Medical Doctor (Medicine/MBBS)
Program Overview
Medical Doctor (Medicine/MBBS) at Georgian National University SEU is an English-taught bachelors degree program designed to build current academic knowledge, applied skills, professional judgment, and readiness for employment or further study. The curriculum combines core study with research, practical learning, and a final integrative component.
Goals, Outcomes & Methods
Biomedical sciences, anatomy and physiology, pathology, pharmacology, diagnostics, clinical medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, public health, ethics, research, and supervised clinical rotations.
General Competencies Knowledge and Understanding The graduate is able to: • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the field, principles and methodologies of research in medicine. • Demonstrate knowledge how to use additional resources effectively within the limits of his/her own specialty. Skills: The graduate is able to: • Provide with the critical analysis of incomplete and contradictory data, provide with its independent analysis, convey the results of analysis, and use them. • Obtain information from various sources, develop large-scale information and critically evaluate it, use information collected during professional activities. • Take part in meetings and convey the opinions both in oral and writings. • Negotiate in the professional context and participate in resolving conflicts. • Independently define complex problems, determine ways of solving it, analyzing the expected outcomes and take final decision. • Provide with the critical approach to new information. Responsibility and Autonomy The graduate is able to: • Work independently, select priorities, meet deadlines, properly arrange the resources, and get the work done and account, assess and critically analyze it. • Adapt to a new environment, work with colleagues, keep professional subordination, use new technologies. • Management of multidisciplinary environment and adaptation by using new strategic approaches. • Work in the group as a member and leader, clearly formulate tasks, agree with group members, coordinate their activities and adequately assess the capabilities of group members, manage conflicting and emotional situations. • Understand the necessity of sustainable renewal of knowledge, objectively evaluate the knowledge and skills, use full spectrum of informational resources, manage his/her own learning process. • Communicate effectively, listen, ask questions, and deal with nonverbal communication. • Contribute to the development of professional knowledge and practice. Field-Soecific Knowledge Knowledge and Understanding The graduate is able to: • Determine the normal structure of human body from cell level till organ systems, functioning of the body, molecular biology and embryonic development of a human body, metabolism and hormone functions, function of the immune system. • Determine the fundamental principles of behavioral and social sciences – Human development (child, adolescence, adult), human psychology, sociology • Identify the basic principles of clinical sciences, clinical sciences of different specialties and subspecialties of medicine – pathological structure and mechanism of the disease, infection and mechanisms of its development, immunity. • Determine the use of antibiotics and resistance to antibiotics; the principles of prescribing the medicines; the side effects of medicines; interaction of medicines; blood and blood transfusion; drug action and pharmacokinetics; segregated drugs. • Determine the prevention of diseases; lifestyle, diet and eating; health support; screening and supervision of diseases; disability; gender issues in health care; epidemiology; the cultural and ethics influence on health care; resource distributing and health care economy; global health and inequality. • Determine ethic and legal principles in medical practice – the rights of patients; the rights of people with disabilities; the principles of relations with colleagues. • Determone the role of doctor in health care system - legislation regarding the medicine; the systems of professional regulations; the principles of clinical audit; the ways of health care access. 1. Carry out a consultation with a patient • take a case history, carry out physical examination, make clinical judgements and decisions, provide explanation and advice, reassurance and support, assess the patient's mental state 2. Assess clinical presentations, order investigations, make differential diagnoses, and negotiate a management plan • recognize and assess the severity of clinical presentations, order appropriate investigations and interpret the results, make differential diagnoses, negotiate an appropriate management plan with patients and carers, take care of a terminal patient and his family members, manage the chronic disease. 3. Providing first aid in emergency medical situations (First aid and resuscitation measures) • Identify and assess the emergency medical conditions, treat emergency medical conditions, provide with first aid; age peculiarities in newborns and children; conduct the basic life maintaining and cardiopulmonary resuscitation activities in compliance with the guidelines; conduct the activities for enhance lifetime maintenance in accordance with the guidelines; treat of traumas according to the guidelines. 4. Drug prescription • Prescribe drugs clearly and properly with consideration of patient’s age, match appropriate drugs with clinical context; review appropriateness of drugs and other therapies and evaluate potential benefits and risks for the patient; treat pain and distress; consider compatibility of drugs before initiation of treatment. 5. Conducting Practical Procedures - vital signs: pulse, respiration, temperature, measure blood pressure, oxygen delivery, patient transportation and treatment, urinalysis, electrocardiography, electrocardiography interpretation, performing respiratory function test; manipulators and manikins - bronchoscopy, venipuncture, venous catheterization, drug injection into the vein and infusion device, subcutaneous and intramuscular injection, urinary catheterization, lumbar puncture, spinal anesthesia, paracentesis, gastric lavage, gastrostomy tube care, putting and removing stitches, wound treatment, suturing, etc. 6. Communicate effectively in a medical context • Communicate with patient, colleagues, breaking bad news, patient’s relatives, disabled peoples, in seeking informed consent, provide with the written communication (including the medical records), in dealing with aggression, with those who require an interpreter, with law enforcement agencies and mass media, with any person regardless of his/her social, cultural, religious and ethnic background. 7. The use of Ethic and Legal Principles in Medical Practice • Use ethical principles and analytical skills in treatment process, keep confidentiality, get the informed consent and make an appropriate record, issue death certificate, require autopsy, apply Georgian and international legislation during treatment, conduct medical practice in multi-cultural environment. 8. Evaluation of psychological and social aspects regarding patients’ disease. • Evaluate the psychological factors of disease detection and impacts on the patients, the social factors of disease detection and impacts on the patients, recognitize of the stress related to disease, recognitize of the drug and alcohol abuse 9. The use of knowledge, skills and principles based on evidence • Use evidence in practice, determine and conduct the relevant literature research, critically analyze the published literature, make conclusion and use them in practice 10. Use information and information technology effectively in a medical context • Keep accurate and complete clinical records, use IT in medical practice, access specific information sources, store and retrieve information, keep personal records. 11. Ability to apply scientific principles, methods and knowledge to medical practice and research • Identify the research conducting methodology; ietermine the research designing, planning, result processing and conclusion-making skills; use the achievements of biomedicine in practice; report/review writing skills based on critical; provide with the analysis of the research literature in biomedicine; determine the ethics of conducting scientific research. 12. Implementation of health promoting events, engage with public health care issues, efficient performance within the health care system • Conduct the treatment that minimizes the risk of damage to the patient; implement measures for the prevention of infection spread; understand ones’ own health problems and evaluating ones’ own health with regard to professional responsibilities; participate in health promotion events both on individual and population-wide level; demonstrate the leadership skills for the improvement of healthcare system; facilitate the changes in healthcare system for strengthening the services and improving the results; work with patients and their families for enhancing the healthy behaviors; contribute to the improvement of community and population health. 13. Professionalism Professional attributes • Show probity, honesty, ethical commitment; commitment to maintaining good practice, concern for quality; critical and self-critical abilities, reflective practice; empathy; creativity, initiative, interpersonal skills, leadership skills Professional working • Show the ability to recognize limits and ask for help, work autonomously when necessary, solve problems, make decisions, work in a multidisciplinary team, communicate with experts in other disciplines, lead others, adapt to new situations, capacity for organisation and planning. The doctor as expert • Show capacity for analysis and synthesis, applying knowledge in practice, research skills, to learn (including lifelong self-directed learning), teach others The global doctor • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality, understand cultures and customs of other countries, work in an international context, show knowledge of a second language, general knowledge outside medicine.
Lectures, seminars, guided discussion, case and problem-based learning, individual and group assignments, presentations, practical or laboratory sessions, independent study, digital learning resources, and project or research supervision.
Program Structure & Plan
The programme structure and content are developed in compliance with the educational programme standards, Benchmark of Medicine, the Procedures of planning, development, approval, promotion, modification, and cancellation of educational programme and the methodology of programme development. The program structure and content were developed after the market research and identification of trends and requirements of the field of Medicine. Several meetings, consultations have been held with and received feedback from the stakeholders (representatives of associations, representatives from clinics, university graduates, etc.). The information and the data have been discussed and processed by the medical committee. The content, scope, and comprehensive nature of the program in Medicine correspond to the master’s level. The program implies the course prerequisites. The content and structure of the program is relevant to the awarded qualification and ensures achievement of learning outcomes. The program courses are coherent. The admission for the following courses is adequate. The program is built following for the Georgian legislation and the European credit system. It matches the modern achievements, requirements, and market trends of the sphere. Clinical and Professional Skills (CAPS) are taught during all 12 semesters. The skills developed within these courses correspond to the topics covered in the relevant semester’s biomedical, preclinical, and clinical courses. The same activities may be developed at different levels thus advancing students’ skills. OSPE exam is introduced from the first semester. The courses in Clinical and Professional Skills are held in simulation labs and clinics and end with the OSCE exam. The programme is constructed by the ECTS credit system, duration of studies 12 semesters measured in 360 ECTS credits. One credit stands for 25 astronomic hours that cover contact hours and hours of independent work. The student is to receive about 30 credits per semester, 60 credits – per year. According to the features of the programme and the student's requirements, the number of credits can be less or more than 60, but not more than 72 per year. Students are allowed to take only extra 15 credits during all 6 years. All courses imply one midterm exam, semester everyday activities and the final exam. A student who fails to earn 41 points during the semester activities, and the final exam scores, is not eligible to sit for the additional exam. A student having earned 41-50 points is eligible to sit for the additional exam. A student is to set for the additional exam in the same semester within at least 5 days after the announcement of the result. First two years students study basics of medicine – Body Structure in the norm (integrated modules: anatomy-histology-imaging), Body Function in the norm and neuroscience (integrated modules: physiology-biochemistry), main concepts of biomedical sciences: Cell Biology (integrated with biochemistry), Molecular Biology and Genetics, Immunology, basics of research – argumentation, reasoning skills; health and society, Clinical and Professional skills (CAPs) (integrated with Medical Ethics and Communication in Medicine). Integrated modules are taught in the format of interactive lectures, practical training, and seminars, labs, simulation lab., etc. Students use high-fidelity mannequins, simulators, anatomical specimens, microscopes, microscopic specimens, audio-video equipment, etc. Lecturers use Problem-Based learning – (PBL, clinical correlations) The third year covers preclinical courses – health and defense, basics of clinical sciences, research skills, basics of physical and clinical diagnosis, health and society, and Clinical and Professional skills. Basics of Clinical Sciences covers integrated modules of Pathology and Pharmacology, the course Health and Defence cover integrated modules of Microbiology, Pharmacology, and Immunology. The physical diagnosis provides basic methods of a patient’s physical examination according to the systems of the body. In compliance with it, the relevant methods of clinical investigation (radiology and laboratory) are taught in the courses of Clinical Diagnosis. The courses of Clinical and Professional Skills (CAPs) are held in clinics and simulation labs. Courses dealing with diagnostic methods use Case-Based Clinical Reasoning (CBCR cases). Students are engaged in clinical problem-solving and critical reasoning, develop skills of synthesis and analysis of information and its clinical application. From the fourth year, students deal with clinical courses in the format of clinical rotations/clerkships – Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases,Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Neurology, Psychiatry, Leadership, research skills, Clinical and Professional skills (CAPs), etc. Clinical courses from the 4th year have integrated OSCE exams each semester where the clinical and professional skills taught during the semester within clinical courses and the CAPs course are evaluated and assessed. The sixth year is devoted to the advance practice in medicine. Students study clinical activities in various inpatient and outpatient settings – Family Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Emergency Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, etc. The courses of Research Skills are studied during all 6 years and teach students the argumentative writing, medical databases and working in it, methods of research skills, epidemiology, and biostatistics, evidence-based medicine and finally students develop a project (XI semester). At this level students have acquired methods and tools for the implementation of the research work – critical analysis of scientific literature, organization and development of research, data processing, analysis and synthesis and presentation of the results of the conducted research work.
Tuition & Fees
| Fee Type | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Fees | |||||||
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Tuition Fee
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5,900 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 35,400 |
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Application Fee
One-time · non-refundable
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300 | — | — | — | — | — | 300 |
| Grand Total | 6,200 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 5,900 | 35,700 |
No scholarships are currently available for this program.
Who Should Apply
One-cycle educational programme in Medicine is constructed by ECTS credit system, duration of studies 12 semesters measured in 360 ECTS credits. One credit stands for 25 astronomic hours that cover contact hours and hours of students’ independent work. Each student is to receive about 30 credits per semester, 60 credits – per year. According to the features of the programme the number of credits can be less or more than 60, but not more than 72 per year. Students are allowed to take only extra 15 credits during all 6 years. All courses are provided with semester ongoing activities (40 grade points), one midterm exam (20 grade points), and the final exam (40 grade points). The annual number of weeks equals to 38 weeks, the duration of each semester amounts to 19 weeks, that comprise 15 teaching weeks and one week for midterm exam, 3 weeks for final and two make-up exams. In XVI-XVIII weeks are held final exams, in XVIII-XIX weeks – makeup exams. The students get the information related to the educational process via the electronic system. Each student receives his/her ID and password for the electronic database. Students have remote access to the database. They can choose and take registration on different courses according to the semester and in compliance with prerequisites, get information related to the courses, evaluation system, read syllabi, etc. The midterm exam of each course is held on the 8th week. Each course ends with the final exam. Assessment of the learning outcomes is carried out by the direct and indirect assessment methods. The direct assessment method envisages the assessment of a student’s academic achievements in the course. It is based on the evaluation of course learning outcomes by the relevant methods. The forms of assessment are defined in each syllabus. The programme uses the following methods of assessment: quiz, test (multiple-choice questions (MCQs), open questions, short answer questions (SAQs), presentation/demonstration of a clinical case, demonstration of clinical skills, research paper, Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE), Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), Lab work, quiz, test etc.
Admission Requirements
Passport, Passport-size photo, Academic transcript, Diploma / certificate
Required Documents
Career Prospects
Doctor General Medicine Healthcare Professional Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Medical Research Hospital Administration Clinical Medicine
Program Accreditation & Recognition
Program delivered within Georgian National University SEU's authorized higher-education framework and designed around applicable national medical education standards; recognition and licensing eligibility must be confirmed with the destination regulator.
General Information
One-cycle educational programme in Medicine is constructed by ECTS credit system, duration of studies 12 semesters measured in 360 ECTS credits. One credit stands for 25 astronomic hours that cover contact hours and hours of students’ independent work. Each student is to receive about 30 credits per semester, 60 credits – per year. According to the features of the programme the number of credits can be less or more than 60, but not more than 72 per year. Students are allowed to take only extra 15 credits during all 6 years.
All courses are provided with semester ongoing activities (40 grade points), one midterm exam (20 grade points), and the final exam (40 grade points).
The annual number of weeks equals to 38 weeks, the duration of each semester amounts to 19 weeks, that comprise 15 teaching weeks and one week for midterm exam, 3 weeks for final and two make-up exams. In XVI-XVIII weeks are held final exams, in XVIII-XIX weeks – makeup exams.
The students get the information related to the educational process via the electronic system. Each student receives his/her ID and password for the electronic database. Students have remote access to the database. They can choose and take registration on different courses according to the semester and in compliance with prerequisites, get information related to the courses, evaluation system, read syllabi, etc. The midterm exam of each course is held on the 8th week. Each course ends with the final exam.
Assessment of the learning outcomes is carried out by the direct and indirect assessment methods.
The direct assessment method envisages the assessment of a student’s academic achievements in the course. It is based on the evaluation of course learning outcomes by the relevant methods. The forms of assessment are defined in each syllabus. The programme uses the following methods of assessment: quiz, test (multiple-choice questions (MCQs), open questions, short answer questions (SAQs), presentation/demonstration of a clinical case, demonstration of clinical skills, research paper, Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE), Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), Lab work, quiz, test etc.
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Submit Visa Application - The student submits the visa application through the Georgian Embassy, E-Visa portal, or authorized visa center depending on the process applicable to their country.
Verification & Processing - Authorities may verify documents.
Receive Visa Approval - Once approved, the student receives the Georgia student visa (D3 visa) and can prepare for travel.
Travel to Georgia - After arrival, students complete university registration and begin classes.
Temporary Residence Card (TRC) - After entering Georgia, students usually apply for a Temporary Residence Card/Permit to legally continue their stay during studies.
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