CORONAVIRUS: Questions and answers

The teaching will continue to be at a distance form until the end of the summer semester –  15 May 2020. Lectures, practices and full-time examinations in all subjects of general medicine, dentistry and non-medical fields are cancelled. The heads of departments, together with other teachers, prepared the modification of the valid syllabi of individual courses to take into account the substitution of the full-time form of study by a distance form, including ongoing checks of the lessons and possible final evaluations. This information will be continuously communicated to students and will also be available on the faculty website.

Regular exams of subjects taught during semester: for now, the plan of normal proceedings during the examination period, in case of prolongation of the crisis situation after 15 May 2020, alternative distance testing or examination according to the instructions of the subject guarantor. In justified cases, foreign students will be allowed to take distance testing or examination.
Regular exams of subjects taught in blocks: distance testing or examination according to the instructions of the subject guarantor.

The state examinations will be conducted according to the Adjustment of Calendar of the summer semester. If there are obstacles to taking state examinations at the Faculty due to restrictions imposed by the government in relation to COVID-19, students will be notified electronically of the form of the state examination. In case of foreign students, the state examinations in May and June will take place in a distance form.
More information here.

Decisions related to the coronavirus epidemic are no longer just a matter of our university, but are taken at national and international level. Please understand that it is not our faculty who prohibit or permit something. The situation is also constantly changing from day to day or from hour to hour, it is difficult to predict developments.
We can assure the students that they will not be penalized by the faculty, but please keep in mind the restrictions given by the state: we have closed borders for the arrival of foreigners and we have a mandatory quarantine 14 days after arriving in Slovakia. Nobody knows how long the restrictions will last. The final decision is only up to the students. At the same time, the students are obliged to follow the university e-mail (use only university e-mail address (name.surname@student.upjs.sk) according to the Rector’s Order no. 12/2015!), the website and AiS2 (or the Faculty’s FB profile) for the duration of the special security measures.

Current information in announcements Clerkship of UPJS MF students.

The Dean´s order to adjust the schedule of the summer semester of the academic year 2019/2020 from 26 March 2020 applies.

Final theses:
1. The deadline for turning in the electronic versions of the final theses through the academic information system for bachelor degree and master degree students is April 30, 2020.
2. The deadline for turning in a printed and bound copy of the final thesis for bachelor and master degree students is the day of the defence of the final thesis. When turning in the printed and bound copy of the final thesis, students turn in two signed copies of the license agreement and an analytical letter as well.
3. If, due to restrictions imposed by the government in connection with COVID-19, there are obstacles to on-time processing of a bachelor or master thesis, the student may, in agreement with his / her supervisor, change the topic of his / her final thesis without a request form to start working on it using available data and materials. The supervisor of the thesis will change the title of the topic and the goals of the thesis in the academic information system, both in Slovak and English.
4. The deadline for turning in the diploma thesis for medicine students remains unchanged.

The guidelines for writing diploma theses from 6.5.2020 applies as well:

The content of the diploma thesis must be adapted to the current epidemiological situation. If no clinical research had been performed by the time the pandemic was declared, or other monitoring, or the case study had not been processed, it is necessary to focus the work on the theoretical part. The omission of the practical part should not be a reason to reduce the grade for the diploma thesis.

Staff – tertiary teachers are guided by instructions given by the head of departments. Given that there is a distance form of study, they may be at work or stay home and communicate with students on a daily basis electronically, employees may not leave their permanent residence and in the case of the needs must be fully available and present at the faculty by a certain time. For emplyees over 65 years of age, working from home is highly recommended.

It is desirable to cancel all foreign business trips and to accept foreign guests until further notice.