University of Constanta School of Medicine, Romania

Location: Romania
Basic Science Tuition: $3,600 per year
Time required for MD: 6 years
Year founded: 1990
Loans: Private loans

About the University

The faculty offers students the opportunity to become effective, accomplished physicians, and those two qualities, effectiveness and accomplishment, are the guiding words behind everything the program does.

Studying at this university, in this outstanding location in Romania, offers students and parents alike the chance to explore everything this environment has to offer. The benefits are considerable:

• Well-trained teachers, both young and experienced, along with well-equipped hospitals for teaching and practice
• Constanta is the heart of tourism in Romania, with thousands of tourists visiting the Black Sea coast each year
• Romania is now a member state of the European Union
• Very affordable tuition fees and cost of living
• International recognition of the University by the WHO, medical councils of numerous countries, and ECFMG, among others

The overall aim of the University is to promote the intellectual, moral, and physical education of its students, guided by a belief in high expectations and solid ethical standards.

Mission Statement

The University of Constanta School of Medicine’s mission is to provide the best possible education and training in health sciences, preparing students from around the world to practice high-quality, compassionate healthcare. The program of medical education uses leading-edge instructional design and delivery systems for maximum effectiveness and efficiency.

The program is designed to ensure graduates have the ability to:

• Engage in productive professional partnerships with care team members to acquire, evaluate, and communicate information
• Apply critical reasoning to medical care, reducing reliance on purely didactic educational methods
• Apply an understanding of illness to its prevention, identification, and management, as well as to the promotion and maintenance of health
• Apply an understanding of the practice of medicine within a community or population
• Take responsibility for personal learning and the development of continuing education skills

The mission includes redefining medical education so it stays relevant to the needs of society today and in the future. The practice of medicine will continue to change, and graduating students must be able to participate in, and adapt to, that change.

Clinical Rotations & Hospitals

Clinical rotation hospitals for Ovidius University of Constanta Medical School:

• Constanta Municipal Hospital
• The Children’s Hospital, Constanta
• Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Constanta
• Constanta Emergency Clinical County Hospital
• Constanta Pneumophtysiology Hospital
• Constanta County Hospital, comprising several specialty clinics, including:
  • The pediatric clinic of Constanta County Hospital
  • The ATI Clinic
  • The Surgery Clinic
  • The Neurosurgery Clinic
  • The Orthopaedics Clinic
  • The Psychiatry Clinic
  • The Internal Medicine Clinic

Along with numerous other subspecialty clinics and departments, giving students broad, hands-on exposure to clinical ethics and practice.

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