MD Curriculum

Medical Curriculum

І year – Winter semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Physics	30/60	7	Examination
2.	Cytology, General Histology and Human Embryology	50/40	7	Examination
3.	Human Biology	30/30	4	Certification
4.	Chemistry	30/30	4	Certification
5.	Latin Language and Medical Terminology	0/30	2	Certification
6.	Physical education and sport	0/30	1	Certification
7.	Human Anatomy and Histology	15/30	5	Certification
8.	General Bulgarian language-А1	30/120	–	Certification

І year – Summer semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Biophysics	30/30	4	Examination
2.	Human Biology	15/30	5	Examination
3.	Chemistry	30/15	3	Examination
4.	Latin Language and Medical Terminology	0/30	2	Examination
5.	Physical education and sport	0/30	3	Certification
6.	Social Medicine and Biostatistics	15/15	3	Certification
7.	Human Anatomy and Histology	30/60	10	Certification
8.	General Bulgarian language-А2	30/120	2	Examination

ІІ year – Winter semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Disaster Medicine	15/30	3	Examination
2.	Social Medicine and Biostatistics	30/30	6	Examination
3.	Human Anatomy and Hi stology	30/60	6	Certification
4.	Biochemistry	45/45	6	Certification
5.	Physiology	60/45	8	Certification
6.	General Bulgarian Language – B1	0/120	–	Certification
7.	Physical education and sport	0/30	1	Certification

ІІ year – Summer semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ eminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Human Anatomy and Histology	45/75	9	Examination
2.	Biochemistry	45/45	10	Examination
3.	Physiology	45/45	10	Examination
4.	General Bulgarian Language – B2	0/150	2	Examination
5.	Physical education and sport	0/30	1	Examination

ІІІ year – Winter semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Medical Ethics	15/15	3	Examination
2.	General Pathology	60/30	4	Examination
3.	Medical Psychology	15/15	3	Examination
4.	Hygiene and Ecology	30/30	2	Certification
5.	Microbiology	45/30	5	Certification
6.	Pathophysiology	30/30	4	Certification
7.	Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases	30/90	5	Certification
8.	General and Operative Surgery	30 /45	4	Certification
9.	Terminology and Communication in Medical Practice	0/90	–	Certification

ІІІ year – Summer semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Hygiene and Ecology	30/30	2	Examination
2.	Microbiology	45/30	4	Examination
3.	Pathophysiology	30/30	3	Examination
4.	Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases	30/90	7	Examination
5.	General and Operative Surgery	30/60	5	Examination
6.	Pharmacology	30/45	4	Certification
7.	Roentgenology and Radiology	15/15	2	Certification
8.	Clinical Pathology	15/15	3	Certification
9.	Terminology and Communication in Medical Practice	0/90	2	Examination
10.	Summer Practice after VIth Semester	30 days		–

ІV year- Winter semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Мedical Genetics	30/30	2	Examination
2.	Otorhinolaryngology	45/45	3	Examination
3.	Pharmacology	30/45	4	Examination
4.	Roentgenology and Radiology	30/45	3	Examination
5.	Clinical Pathology	15/30	2	Certification
6.	Neurology	30/30	3	Certification
7.	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	30/30	2	Certification
8.	General (Family) Medicine	17/16	2	Certification
9.	Internal diseases – Part 1	45/90	6	Certification
10.	Surgery	30/60	3	Certification

ІV year- Summer semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation	15/30	2	Examination
2.	Occupational Diseases	15/15	1	Examination
3.	Ophthalmology	30/45	3	Examination
4.	Neurosurgery	15/15	1	Examination
5.	Clinical Pathology	30/30	2	Examination
6.	Neurology	30/30	3	Examination
7.	Family Medicine	17/16	1	Examination
8.	Internal Diseases – Part 1	45/90	8	Examination
9.	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	30/45	3	Certification
10.	Dermatology and Venerology	15/30	2	Certification
11.	Surgery	30/30	2	Certification
12.	Clinical laboratory	30/30	2	Examination
13.	Summer Practice after VIIIth Semester	30 days		–

V year – Winter semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Orthopaedics and Traumatology	30/60	4	Examination
2.	Urology	15/30	2	Examination
3.	Аnesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive care	30/30	2	Examination
4.	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	30/45	4	Examination
5.	Dermatology and Venereology	15/30	2	Examination
6.	Surgery	15/30	3	Certification
7.	Pediatrics	45/60	4	Certification
8.	Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine	30/30	2	Certification
9.	Forensic Medicine and Deontology	15/0	1	Certification
10.	Internal Diseases – Part 2	45/120	5	Certification
11.	Psychiatry	15/30	1	Certification

V year – Summer semester:

№	Subject	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Surgery	30/30	4	Examination
2.	Pediatrics	45/60	6	Examination
3.	Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine	30/60	4	Examination
4.	Forensic Medicine and Deontology	30/30	2	Examination
5.	Internal Diseases – Part 2	60/120	10	Examination
6.	Psychiatry	15/30	2	Examination
7.	Clinical Pharmacology	14/19	2	Examination

VІ year: Internship

№	Subject	Duration in days	ECTS Credits	Type of examination
1.	Internal Diseases	85	16	Examination
2.	Surgery	75	14	Examination
3.	Pediatrics	51	10	Examination
4.	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	50	10	Examination
5.	Infectious diseases, Epidemiology, Hygiene and Social Medicine	35	8	Examination
6.	General medicine	14	2	Certificate for conducted training

ELECTIVES

№	Subject	Department	Number of Lectures/ Seminars	ECTS Credits	Available after Semester
1.	Neurobiology	Anatomy and Cell Biology	34/16	2	І
2.	First Aid at Home and in the Office	Disaster Medicine and Maritime Medicine	0/15	1	II
3.	Medical Psychology and Sociology	Social Medicine and Health Care Organization	30/110	5	III
4.	Molecular Biology in Medicine	Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine and Nutrigenomics	30/0	2	ІV
5.	Immunology	Preclinical and Clinical Sciences	30/0	2	V
6.	Maritime Pathophysiology	Physiology and Pathophysiology	10/20	2	V
7.	Maritime Incidents	Disaster Medicine and Maritime Medicine	0/30	2	I
8.	Information Systems and Technologies	Social Medicine and Health Care Organization	30/0	2	VІ
9.	Emergency medicine	Anaesthesiology, Emergency, Intensive and Maritime Medicine	16/12	2	VII
10.	Support for breastfeeding	Hygiene and Epidemiology	8/22	2	VII
11.	Cardiac Surgery of Acquired Cardiovascular Diseases in Adults	Surgery	28/12	2	VII
12.	Protection of the Eye Health	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	10/20	2	VIII
13.	Tropical Medicine	Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology	45/64	2	ІХ
14.	Contemporary neuroscience: nanotechnology, personalized and translational medicine	Neurology and Neuroscience	16/14	2	ІХ
15.	Abdominal ultrasound in gastroenterology	ES Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition	24/0	2	Х
16.	Clinical Haematology	ES Haematology	14/0	2	X