The First Medical Residency Student Orientation Program of the 2026-2027 Academic Year Was Held.

 

On Monday, October 26, 2026, between 09:00 and 12:30, training was provided in the Conference Hall of Our University's Research and Application Hospital within the framework of the "Medical Residency Student Orientation Program" for the research assistants who have started their duties at Our Faculty since February 2026.

In line with feedback on previously held orientation programs, the program was conducted this term for the first time using the flipped classroom method; participants completed the online training titled "Faculty of Medicine Medical Residency Student Orientation Program" beforehand. The in-person session was shortened by approximately half and conducted with an emphasis on questions and answers and interaction.

The program began with an opening speech introducing Our Faculty, delivered by our Dean Prof. Dr. Nilgün ŞENOL and our Vice Dean Assoc. Prof. Dr. Furkan Çağrı OĞUZLAR. Our Chief Physician Prof. Dr. Sabriye ERCAN and our Deputy Chief Physician Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa AVCI presented the service and quality policy of Our Hospital. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Serhat GÜRPINAR, Head of the Division of Internal Medical Sciences, faculty member of the Department of Forensic Medicine, and Chair of the Postgraduate Medical Education Board, addressed Our Hospital's ethics policy and the prevention of psychological harassment (mobbing) in the workplace; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giray KOLCU, faculty member of the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Medical Education and Informatics, addressed interprofessional collaboration. Our Faculty Secretary Zafer DURAN provided information on resident personnel affairs, starting with the Regulation on Specialty Training in Medicine and Dentistry, as well as the resident record card, specialty thesis, rotations, extensions of specialty training, assignments, promotion, tracking of term of duty, military service, and leave and medical report processes.

After the break, Prof. Dr. Nesrin Gökben BECEREN, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, addressed the operation of the emergency department, the duties, authorities, and responsibilities of the night supervisor, patient referral procedures, coordination with 112, and patient-physician safety (Code Blue, Code Pink, Code White); Prof. Dr. Onur KAYA, faculty member of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, described Our Hospital's infection prevention and infection control policy. Our Deputy Chief Physicians Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yunus HATİP gave a presentation on clinical records and healthcare service practices, SUT and SGK practices, patient admission and discharge, file and epicrisis procedures, package practices, the Medula and automation system, and the electronic laboratory test system; and Assist. Prof. Dr. Zehra KÜÇÜKTEPE gave a presentation on the consultation process and ethics. Resident Representative Res. Assist. Dr. Özgür ÖZAY shared experiences with newly starting colleagues in a presentation titled "Being a Resident at SDÜ". The program concluded with the collection of feedback and a closing session.

We thank our Dean Prof. Dr. Nilgün ŞENOL, our Chief Physician Prof. Dr. Sabriye ERCAN, our Vice Dean Assoc. Prof. Dr. Furkan Çağrı OĞUZLAR, our Deputy Chief Physicians Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa AVCI, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yunus HATİP, and Assist. Prof. Dr. Zehra KÜÇÜKTEPE, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Serhat GÜRPINAR, Prof. Dr. Nesrin Gökben BECEREN, Prof. Dr. Onur KAYA, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giray KOLCU, our Faculty Secretary Zafer DURAN, and our Resident Representative Res. Assist. Dr. Özgür ÖZAY, our Personnel Chief Adil KARA, Çiğdem CİNGÖZ from our Personnel Affairs Unit, and all our team members who contributed, for their valuable contributions to the preparation and conduct of the program, and we wish success to our research assistants who are beginning their specialty training.

"Together on the Path to Specialization!"

SDÜ Faculty of Medicine Dean's Office