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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cNow we have officially provided you with the rights and responsibilities that all Doctors of Medicine legally have. We kindly ask you to please always remain loyal to the oath that you have taken in order to care for and heal patients, to accomplish all of your responsibilities and to do your professional duty with the utmost diligence.\u201d – addressed the Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs the freshly graduated Doctors of Medicine in his ceremonial speech.<\/p>\n
Dr. J\u00f3zsef Hajnes addressed the audience on behalf of the students graduating in the Hungarian language programme. At the beginning of his speech he commemorated Ign\u00e1c Semmelweis who was born 200 years ago. On behalf of his co-students he thanked their families for the given support during their studies, he thanked the leaders of the university, the teachers for leading and inspiring them. He also talked about the importance of life-long learning, and about the preservation and development of skills such as open-mindedness, flexibility, creativity, innovative thinking and cooperation.<\/p>\n
On behalf of the students graduating in the German language programme, Dr. Robert Hedrich addressed the audience. On behalf of the students graduating in the English language programme, Dr. Faisal Anum \u00e9s Dr. Slotfeld Binca Mirella Fiorentino and Dr. Saeter Frode held a speech.\u00a0 They recalled their university years, the difficult challenges and the joy as well.<\/p>\n
In his ceremonial speech at the 248th school year at the Faculty of Medicine of Semmelweis University, Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady emphasized that this day is uplifting for the families and it also means joy and a feeling of success for the teachers. Talking to the freshly graduated Doctors of Medicine, he claimed that they deserved the medical degree after the hard work and perseverance of the past half a decade. He also said that this is a remarkable achievement as our university provides internationally acknowledged medical education that is based on scientific grounds.<\/p>\n Dean Hunyady stated as an example that the university has a prestigious place in both the Hungarian and international rankings. The successful medical education is also represented by the high average of international students as 45 percent of the students takes place in the German or English language programme. As Dean Hunyady sad, the fact that the Hungarian Government has recently indicated the intention of developing medical education several times is very joyful. He also highlighted that this can only be achieved by the parallel development of education, research and patient care.<\/p>\n Among the prominent personalities, Ign\u00e1c Semmelweis once the teacher at the Faculty and the denominator of our university, is the most enormous giant \u2013 said Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady. He also added that we would celebrate the 200th birthday of the saviour of mothers and because of this occasion, 2018 was declared Semmelweis Memorial Year by the Hungarian government. As he explained, the tragedy of Semmelweis was caused because in that era his genial, scientifically supported theory could not be understood due to the lack of theoretical scientific knowledge. The microorganisms and their role in causing diseases were unknown at that time. According to Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady, this points out the fact that theory and clinical practice are equally important. He emphasised that the message of Semmelweis\u2019 story towards us is that the significance of knowledge based on science cannot be questioned by the scientifically unrealistic dogmas and solutions without a professional background.<\/p>\n Dean Hunyady highlighted that Semmelweis\u2019 other message was the importance of prevention. He favoured the work of the Budapest Medical Students\u2019 Association, whose more than 500 members hold preventive and other health-related thousands of lectures yearly. This year they organised the Semmelweis Health Education Competition for secondary school students for the third time. During the ceremony, Dr. J\u00f3zsef Hajnes, the ex-president of the Budapest Medical Students\u2019 Association, was awarded the Silver Pro Universitate Award for his outstanding work in prevention and health education and organising the activity of the association.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n