Medical student of the year 2016 from Faculty of Medicine CU
Eva Korňanová, a graduating senior from the Faculty of Medicine of CU, wom the Medical student of the year prize for 2016, succeeding among 129 students.
A student of the Faculty of Medicine of CU succeeded and became the Medical student of the year 2016 in a competition of 128 other medical students from around Slovakia.
The Medical student of the year competition, organized by a privately owned hospital network, offered students a chance to test their theoretical knowledge as well as practical medicinal skills. Finals of the competition took place in the Vranov nad Topľou hospital, where finalists demonstrated their skills in surgical stitching, describing X-ray radiographs, discerning blood type and working with ultrasound in intensive medicine.
Participants also got a view into economical governance of a hospital, functioning of health insurance, medicinal legislation and doctor-patient communication.
"I'm very happy that I won, I was surprised" said the winning Eva Korňanová, that would like to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology.