the unit where the experimental research will be performed (title of the clinical department and specific unit)
- Specific financial coverage of the project
- Literature used
2. Interview about the Applicant’s professional orientation in order to assess the extent and profile of the Applicant’s professional interest and ability to explain the basic content and problem area of the publications studied, assess their relevance for research in the given field – max. 20 points.
3. Previous professional (scientific) activity in the given surgical specialty. Evaluated are the previous activities related to the project or to other scientific work, above all the publishing and lecture activities (Student Scientific Conference and other scientific conferences), participation in grant projects – max. 20 points. (If the Applicant is the first author, he/she can receive the full number of points, a co-author up to 50% points.)
4. Financial coverage of the project. Financial coverage – grant (grant application does not mean financial coverage of the project), research concept, sponsor donation of the proposed scientific project is awarded bonus points like the Principal Researcher’s written consent to support the Applicant’s project financially – max. 20 points.
5. Written consent of the Principal of the department and – possibly – Principal Researcher to the co-operation of experimental research at an experimental or accredited organization unit. The written consent of the Principal of the department and/or Principal Researcher to co-operation on the project must be part of the application.
6. Each project must be supported by an ethics committee statement. The proof will be enclosed in written form.

The supervisor’s presence at the interview is recommended.

Scoring is done by each member of the examining board. Minimum number of points required for admission is 50.

Requirements stated in points 5 to 6 should be supported by the documents submitted by the applicant at the Dean's Office of the Second Faculty of Medicine by 30th April 2024. These documents will be considered by the board.

Admission to Doctoral studies is conditioned by successful completion of a Master's study programme.

Readings are recommended by individual potential supervisors, and are based on professional issues of the potential dissertation and the chosen particular discipline. In particular, monographs and respected IF magazines. Suggested literature and resources can be viewed within the profiles of the specific supervisors.

Graduates in the Experimental Surgery study programme are usually physicians who have deep knowledge of theoretical disciplines and control the basic and advanced laboratory techniques. The graduates should be able to build a hypothesis, select appropriate methods to test the scientific hypothesis, interpret the results of their work, publish in scientific journals (with impact factor) and present the result at scientific symposia and congresses. Graduates in doctoral study programmes in Experimental Surgery have excellent qualifications to advance with his/her career in surgery and to achieve university degrees.

The duration of doctoral degree programmes in biomedicine is at least four years, with the possibility to participate in international projects.