After two years, the Japanese Ambassador Hideo Suzuki again visited the Faculty of Medicine of MU during his business trip to Brno, this time accompanied by the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic Vlastimil Válek. The Dean of the Faculty Martin Repko welcomed the visit in his office, where he and the Vice Dean for English Studies and Internationalisation Lubomír Křivan also met with several students from Japan.
Dean Martin Repko received Ambassador Hideo Suzuki and Minister of Health of the Czech Republic Vlastimil Válek on Monday 18 December 2023. Together they discussed the possibility of cooperation in research with Japanese universities and the differences between the Czech and Japanese health care systems. They addressed the issue of telemedicine, which is already used in practice in Japan, electronization of health care and modern technologies of diagnostic and medical care.
The discussion was also attended by three 5th year General Medicine students from Japan, of which there are approximately one hundred at the Faculty. In a friendly atmosphere they discussed their experiences and life in the Czech Republic, cultural differences and satisfaction at Masaryk University. Subsequently, the delegation was accompanied by representatives of the management to the teaching of foreign students at the Department of Anatomy in the framework of the dissection exercise.
Finally, the visitors headed to the Simulation Centre, where they briefly stopped at the emergency room, visited the dental teaching facilities and had the opportunity to see several simulators, including a newborn incubator, on the hospital floor of the centre. The delegation was guided through the centre by doc. Martina Kosinová, deputy head of the Institute of Simulation Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University. Ambassador Suzuki expressed his admiration for the overall concept of the centre and its teaching methods.
Dr. Jana Djakow and Associate Professor Martina Kosinová from the Department of Simulation Medicine at Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine were the first women in the Czech Republic to receive degrees from international professional societies in the field of resuscitation and anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine, respectively.
At the beginning of November, six graduates of the Faculty of Medicine received the Masaryk University Vice-Rector's Award for Excellence in Doctoral Studies.
