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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine
Name(s) of the Institute(s) teaching the subject:
Department of Family Medicine
Name of the subject:
Family medicine (4th year block programme);
in German: Familienmedizin; in Hungarian: Családorvostan
Credits: 2 Semester: 7., 8. semester (4th year)
Total number of hours per week: 20;
Lectures: – ;
Practices: 12 hours (2 days x 6 hours);
Seminars: 8 hours (1 day, 4x 2 hours)
Type of the course: mandatory
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Academic year: 2025/2026
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Code of the course1: AOKCSA1133_1A
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Course director:
Head of the Department: Prof. Dr. Peter Torzsa M.D. Ph.D.
Date and number of
Habilitation: 2020.07.21, 11/2020
Tutor and contact:
Adam Becze, M.D., becze.adam@semmelweis.hu
Secretary: Anikó Kerekes: kerekes.aniko@semmelweis.hu
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Aim of the subject and its place in the curriculum:
Healthcare is based on the family practice system in many countries, General Practitioners are the gatekeepers in most healthcare systems, as an integrating profession. Medical students will be given an insight into the ways of approaching holistic, complex bio-psycho-social and somatic problems, prevention and the differential diagnostics of frequent diseases. The aim is to show them through certain patient cases how and when to apply the basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and tools, how to develop and maintain a long-term patient-doctor relationship, improve communication skills or work with short interventions.
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Location of the course (lecture hall, practice room, etc.):
Family medicine will be introduced on a one-to-one tutoring basis in accredited tutorial practices (with contracted GP tutors in Budapest and its agglomeration).
Seminars will take place at lecture halls of the Department or other University institutes.
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Competencies gained upon the successful completion of the subject:
Basics of a preventive approach, screening methods.
Approach for the holistic patient care, managing complex bio-psycho-social-health problems.
Frequent acute and chronic illness care in the primary care.
Differential diagnostics. Using basic diagnostic tools, assessing test results.
Improved skills in communication and motivation of patients.
Improved skills in physical examination, injections etc.
Patient referral: history taking, medical notes and reports
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Prerequisite(s) for admission to the subject: Internal medicine propedeutics AND Pharmacology II
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Minimum and maximum number of students registering for the course: max. 20/group
Student selection method in case of oversubscription: Block based system, every student can participate as their own schedule goes
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How to register for the course:
To register for the course in the ’Neptun’ system
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Detailed thematic of the course2:
Seminars – with your own group basically
Dates in 1st semester: 10th October, 14th November (Fridays)
Seminars take place on one whole workday (4x 2 lessons).
Main topics included:
Screening procedures for prevention
Cardiovascular prevention, hypertension management
Diabetes screening and care, Obesity and its management
Mood- and sleep disorders
Emergency in the primary care
Epidemiology: covid, flu, vaccination programmes
Supplementary-integrative medicine
(Seminar-leading tutors: Prof. Torzsa Péter, prof. Kalabay László, prof. Rurik Imre, Becze Ádám, Nemcsik János, Lakó-Futó Zoltán, Perjés Ábel, Vajer Péter, Vajó Zoltán, Vörös Krisztián, Xantus Gábor, Zsuffa János of the Department)
Practicals
The block consists of having 2x 6 lessons in a family practice in a one-to-one tutoring basis on two different days, usually 1 morning and 1 afternoon session and consultation with your tutor (case discussion).
The case discussion report is best written about a frequent task in primary care discussing the diagnostic, differential diagnostic and therapeutic ways and possibilities in the following topics:
Patient got ‘caught’ during screening procedures
or Patients with
– complex cardiovascular and/or metabolic disease
– frequent serious communicable disease (pneumonia, not the common cold)
– musculoskeletal disease that have a strong impact on the patient’s life
– complex psycho-social problems
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Potential overlap(s) with other subjects: Internal medicine
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Policy regarding the attendance and making up absences: It’s compulsory for the student to attend all of the training sessions: 2 days at the GP office and the all 4 seminars on Friday.
2 other days remain free for the essay writing, consultation e.g.
Practical absence must be covered with a makeup session and re-scheduled with your assigned GP tutor.
For the seminars makeup classes are available with other groups – see dates on Neptun
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Means of assessing the students’ progress during the semester4:
During training the tutor evaluates the skills of the student, provide a feedback on attitude (motivation, communication) and professional knowledge (physical examination, medical science) on a 5-scale system.
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Requirement for acknowledging the semester (signature):
It’s compulsory for the student to attend all 3 days of the block, they are mandatory, the other 2 days remain free/for study, consultation etc.
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Type of the examination: – (practical mark)
Tutor’s assessment of how actively the student has participated in the training (40%).
Compiling a 3,000-6,000 character long case study based on one of the topics given in advance. At least one relevant study, article from professional literature, or a guideline, a recommendation should be included (e.g. concerning a certain diagnostic problem, a therapy decision, a screening recommendation, a guideline/protocol applied for the specific case and how is it relevant to the case at hand). (60%)
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Requirements5: Composing a case study at least 3000 and maximum 6000 characters (without spaces) about an examined patient based on the following topics:
Patient picked through screening
Complex cardiovascular/metabolic disease, chronic care
Frequent severe communicable disease
Patient with a musculoskeletal disease that affects the everyday life
A case study displaying psychosocial problems
Required parts of the case presentation:
1. Anamnesis
2. Current complaints
3. An examination plan and/or Examinations
4. Diagnosis
5. Therapy
6. Further patient care (followup plan in primary care)
7. Processing and assessing the case based on professional literature
8. Bibliography (proper quotations!)
For 7-8. at least one relevant study, article from professional literature, or a guideline, a recommendation should be included (e.g. concerning a certain diagnostic problem, a therapy decision, a screening recommendation, a guideline/protocol applied for the specific case).
Case report essay must be uploaded until the next Sunday after the block on MOODLE course platform.
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Type and method of grading6: Assessment and grading of the course: with a 1 to 5 practical mark:
It’s based on the student’s activity, participation during the training assessed by the tutor (40 percent) and the grade of the required case study (60 percent).
Assessment of the case study is based on the following:
Grade 1: failing to hand in the essay by deadline, the case study is not
original, but plagiarism
Grade 2: the number of characters is under 3,000; absence of a required part of the case study, serious professional failure
Grade 3: 2-3 professional or formal mistakes, unsophisticated wording
Grade 4: characters more than 6,000; 1-2 not too significant professional mistake, not specific, but general literature
Grade 5: requirements fulfilled, precise and accurate wording in the medical language, adequate conclusions, relevant literature
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How to register for the exam: – (practical mark)
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Opportunities to retake the exam: In accordance with the Studies and Exams Code. One can re-write the essay once.
Literature, i.e. printed, electronic and online notes, textbooks, tutorials (URL for online material):
https://semmelweis.hu/csot/en/english-program/e-book-download/
see on the Department’s Homepage and on MOODLE
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