Internships for graduates of medical and dental studies conducted in English

Organization of the internship

Based on Article 15p. of the Act on the Profession of Physician and Dentist of December 5, 1996 and Certain Other Laws (unified text Journal of Laws of 1996, item 1516, as amended), the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice offers its graduates of medical and dental studies conducted in English the opportunity to implement a 6-month practical training that corresponds to the scope of the clinical part of the postgraduate internship program.

 INTERNSHIP REGULATIONS

The internship can be completed no later than 2 years from the day of obtaining a degree in Medicine or Dentistry.

Announcements about the internship are posted here: https://studiapodyplomowe.sum.edu.pl/staze/

After the recruitment for the internship ends, those qualified to participate will be informed by the Dean of the Faculty.

Those qualified for participation in the 6-month internship are obligated to:

  • submit to the Dean’s Office a medical certificate, issued by a physician authorized to carry out routine medical checkups, which proves that there are no medical contradictions to complete the internship (before the internship starts),
  • submit to the Dean’s Office the third party and personal accident insurance contract confirmation (which includes reimbursement of, among other things, documented costs of post-exposure prophylactic treatment) which covers the period of the internship,
  • conclude an agreement on participation in the internship with the Medical University of Silesia – content of the agreement: file
  • submit the confirmation of the payment according to the above-mentioned agreement.

After the Participant concludes the agreement and makes the payment, the referral to complete the internship will be issued and passed on, they will get a report card of the practical training and they will be informed about the start date and place of the internship.

After finishing the internship every Participant will get a certificate issued by the Coordinator confirming the completion of the internship in accordance with the program.

 Approval of the 6-month internship:

Based on Article 15p. paragraph 3 of the quoted Act, the Minister of Health in Poland approves, by a decision, the internship as completed upon written request of the graduate of medical or dentist studies submitted within 3 months after the last day of the internship.

To the application the graduate ads:

  • certificate issued by a healthcare entity, where they completed the internship and documents that include information and data regarding:
  • time and place of the internship,
  • the person who completed the final exam of the internship (name, surname and function).
  • diploma confirming graduation in Medicine or Dentistry or a certificate confirming the graduation from long-cycle Master’s degree in Medicine or Dentistry.

After they finish the internship, the participants can file a motion  to the Minister of Health to issue a decision declaring the internship as completed individually or through the Medical University of Silesia, that will collectively pass on the filed motions.

The graduates interested in sending the motion through the University are obligated to submit the mandatory documents directly to the Dean’s Office by the deadline indicated in the Dean’s announcement.

Information for the doctors

  1. The internship for medical graduates will be mainly held at:

Górnośląskie Centrum Medyczne im. prof. Leszka Gieca Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach (ul. Ziołowa 45-47, 40-635 Katowice – Ochojec) – partial internship in Internal Medicine – Cardiology, Transfusiology, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Anasthesiology, and Intensive Therapy, General Surgery, Emergency Medicine.

In addition, at:

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne im. prof. K. Gibińskiego Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach – partial internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Górnośląskim Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka im. Jana Pawła II Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach – partial internship in Pediatrics
  • Poradni Delta-Med. Sp. z o. o. oraz Lekarskiej Spółce Partnerskiej Lukas i Partnerzy – partial internship in Family Medicine
  1. The coordinators of the internship are Prof. Krystian Wita, MD, PhD and Krzysztof Szydło, MD, PhD.
  2. Contact at the Dean’s Office: Katarzyna Magiera, phone: +48 32-208-88-65, e-mail:
  3. The cost of participation in the internship is 45 000 PLN.

Information for dentists

  1. The internship for dental graduates will be mainly held at:
    Akademickie Centrum Stomatologii i Medycyny Specjalistycznej Sp. z o.o. (Plac Akademicki 17, 41-902 Bytom and Plac Traugutta 2, 41-800 Zabrze)

In addition, at:

Górnośląskie Centrum Medyczne im. prof. Leszka Gieca Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach (ul. Ziołowa 45-47, 40-635 Katowice – Ochojec).

  1. The internship coordinator is Aleksandra Nitecka-Buchta, M.D., Ph.
  2. Contact in the Dean’s Office: Rafał Piper, +48 32-370-52-42, e-mail:
  3. The cost of participation in the internship is 59 000 PLN.

Documents:

FAQ

A postgraduate internship includes the improvement of practical skills and the deepening of theoretical knowledge in the fields of medicine indicated in paragraph 3 or 4, as well as the deepening of knowledge in the field referred to in paragraph 5. of the Act of 5 December 1996 on the professions of physician and dentist (unified text, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1731, as amended).

The decision of the Minister of Health to declare the internship as completed entitles the graduate to pass the Medical or Dental Final Examination and to obtain a certificate of formal qualification to practice the profession in another EU Member States or, if the student passes the Polish language examination, to obtain the right to practice the profession in Poland.

NOTE

The Medical University of Silesia in Katowice is not an intermediary in the process of recognition of its graduates’ professional qualifications both in Poland as well as in other countries.

The Medical University of Silesia in Katowice implements a 6-month practical training for graduates of Medicine and Dentistry.

Therefore, the 6-month internship can only be done by a person who graduated.

Yes, in this situation you can apply for an internship on the basis of a certificate that you receive at the Dean’s Office.

No – based on art. 15p. Paragraph 8 of the Act of 5 December 1996 on professions of physician and dentist (unified text, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1731, as amended), the organisation of practical training is the responsibility of the University in which the trainee graduated.

The Medical University of Silesia in Katowice offers the possibility of completing the above-mentioned internship exclusively to its graduates of medical and dentist faculties conducted in English.

Based on Article 15p. Paragraph 9 of the Act of 5 December 1996 on the professions of physician and dentist (unified text, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1731, as amended), the practical training can be completed no later than 2 years from the date of obtaining the professional title.

No – see question 6.

It is not obligatory for graduates of a medical or dental studies conducted in English to do a 6-month practical internship at the Silesian Medical University in Katowice.

The cost of participation in the internship is:

– for physician: 45 000 PLN
– for dentists: 59 000 PLN

The internship is conducted in English.

The internship for Medicine graduates will mainly take place in Leszek Giec Upper-Silesian Medical Centre of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (ul. Ziołowa 45-47, 40-635 Katowice – Ochojec).

The internship for Dentistry graduates will mainly take place in Academic Centre of Dentistry and Specialized Medicine (Plac Akademicki 17, 41-902 Bytom and Plac Traugutta 2, 41-800 Zabrze)

The duration of the internship is 6 months.

Recruitment is carried out approximately every six months.

Recruitment information for internships is posted on the University’s website dedicated to the internships: https://studiapodyplomowe.sum.edu.pl/staze/

Only once.

Yes.

For the list of the steps you need to take once you have enrolled for an internship, please see: ORGANIZATION OF THE INTERNSHIP

The bank account number to which the internship must be paid can be found on the Agreement.

The internship coordinators are:

– for doctors: Prof. Krystian Wita, MD, PhD and Krzysztof Szydło, MD, PhD – Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice;

– for dentists: Aleksandra Nitecka-Buchta, MD, PhD – Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze.

For the list of steps you need to take after finishing the internship, please see: APPROVAL OF THE 6-MONTH INTERNSHIP

Other questions can be addressed to:

– for doctors: Katarzyna Magiera – Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice;

– for dentists: Rafał Piper – Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze.