XXII. BIOCHEMICKÝ ZJAZD - Jesseniova lekárska fakulta

Lectures
TEACHING BIOCHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VETERINarY
MEDICINE AND PHarMACY IN KOŠICE
Zuzana Kostecká
Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics,
The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
Implementation of credit system in the study at the University of Veterinary Medicine
and Pharmacy in Košice was coupled with innovation of curricula of all obligatory study
subjects, creating of new compulsory optional and optional subjects including biochemistry.
Nowadays the teachers of biochemistry institute participate in teaching of obligatory
subjects: Biochemistry for the study pogramme General veterinary medicine (SP GVM) and
SP Food hygiene (SP FH), General Biochemistry for SP Pharmacy, Aplied Biochemistry for
SP Safety of food and feed and Biochemistry for SP GVM in English language; compulsory
optional study subjects: Molecular mechanisms of metabolic and inherent diseases for
SP GVM and SP FH, Molecular mechanisms of metabolic and inherent diseases for SP
GVM in English, Clinical biochemistry for SP GVM and SP FH and Clinical biochemistry
for SP GVM in English. The obligatory subject Clinical and pathological biochemistry for
SP Pharmacy is provided by external teachers (teachers of Faculty of Medicine of Pavol
Jozef Šafárik University in Košice).
The aim of this presentation is to inform about changes in teaching biochemistry and
to evaluate the positives and negatives according to our experiences. Lecture shows
the advantages and disadvantages of credit system of study, including the questions of
actual problems in field of biochemistry teaching at our university, e.g. organisation of
teaching, position of study subjects in curriculum, continuity of study subjects, using of
multimedia technology, etc. In conclusion, considering the possible solutions and seeking
answers to questions will be resulted in successful educational process.
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