{"id":17376,"date":"2019-06-30T11:31:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T09:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=17376"},"modified":"2019-07-01T17:37:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:37:50","slug":"587-doctors-of-medicine-inaugurated-at-the-graduation-ceremony-of-the-faculty-of-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2019\/06\/587-doctors-of-medicine-inaugurated-at-the-graduation-ceremony-of-the-faculty-of-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty of Medicine bestows 587 Doctor of Medicine titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The title Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon 587 students, who have successfully passed their final exams at the Faculty of Medicine. The graduation ceremony took place at the <\/strong>Papp L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Budapest Sportar\u00e9n<\/strong>a, where <\/strong>Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely, <\/strong>Rector and <\/strong>Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady, <\/strong>Dean of the Faculty of Medicine congratulated the newly conferred doctors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>During the Graduation Ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine the title Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon 371 Hungarian and 216 international medical students, out of whom 156 finished the English language programme and 60 the German language programme. The graduating international medical students come from 34 different countries.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9ter Turai, a candidate of Doctor of Medicine submitted the conferment request and then students took their solemn oath in three languages promising that they would fulfill all aspects of their duties with utmost diligence. Following the oath, Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely, Rector invited Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady, Dean to confer upon the graduating students the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The title grants all the rights and duties that doctors are entitled to according to Hungarian law. Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely and Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady congratulated every newly conferred doctor with a handshake. On behalf of the new doctors, Dr. P\u00e9ter Turai thanked for the conferment and promised that they would do everything in their power to serve science, health care, humanity and their country.<\/p>\n\r\n [slb_exclude]\r\n

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Dr. Kata Kl\u00e1ra Gyulay addressed the audience on behalf of the students graduating in the Hungarian language programme. She spoke about how the role of communities and team work were essential during their studies at the university and continue to be so in the medical profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe overcame difficulties by leaning on each other and benefited a lot from the power of community. Medical profession is also about team work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She thanked their teachers for the knowledge they received from them, their family and friends for their support, and gave special thanks to Andrea Zsisk\u00f3, the administrator of their class.<\/p>\n

Dr. Thomas Winkler spoke on behalf of the students graduating in the German language programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe university taught us not only how to study but how to surpass our limits and explore new territories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the students graduating in the English language programme two doctors held their speeches. Dr. Vrentzou Maria spoke about the significance of this moment that she saw as the end of a chapter but not that of the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to give up on a lot of things, but at the end of the day it was worth it. It is really important to work on personality development to become open to challenges, to be humble and brave, to stand with those in need and to become doctors who fellow students will always be proud of,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Turan Caner spoke about why he loved to be part of an international university where students from all continents can be found. \u201cThe world is full of suffering, diseases, disabilities and hatred. But now we have become doctors, we are here to face these challenges. Suffering is contagious but so is happiness,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cYou have mastered the trade of a beautiful vocation and I am convinced that we have provided you with all the knowledge and competences you will need. Semmelweis University\u2019s goal is to provide people with the best of health care services provided by the best of professionals. I believe that you will continue this tradition supporting our mutual goal,\u201d said Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely, Rector in his ceremonial speech.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that lifelong learning and constant knowledge acquisition is necessary not only to achieve improvements but to keep up a certain level of knowledge, as the amount of scientific information doubles every two years in the field of medical and health sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first takeaway message is to always be open towards innovations and to never lose curiosity and the desire to learn. Always be committed to providing the latest and the best treatment available to your patients and make your scientific research be driven by clinical and translational approaches: the understanding and the treatment of diseases,\u201d the Rector said.<\/p>\n

In his speech, the Rector mentioned that Semmelweis University\u2019s goals do include continuous innovation. In this spirit, the curriculum is to be renewed in the academic year 2019\/2020, which involves the reform of Ph.D. education as well. The aim is to make basic and general medical education last only one year and to reduce the duration of resident training. At the same time, the areas of competences will be gradually expanded during the resident training programme. All this will not mean looser requirements but will entail more intense studying.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur plans also serve our endeavours to have as many of you as possible among our future colleagues and welcome you as Semmelweis citizens again. I encourage you to become teachers, then masters and be part of a venture arching over generations that will make Semmelweis University one of the best 100 universities in the world and one of the 5 best health care universities in Europe by 2030. Always be proud of having been the students of a versatile university with great traditions and innovative approach,\u201d concluded his speech Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely.<\/p>\n

Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady, Dean started his speech by giving an account of all the improvements that have happened at the faculty lately.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cToday bears special significance for me, as the newly conferred Doctors of Medicine started their university studies six years ago, when I became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Developments have taken place over the past few years in several areas, including simulation clinical education, the introduction of a merit-award system based on educational and student evaluation, the introduction of educational blocks in clinical practice and a clinical practice registration course book containing the competences to be acquired as well as the development of a quality assurance system for third party hospitals and departments,\u201d the Dean said.<\/p>\n

He also mentioned the university\u2019s prestigious standing in international rankings. The success of the university is also indicated by the large number of international students and the accomplishments of Semmelweis graduates, whose professional approach makes them invaluable members of the largest and most well-known health care institutions all around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased by the government\u2019s latest efforts to improve medical education, which would involve the enhancement of the resources in infrastructure, staff and equipment at our university,\u201d he said. He named Ignaz Semmelweis as one of the greatest minds of the university, whose 200th<\/sup> birthday was celebrated last year at the university. \u201cSemmelweis\u2019 example is a message to everyone reminding that scientifically unfounded dogmas and ideas lacking professional foundation should never question scientific evidence based knowledge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As a closure of his speech, he read Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\u2019s poem Comfort in tears<\/i> to the German graduates, Joseph Rudyard Kipling\u2019s poem If <\/i>to the graduates of the English programme, and the thoughts of J\u00f3zsef E\u00f6tv\u00f6s, late minister of religion and public education and the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to the Hungarian graduates.<\/p>\n

The graduation ceremony of Semmelweis University\u2019s Faculty of Medicine was attended by Dr. Ildik\u00f3 Horv\u00e1th, State Secretary of Health, Dr. Mikl\u00f3s Kellermayer, the newly elected Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, a representative from the Hungarian Medical Chamber, the Chancellor of the university and leading officials of the university\u2019s other faculties. The ceremony was opened by Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely, Rector, which was followed by the performance of the Misztr\u00e1l <\/i>orchestra.<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto: G\u00e1bor Ancsin
\nTranslation: \u00c1gnes Raubinek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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