Program Information
TOBB ETU Faculty of Medicine was founded in 2013 and accepted its first students. The language of education is Turkish. In the 6-year medical education at TOBB ETU Faculty of Medicine, in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, learning is provided within the structured course boards based on organ systems. In the 4th and 5th grades, the learning gained in the previous periods is put into practice and reinforced with clinical internships. In the first two grades of education, the knowledge of the normal structure and functioning of the systems is focused on, and in the third grade, the formation and progression mechanisms of pathologies that occur in the systems are focused on. In the clinical internship phase, students are provided with the opportunity to use their previous learning in problem-solving through real situations, review their knowledge and attitude gains, use evidence and create evidence, and advance their learning. In the sixth year, which is the internship period, students have the opportunity to prepare themselves for an individual working environment under the supervision of their teaching staff to be relatively independent and responsible and to identify and compensate for their deficiencies.
1. Adopting personal and professional ethical principles that are sensitive to our country's health problems,
2. Following and contributing to scientific developments in the field,
3. To train innovative physicians who apply contemporary diagnostic and treatment approaches at a high level.
Students who successfully complete this program are awarded a Bachelor's Degree in Medicine.
The Medicine program is a Bachelor's degree program, classified as Level 6 in the Turkish Higher Education Qualifications Framework (TYYÇ).
To graduate, it is necessary to pass the courses in the Faculty of Medicine's curriculum and complete 360 ECTS credits.
For registration and admission to the Faculty of Medicine, a high school diploma and placement through a centrally administered university placement exam are required.
Student admission to the Faculty of Medicine is made according to the principles determined by the Council of Higher Education. Student admission to the Faculty of Medicine quotas is made through central placement exams conducted by ÖSYM. For applications of those wishing to transfer from other medical faculties to be accepted, the applicant must be continuing with an equivalent diploma program, the earliest transfer will be made to the first semester of the second year and the latest to the first semester of the fifth year, there must be an open place in the class to which the transfer will be made, they must have an English Language Level that meets the conditions determined by the University and be able to document this, their Student Placement Exam scores in the year they took the exam must not be lower than the base score of the Faculty of Medicine for that year, and their status must be by the principles determined by the Council of Higher Education.
Attendance is essential for all learning sessions at the Faculty of Medicine. A final exam is held at the end of each course board in the first, second and third years. The type of exam is determined by the relevant class coordinator according to the characteristics of the course board. The final exam, held at the end of the year, covers all course boards. The final grade for course boards is obtained by adding 60 percent of the weighted average grade for course boards and 40 percent of the final grade for the final exam. Students who have a minimum final grade of 50 and a minimum final grade for course boards are considered to have succeeded in that year and are entitled to advance to the next grade. In the first three years, in addition to the compulsory courses that are not MEDICAL coded, three elective courses are taken, at least one of which is from outside the Faculty. In order for the student to successfully complete the basic medical sciences level, he/she must have successfully completed the non-MEDICAL coded courses other than the foreign language courses he/she has taken at this level with at most one deficiency. Non-MEDICAL coded courses taken at the basic medical sciences level affect the graduation grade. In the first three years, in addition to the compulsory courses that are not MEDICAL coded, three elective courses are taken, at least one of which is from outside the Faculty. In order for the student to successfully complete the basic medical sciences level, he/she must have successfully completed the non-MEDICAL coded courses other than the foreign language courses he/she has taken at this level with at most one deficiency. Non-MEDICAL coded courses taken at the basic medical sciences level affect the graduation grade. In the clinical internships in the fourth and fifth years, an internship exam is held at the end of each internship. In determining the internship grade, the student's work, success, behavior and relationships with those around him/her are taken into consideration. He/she can take the first internship end exam in the academic calendar. In order for an internship to be successfully completed, the student must have a grade of at least 60 on the internship exam and successfully complete all internships in the relevant class program in order for the student to advance to the next grade. At the end of the work done in each department or branch of science during the internship period, the student is graded by the faculty member responsible for the relevant internship, taking into account the student's clinical, polyclinic, laboratory and field studies, attitudes and behaviors befitting a physician, approach to shifts and work schedule, preparation of patient files, organization of information and documents related to the patient, relations with the patient, relatives, physician and other healthcare personnel, scientific activities, theoretical knowledge and skills. In order to be successful in the internships, it is necessary to get 60 points out of 100 in each internship. Students are required to repeat the internships they failed. In order for the student to pass the sixth grade, it is mandatory to successfully complete all internships. The end-of-year grade of students who complete the internship is calculated by taking the weighted average of the internship grades of this year.
In the first three years of medical education, which is a total of six years, basic and clinical medical information is given in a way that is related to each other and integrated based on organ systems. The education program includes "course boards" where courses on the same subject are given by different departments. There are six-course boards that follow and complement each other in terms of content in the first three years of education. Within the scope of these course boards, starting from the structure-function relationship in the basic molecules that constitute the organism, the structural and functional properties in more complex systems such as cells, tissues and organs are understood as a whole. After the second year, where normal functioning is taught, in the third year, conditions, diseases and mechanisms where normal functioning is disrupted are taught based on organ systems. In addition to basic medical courses, the program also offers courses on medical history and ethics, public health and good medical practices, which are directly related to the formation of the physician identity and health practices. Within the scope of good medical practices, topics such as communication skills, professional skills, the concept of scientific research and information literacy, health research and evidence-based medicine, and human sciences in medicine are covered. Clinical internships are included in the last three years of medical education. In the fourth year, students study in the main clinics called major internships (internal medicine including cardiology, infection and chest diseases, general surgery, pediatrics and diseases, gynecology and obstetrics) and the Department of Forensic Medicine, and in the fifth year, in other clinical departments. In the sixth year, students actively participate in medical practices in different clinics for 12 months within the scope of the family medicine program called internship.
The education provided at the Faculty of Medicine has a total of 360 ECTS credits. Students who complete the six-year education are eligible to graduate. Students who complete their medical education and receive the title of medical doctor are given a temporary graduation certificate only once. Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine receive their diplomas after completing their compulsory services defined by the Ministry, with the approval of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey.
Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine are required to complete two years of compulsory service after graduation. To fulfill this service requirement, they work in various health units such as community health units and emergency services of public hospitals in primary health care services through a draw organized by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey. Medical doctors who are successful in the Medical Specialization Exam, which is held twice a year, work as specialist students in university hospitals or training and research hospitals belonging to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey, according to their preferences.
Graduates with a diploma from the Faculty of Medicine can apply to "Medical Specialization" or "Doctorate" programs opened in the Departments of Basic, Internal, and Surgical Medical Sciences.