Faculty of Medicine

Hi, I'm Ceren Çetin. I am a second year student at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine. Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine is located next to the Ankara City Hospital in the Bilkent Campus of our university. In our faculty, we generally take pre-clinical courses for the first three years and clinical courses for the final three years. The preclinical courses I take are mainly basic medical sciences courses like anatomy, physiology, histology and embryology. Year 4, 5 and 6 students conduct their clinical internships at the Ankara City Hospital. In addition to this, we have student clubs, summer internships or internships we can do ourselves during the semester too. We also have laboratory facilities. We have laboratories for courses such as Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Pathology, Pharmacology and Physiology. The aim of all these is to reinforce the lessons we have seen theoretically. Laboratories are places where we really get better because they give us the opportunity to reinforce our knowledge. We have two cadavers in our anatomy laboratories and many other models. We have the opportunity to practice on our models by working together with our instructors. In addition, we also perform the practical part of the course using microscopes with our preparations in our Histology and Embryology laboratories. In general, when we finish medical school, we become physicians, but an infinite number of fields of specialization are possible. What are these? When we finish our faculty, we can enter the TUS (Medical Specialist Training Entrance Exam) and gain our expertise in Turkey or we can carry out specialization abroad with other exams. Apart from this, we can continue our professional life as a general practitioner. In addition, we can continue our education as an academic or by getting a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) abroad. The main reason I chose medical school was that I really wanted to be a doctor when I was a child. Apart from that, I found myself a little closer to medical school with the lessons I had taken in my high school and I chose medical school as it was my dream in the 12th grade. I always wanted to realize my medical school dream in Ankara. When I researched the medical faculties in Ankara, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University was apparent as a rising medical faculty. I am here now thanks to my successful ranking and the opportunities at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. So far, I benefited most from laboratory courses among the opportunities offered to me in the faculty. In my medical life up to now, I have taken lots of lectures, especially in the Anatomy and Histology laboratories. In these lessons, we had the chance to reinforce the material we have seen theoretically in practice and this increased our level of knowledge. After graduation, I intend to take the TUS and to become specialized in Turkey, but of course, in the future, I may change my mind and turn to a different field candidates who come here are those with great interest in research and love for their profession. I wish success to the students who will choose Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine.