3. A student’s view

I’ll try to say some words about myself

This year I successfully have passed my Uniform State Examinations and by their results, I was admitted to the North-Western State Medical University. Now I am a first year student. I study at the general medical faculty (preventive medical faculty, stomatological faculty). I study preclinical subjects such as anatomy, biology, chemistry, the Latin language. I also learn English. Every day I have four lessons. They are practical classes and lectures. After the classes, I go home. I am not from Saint-Petersburg and I live in the hostel. In the evening I do my homework for the next day. When I have free time I go for a walk, visit my friends or read books, play computer games, watch TV.

4. Match these activities to the stages of medical education in the Russian Federation

1. Studying preclinical subjects

2. Defending one’s thesis to a Candidate Degree

3. Studying clinical subjects

4. Anatomy, physiology, histology

5. Working as real doctors under the supervision of specialists

6. Specializing in a certain field of medicine

7. Work with patients

8. Transition from preclinical to clinical subjects

5. Complete the sentences

1. Anatomy, biology and histology are …….

2. To pass …… is necessary to enter higher medical school.

3. The third year is a transitional year between ……

4. A six-week practical course in …… is taken by fifth year students.

5. Having received a doctor’s diploma students work in clinics under …..

6. During practical course at the end of the third year students perform the …

7. ….. may be passed only once.

8. Students have …. In the morning.

9. Nursing assistants teach students how …..

10. If students miss lessons they have to ….. at their free time.

6. Are these sentences true or false

1. Before having diplomas students work in clinics.

2. Students who fail at the Uniform State Examinations can reapply in three years.

3. A certificate of specialization is given after one year of internship.

4. During the first two years students study clinical subjects.

5. Applicants must specify the department they want to study at.

6. A degree of Candidate of Sciences in Medicine is given after internship.

7. Senior students study clinical subjects.

8. From the very beginning students are taught how to talk with patients.

9. Histology is a clinical subject.

10. After the fourth year students work as doctors’ assistants.

11. After the fifth year students take a one-week course in out-patient clinics.

12. Six year students specialize in a chosen field of medicine.

13. Medical education is not difficult to study.

14. To enter higher medical school it is not necessary to pass the Uniform State Examinations.

15. During the third years students study both preclinical and clinical subjects

7. Answer the questions to the text

1. Is medicine the most difficult subject to study?

2. What must an applicant do to enter higher medical school?

3. What have an applicant specify when entering higher medical school?

4. How long is the medical education in Russia?

5. What are the stages of higher medical education?

6. When do students study preclinical subjects?

7. What are the preclinical subjects?

8. What do nursing assistants teach students?

9. What year is considered to be the transitional and why?

10. What practice do students have after the fourth year?

11. What do the students have to do if they miss lessons?

12. How many times can students pass their exams?

13. When do graduates receive their diploma?

14. Where do students work after receiving doctor’s diploma?

15. What certificate do students get after one year of internship?

16. When do postgraduate defend their thesis?