Hygiena 2013, 58(3):139-140 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a0979

Remembrance of Professor K. Symon on the Anniversary of the 3rd Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University, Prague

Vladimír Bencko1,2, Jaroslav Kříž2
1 1. lékařská fakulta UK v Praze, Ústav hygieny a epidemiologie
2 Společnost hygieny a komunitní medicíny ČLS JEP

This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Medical Faculty of Hygiene on the grounds of our Charles University in Prague in former Czechoslovakia. An assembly of experienced university teachers specialized in all branches of medicine took care of the succesful start and high quality of teaching since the very beginning of its existence. Among faculty members of that time belonged as an important personality professor Karel Symon, M.D. The authors remind his professional profile and his merit concerning teaching and advancing of the modern concept of hygiene oriented on studies searching for evidence-based solutions.

Keywords: teaching of hygiene and epidemiology, prof. Symon

Received: February 2013; Accepted: June 3, 2013; Published: September 1, 2013  Show citation

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Bencko V, Kříž J. Remembrance of Professor K. Symon on the Anniversary of the 3rd Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University, Prague. Hygiena. 2013;58(3):139-140. doi: 10.21101/hygiena.a0979.
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