History
1968 - Department of foreign languages located in Sklabinská street - first permanent teachers
1969 - Department of foreign languages was attached to the Department of Pathological Physiology and Pharmacology of the Faculty of Medicine – Head of the Department PhDr. Štefan Ducár
1975 - PhDr. Mária Bujalková CSc. became a new Head of the Department and led it till 2020
1982 - Deparment of foreign languages was moved to Students’ Residence Hall in Novomensky street
1991- 2012 Deparment of foreign languages became an independent workplace and moved to Zaborsky street
2012 - Deparment of foreign languages moved to Štefánik Institute, street Malá Hora 5
2020 - PhDr. Božena Džuganová, PhD. became a new Head of department (till now)
Pedagogical activity
1968 - 1991 main activity - teaching of Latin, Russian, English, German, French + prepairing postgraduate students for a language exam
1991 - Russian and French language teaching was finished
- teaching of foreign students in English (Medical terminology and Slovak language) has started,
- teaching of Medical terminology and foreign languages in the newly created non-medical study programmes has started
1999 - 2012 optional seminars of English language for PhD students were organized
2012 – teaching of Medical terminology and foreign languages for dentistry study program has started
Scientific research activity
goal: didactics of foreign languages, applied linguistics, history of medicine and medical terminology
Projects - 7 fakulty grants (led by members of our department)
- 4 KEGA grants (2 grants in colaboration with other departments + 2 grants led by PhDr. Mária Bujalková, CSc. and Mgr. Anna Barnau, PhD.)
- 2 Slovak Ministry of Education projects (in colaboration with other departments)
Organizing the scientific events
1999 - scientific conference with international participation: "Teaching foreign languages at medical faculties - balance and perspectives"
2007 - 8th International Symposium on the History of Medicine, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine
2012 - scientific conference "Medical and pharmaceutical terminology in theory and practice"
Other activities
1985 – 1992 a preparatory course for a state exam in English and German
1985 – 2000 postgraduate remedial English course for faculty teachers
1991 colaboration with the organizations British Council and Goethe-Institute (till now)
2001 – 2011 language competition of students in English and German with the support of the Dr. Jozef Lettrich Foundation