In case of any queries please get in touch with our Timetables & Optional Courses Coordinator Izabela Barzycka in room 603, 6th floor (Rector’s Building).

Tel (+48) 22 57 20 503
izabela.barzycka@wum.edu.pl

Dear ED Students,
This is to remind you that an optional course has the same status as any other subject. It means that you are obliged to obtain credits each year of your studies from the 1st till 5th year.

Required number of hours and ECTS points of optional courses in the academic year 2025/2026:
Year I    – 90 hours – 6 ECTS points (3 optional subjects)
Year II   – 90 hours – 6 ECTS points (3 optional subjects)
Year III  – 60 hours – 4 ECTS points (2 optional subjects)
Year IV – 60 hours – 4 ECTS points (2 optional subjects)
Year V  – 60 hours – 4 ECTS points (2 optional subjects)

In case you fail to do so, it will be treated equally as if you failed other subjects.
Overall number of optional courses a student has to do is 10, and overall number of optional courses‘ hours is 300.

They have to be completed between 1st – 4th or 5th years of studies.
Also, please bear in mind that once you sign up for a particular class from the list, you are obliged to complete this optional course!

List of Optional Courses for ED Students in Winter 2025/2026.

SYLLABUSES for Year 1 & 2:

Optional course – Critical thinking  
Optional course – Clinical Anatomy I & II 
Optional course – All Work and No Play? Creativity in Doctors’ Professional and Personal Development
Optional course – Chill out! - Relaxation as a tool for personal development and therapy
Optional course – Latin - Greek Medical Terminology
Optional course – Polish language
Optional course – Mnemonics – how to remember without forgetting
Optional course – Essentials of human nutrition
Optional course – Mechanisms of organ formation and congenital malformations development
Optional course – The problem of hospital acquired infections. Rational antibiotic therapy in physician practice
Optional course – Cells and molecules in a snapshot – an overview of contemporary experimental medicine techniques
Optional course – Clean Treatment – Safe Treatment
Optional course – Dietary Supplements – theory and practice
Optional course – Hand hygiene and skin irritation prevention
Optional course – Migration and Health
Optional course – Nutrition Basics for Everyday Clinical Practice
Optional course – Nutrition in Andrology, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Optional course – Nutrition in Sports
Optional course – Patient education
Optional course – Physician in the new era of Artificial intelligence and digital health tools
Optional course – Plant Based Diets in prevention and clinical practice
Optional course – Slimming Diet – Truths and Myths
Optional course – Social Media in Healthcare
Optional course – Stress management for medical students
Optional course – Travel Medicine
Optional course – Vaccinology in practice
Optional course – AJAJAJ or AI? Artificial Intelligence in cardiovascular medicine
Optional course – Successful introduction and assessment of innovation in Medicine

 

SYLLABUSES for Year 3,4 & 5:   

Optional course – Critical thinking  
Optional course – Mnemonics – how to remember without forgetting
Optional course – Essentials of human nutrition
Optional course – The problem of hospital acquired infections. Rational antibiotic therapy in physician practice
Optional course – Cells and molecules in a snapshot – an overview of contemporary experimental medicine techniques
Optional course – Clean Treatment – Safe Treatment
Optional course – Dietary Supplements – theory and practice
Optional course – Hand hygiene and skin irritation prevention
Optional course – Migration and Health
Optional course – Nutrition Basics for Everyday Clinical Practice
Optional course – Nutrition in Andrology, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Optional course – Nutrition in Sports
Optional course – Patient education
Optional course – Physician in the new era of Artificial intelligence and digital health tools
Optional course – Plant Based Diets in prevention and clinical practice
Optional course – Slimming Diet – Truths and Myths
Optional course – Social Media in Healthcare
Optional course – Stress management for medical students
Optional course – Travel Medicine
Optional course – Vaccinology in practice
Optional course – Translational Medicine and Advanced Biomedical Methods