Easiest Med. School in Czech Republic?

[PowerPaul]

Hey Guys,
I found out that each of the Med Schools in the Czech Republic has a different Syllabus.
According to the syllabus Hradec Kralove seems to be easier than the Faculties in Prague.
Someone studies at Hradec Kralove and could tell me about the fail rates?
I dont want to miscredit HK, I just heard so much about the Faculty in Prague which has those enormous fail rates and looking for an alternative.
How about Pilsen and the other Faculties?
Thanks in advance,
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[Miklos]

Hey Guys,
I found out that each of the Med Schools in the Czech Republic has a different Syllabus.
According to the syllabus Hradec Kralove seems to be easier than the Faculties in Prague.
Someone studies at Hradec Kralove and could tell me about the fail rates?
I dont want to miscredit HK, I just heard so much about the Faculty in Prague which has those enormous fail rates and looking for an alternative.
How about Pilsen and the other Faculties?
Thanks in advance,
****
One of the best sayings I've seen (for whatever it is worth):

"The difference between failure and success is you."

BTW, the nature of medicine is that it is highly competitive. At each and every rung up the ladder, the level of the competition increases very significantly.

Are you sure you want to go to the 'easiest' program? Will it adequately prepare you for real life?

[PowerPaul]

I do not think that easiest means easy at all, there will still be an enormous difference between the easiest med schools in general and the easiest med school in CR.
I just would like to work in the EU later on, so the only thing I'm interested in is doing a medical program which is recognized within those member states - does not need to be a very famous or prestigious one.

[shaka]

I am in the second year at the Hradec Kralove faculty and although the Syllabi are different the course is not any easier. The classes are smaller though. Last year we had 70 students start the first year and 33 passed to the second year. We have 37 total because of four people who were interrupting during the last year. Interrupting is when a student decides to postpone the finals from their academic year until the end of the following year because of preparation, personal issues, etc...In prague at the first faculty i believe that most students make it to the second year since the gross anatomy is three semsters there and then the attrition begins. Here the toughest course for first year students is the histology. Its a combination of things such as study habits, getting use to the oral examinations, and motivation that make the difference in the first year of study. Coming form the US it toook me a few months to adjust socially as well. the main thing for me is to stay positive and take it one exam at a time. Hope this was helpful.

[Chemist_11]

I think what you mean to say is, 'which faculty would i do best at', asin one faculty containing more biochem (which you may be good at), and less pharmacology (which you may be not so good at). You would need to look through each of the schools syllabus', and decide which one would best suit you.;)

[PowerPaul]

Yes, I noticed that Hradec Kralove has just one year of Chemistry and Biochemistry, therefore I've been thinking that it may be easier compared to the schools in Prague... I hate Chemistry :-(
Anatomy would not be such a big problem I think, because like I said at Hradec Kralovec I would have Chem only in the second year.
But how about the dissections course, is there also dissections I and dissections II at HK?
And why is Histology such a big problem? I think it's the same as n Prague, isn't it?
Thx guys

[Batman007]

there's no such thing as an 'easy' med school...

[Miklos]

there's no such thing as an 'easy' med school...

Well, not a real one anyway. (No, that is NOT a comment about CR schools.)

[czechmedstudents]

from the czech republic id say ud do the best at plzen........... i have many friends there who r passing with flying colours!!

[quantumechanic]

avoidd pilzen!

[Mr Cool]

avoidd pilzen!


Why???????????

[Armzor]

Why should I avoid plzen?

[Mister]

What are the best med schools in CR then?....

[shrey]

well all the medical universities per se are quite good in the CR. If you're asking which school is the best in terms of getting back to the US/Canada, then I would have to say the First Faculty. If it's Europe, then it's either the First or the Second faculty. And the third faculty is usually filled with scandinavians (so if that's where you wanna go, then the 3rd fac. would be your best bet).

I must however point out to you that each faculty is has it's own pros. and cons. The First faculty usually has the highest drop-out rates (due to the difficulty and the number of courses) but if you get through, it's worth every penny you spent on your medical education (there are quite a few successful graduates of the First fac. in the US/Canada)......but you have to be willing to work hard and keep you motivation high at all times...

[Armzor]

Still, why should I avoid Plzen? It seems like a nice town to me and the dentistry seems like the dentistry in all the other places in the Czech Republic. Please, tell me why I should avoid Plzen!

[shrey]

Well I've heard that Plzen has lesser courses in medicine than we do (for eg. they don't have medical latin terminology, medical informatics, physical education). So their curriculum is not as intensive as those of the faculties in Prague. Secondly, Plzen is quite new so it's still in the developing stage (which means one doesn't actually know much about their performance as such). I've met a couple of students from Plzen who transferred to the First Fac. coz they wanted better clinical exposure (however, it's not that easy to transfer as the First Fac. hardly accepts transfers, unless you've had an exceptional performance in you previous years and so on).

[pruritis_ani]

They all are easy, if you work hard and know the material!

(btw, shrey, I just had to laugh at your last post...if you think latin, informatics and PE are what makes the course "more intensive" at first fac, you are mistaken)

My experience was that some schools are less stringent in the passing requirements, (ie. Pilzen), usually for several reasons, including less English spoken by faculty, desire to keep the tuition paying English speakers in school as long as possible, etc...the good news is that the bigger schools do not need to do this, as there are more applicants than seats, and plenty of students to pay the bills.

My recommendation is stay in Prague. The city is easier to live in, it is a fun place to be, you can get by speaking English, more students to hang out with, etc...If you come from the states, absolutely go to First Fac, simply because of the CA approval. You would be an absolute fool to attend any other faculty as an American. Other than that, they all teach well, none is any "easier" than the other, and if you do your work you will be well prepared to enter post graduate training anywhere.

[shrey]

Hello there dr. pruritis_ani, when I meant intensive, it was in terms of the students passing. We just had out semester test for latin and so many people failed horribly. It was quite shocking (acc. to my latin professor) to see such results ever...and i don't think these subjects are heard but for subjects like latin and first aid, you do have to spend at least some time studying (even quite a lot of people failed in first aid for some mysterious reason)....so overall,may be one feeld like you have to study a whole lot more than what's already there....in fact this year we had three students transfer from Plzn (they're in 4th yr.) and they're finding latin so hard that they don't understand the reason why it's even a subject in med school.....

[czdoc]

you have first aid, latin and medical informatics in 2nd fac also shrey, and first fac has the highest drop out rates because they take in so many student each year (most of who were never strong enough to be there in the first place), not because its the most difficult, which you seem to mention in alot of your posts. its all subjective, its impossible to say which is harder of the facs.....they're all fine if you can motivate yourself and work hard.
for people trying to decide.........easy, american? then go to 1st, from anywhere else decide if you want to live in the capital or smaller town, and pick any. All will recieve charles uni degrees. lets stop this.....oh 3rd is hardest, HK is esiest,....