The Poznan Council of Rectors comprising rectors of all public higher education institutions of our city and presided by PUMS Rector Andrzej Tykarski has issued the following statement regarding the recent events in the country:
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Prof. Maciej Zabel, PUMS alumnus and professor emeritus in our Histology Department has been awarded honorary doctorate degree by the authorities of University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.
To our students who are in quarantine or isolation:
We want to offer you support in this difficult time by introducing the Mission UMPossible initiative - students-for-students support during the pandemic.
Due to the fact that the number of coronavirus infections has reached its all-time high in Poland and that Poznan has been designated "red zone" for the level of required anti-pandemic restrictions, Rector Andrzej Tykarski has issued a new regulation to update our guidelines for students and teachers to keep our community and learning environment safe.
According to the recent communication by the ECFMG students and graduates of Polish medical schools now have the option to complete their ECFMG certification and to be exempted from sitting the USMLE Step 2CS while this examination is suspended due to coronavirus pandemic. This opens the possibility for PUMS students and graduates to complete their professional licensing despite the temporary unavailability of the Clinical Skills examination.
The academic year 2020/2021 has been officially inaugurated by Rector Andrzej Tykarski in a ceremony that took place on October 2. It included a speech by the Rector, immatriculation of new students, presentation of awards and degrees, as well as a lecture by Prof. Iwona Mozer-Lisewska.
The Rector has issued a resolution with guidelines for students and teachers on how to conduct teaching activities during the CoViD-19 pandemic. The document is available here.
We are very grateful to PHO3NIX Foundation and Ciech Tri Tour 2020 for donating over 1 000 000 PLN to PUMS pediatric hospital – The Karol Jonscher Clinical Hospital.
We are happy to announce that Dr. Piotr Rzymski from PUMS Department of Environmental Medicine was appointed ambassador of USERN network in Poland.
The university ceremony to inaugurate the academic year 2020/2021 will take place on October 2, 2020 at 11am.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of long-time lecturer, esteemed academic, scientist, and a mentor to many generations of students and doctors - prof. Wojciech Służewski, MD, PhD.
Agnieszka Skotnicka and Marcin Skotnicki from PUMS have taken part in the 2020 5th International Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan (ICPPS 2020; 15-18 September 2020; www.icpps.org).