Professional practice of students

The total amount of practical teaching in this study programme is 100 teaching hours. Within the courses of the Coherent Guided Practice, the hour allocation and its content is divided as follows:

Continuous supervised practice - diagnostic instruments (50h)

Continuous supervised professional practice in the field of medical technology - diagnostic instruments takes place in the clinics and departments of the following specialist departments: Internal Medicine Clinic, Surgery Clinic, Pediatric Neurology Clinic, Medical Rehabilitation Clinic, Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, Neurology Clinic, Radiodiagnostic Clinic, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Eye Clinic, Department for Children with Visual Impairment, Skin Department and Medical Technology Department.

Continuous supervised practice - therapeutic devices (30h)

Continuous supervised professional practice in the field of medical technology - therapeutic devices takes place in the clinics, departments and centres of the following specialist departments: Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation Clinic, Surgery Clinic, Nuclear Medicine Clinic, Radiotherapy Clinic, Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Surgery Clinic, Neurosurgery Clinic, Cardiac Surgery Centre, Plastic and Hand Surgery Centre, Burn Centre, Transplant Centre, Trauma Centre, Orthopaedic Department, Paediatric Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit, Urology Department, Operating Room Department and Medical Technology Department. 

Continuous supervised practice - laboratory instruments (20h)

Continuous supervised professional practice in the field of medical technology - laboratory instruments takes place in the following departments: the Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, the Institute of Clinical Haematology, the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, the Blood Centre and the Medical Technology Department.

The total amount of compulsory practical teaching in this study programme is 56 teaching hours. The student can choose between two types of practice:

Professional practice - social services worker

Professional practice is carried out in social service workplaces with a focus on the elderly, clients with disabilities and mental illness (day service centres, day and weekly residential centres, homes for the disabled, homes for the elderly, homes with special regime, sheltered housing, early care workplaces, aftercare facilities). The aim of the continuous practice in social service organisations (state and non-state) is to get to know the common practice of social service workers. The sub-objectives include: familiarising oneself with the specific workplace, understanding clients and their needs, learning general work skills in the context of the workplace, developing communication skills and the scope of care practice with the clients of the workplace. The practice is oriented towards training to perform professional activities in social services, which is focused on assistance, support and care for social service users and is defined by the basic activities in Section 35 of Act No. 108/2006 Coll. on Social Services.

Professional practice - assistive technology technician

Professional practice is carried out with manufacturers and service providers in the field of assistive technologies, telemedicine solutions and remote home care systems. The focus of the internship is exclusively on technical solutions, their operation and management. The student's task is to get to know existing technical solutions and their benefits for the target group of consumers, people with disabilities. Primarily this involves system administration, servicing the equipment used, and database systems management. The aim is also to understand the organisation of the service provider and the logical structure of the services provided.