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E-learning preparatory courses
The Medical Faculty of Masaryk University offers three E-learning preparatory courses for students who intend to get ready for the entrance exam for the General Medicine and Dentistry programme in the English language. Biology, Chemistry and Physics can be purchased as separate courses.
Why to choose e-learning?
- study in the comfort of your home
- whenever is convenient for you
- choose your own pace
Proven success rate:
According to our statistics, 80% of course participants succeed in the entrance exam!
Course Goals
- revising and broadening your secondary school knowledge of Biology, Chemistry and Physics
- practising answering skills essential for success in the entrance examination
Course Description
- Each course consists of several units (see the course contents) which further specify the theoretical background needed for the understanding of the given topic.
- Each unit contains a short test providing feedback on a particular part of the course content. You can also join a discussion group serving as a space for communication with both your colleagues and tutors.
- Individual courses are concluded with final tests similar to the actual entrance exam; its score informs about participants’ chance to pass the entrance exam
Each course costs 100 Euro and can be purchased online as separate items. Courses are available to purchase from November 13th 2023 to July 7th 2024 and open until September 15th 2024.
All participants will receive a password to the university online system after the payment.
Courses content
Biology
- What cells are? Chemical composition of cells
- Prokaryotic cell structure
- Eukaryotic cell structure. Membranes. Osmosis
- Structure and function of eukaryotic cell organelles
- Cell functions in unicellular and multicellular organisms
- Cell information – DNA
- Protein synthesis in cells
- Cellular responses to external stimuli and intercellular communication
- Cell division and DNA replication
- Heredity
- Diseases in human
- Viruses
- Breakthrough discoveries in medical biology
- Blood, haemostasis and immunity
- Bones and skeletal system
- Muscles
- The heart
- The circulation
- The respiratory system
- The gut
- Metabolism and temperature regulation
- The renal system
- Endocrinology
- Reproduction
- The nervous system
Chemistry
- Basic chemical terms
- Stoichiometric calculations
- Atomic structure
- Periodic table of elements
- Chemical bonds
- Nomenclature of inorganic compounds
- Solutions. Electrolytes. Acids and Bases
- Oxidation and reduction
- Brief synapsis of inorganic compounds
- Introduction to organic chemistry
- Alcohols. Thiols. Aldehydes
- Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
- Amines. Nitro compounds
- Heterocyclic compounds
- Sacharides
- Fatty acids and lipids
- Amino acids and proteins
- Enzymes
- Vitamins
- Nucleotides and nucleic acids
- Energy and metabolism
Physics
- Introduction
- Mechanics of solid bodies
- Harmonic motion, wave motion and sound
- Mechanics of fluids
- Principles of thermodynamics
- Theory of electricity
- Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- Optics
- Optics - Basic terms
- Optics - Optical imaging by lenses and mirrors
- Optics - The human eye and simple optical instruments
- Optics - Wave properties of light 8.5 Optics - An introduction to photometry
- Theory of relativity
- Principles of quantum, atomic and nuclear physics
- Principles of quantum, atomic and nuclear physics - Introduction
- Principles of quantum, atomic and nuclear physics - Properties of electron shells
- Principles of quantum, atomic and nuclear physics - The atomic nucleus
- Principles of quantum, atomic and nuclear physics - Detection and measurement of ionizing radiation
