Abstract:

Introduction:
Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Bratislava is currently undergoing comprehensive accreditation. Accreditation materials will include an innovated concept of the entire medical study. New forms and content of individual subjects must be harmonised with the latest knowledge in medicine and natural sciences and technical innovations in the 21st century. Theoretical subjects were asked to communicate with the clinical subjects to ensure better content continuity in medical studies.

Material and methods:
To specify content and continuity in the general and dental medicine teaching it is possible only in the close cooperation of theoretical and clinical workplaces. In order to achieve this goal we organised both online and in-person discussions with colleagues from clinics.
Based on results of these discussions, we proposed to enrich theoretical base of medical biophysics with selected clinical applications.

Results:
Some suggested topics to ensure horizontal and vertical content continuity of medical biophysics with clinical subjects:
Nuclear medicine - PET/CT positron emission tomography as the most modern examination method of nuclear medicine, which enables spatial imaging of functional and anatomical properties of individual tissues and organs, radiopharmaceuticals and contrast media, patient and staff safety issues when administering radiopharmaceuticals.

Radiology:
Instrumentation and structure of the radiological workplace and its specifics (digital imaging methods - sciagraphy and sciascopy, mammography, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging.
Emergency & general medicine – anaesthesia, emergency medicine, artificial lung ventilation, radiation, disaster medicine.
Neonatology & intensive care medicine in pediatrics - assessment of cardiac output, haemodynamic changes in congenital heart defects, neonatal intensive care unit, specifics in the new-borns imaging methods, postnatal adaptation of the new-born's respiratory system.
Dentistry - imaging methods in dental medicine (X-ray, CT, MR, PET, SPECT), imaging of the head, neck, dentition and pathological conditions, mechanical and electrical properties of filling materials in dentistry.

Conclusion:
Biophysical base of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in individual medical disciplines should expand in the future. Virtual and simulation teaching will be further developed. Students will be required to master the facts that form the knowledge base of the subject, but a certain degree of memorization in the medical studies will be still necessary. To create conditions for logical thinking is extremely important to organize knowledge in the hierarchy, structure and connections between facts. This approach supports theoretical knowledge and practical skills of medical graduates. We can confirm that medical biophysics with its clinical applications plays key role to fulfil this challenge.

Acknowledgement:
Contribution was supported by GP KEGA MESRS of the SR № 023UK–4/2021.

Keywords:

Accreditation of medical studies, medical biophysics, clinical applications.