[The role of medical university in modern prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Examples from Medical University of Gdansk]. / Rola uczelni w nowoczesnej prewencji chorób ukladu krazenia na przykladzie programów Akademii Medycznej w Gdansku.

Constant worsening of epidemiological situation in cardiovascular diseases in Poland in the 70's and 80's called for intensive measures in the field of preventive cardiology. Thus in 90's, in order to change this situation, among others, team from Department of Hypertension and Diabetology from Medical University of Gdansk started, in cooperation with other medical universities, important regional and national research programs and preventive interventions. The aim of the educational program carried out in years 1999-2001 for Members of the Polish Parliament, opinion leaders and decision makers was to increase knowledge of the Polish elites about epidemic of cardiovascular diseases in our country. These actions made possible receiving greater support from the government for new epidemiological and preventive programs in this field. Thanks to NATPOL PLUS project, carried out on the representative sample of adults in 2002, we determined for the first time the prevalence and control of main cardiovascular risk factors in Poland. Results of this program helped planning preventive tasks in the National Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention and Treatment Program POLKARD 2003-2005. The aim of the preventive programmes: SOPKARD and Polish Four-Cities Project was to work out standards of modern, comprehensive interventions. They permitted planning and introduction of the largest preventive program: the Polish 400 Cities Project (PP400M). The PP400M is addressed to citizens of all small towns (to 8000 citizens) and surrounding villages in the whole country. All these accomplishments in the field of quickly expanded clinical epidemiology and cardiovascular prevention are directed mainly to Pomeranian and Polish citizens, especially those who are not aware of high risk of myocardial infarction or stroke. The main principle of our strategy is the role of university as an expert in preparation and supervision of the programs, which were carried out by the specialized organizations and firms such as PBS in Sopot. The second important component of our strategy was an intensive cooperation with other leading research centres in Poland that allowed taking advantage of the joint achievements.

[Ways of spending free time by students of the Medical University of Gdansk in relation to their health behavior]. / Sposoby spedzania wolnego czasu przez studentów Akademii Medycznej w Gdansku i zawarte w nich zachowania zdrowotne.

Problems connected with the issue of free time are the field of interest for social, and medical scientists and economists. Medical students are perceived by others as well as by themselves as the group with free time deficiency. An inquiry was conducted on subject of some aspects of free time and healthy lifestyle in practice of VIth year students of Faculty of Medicine and 1st year students of Medical Analysis at the Medical University of Gdansk. One of the questions in the inquiry was direct question about the ways of spending free time. There were differences in forms of spending free time between students of Faculty of Medicine and students of Medical Analysis. Among the first group examined the most, about 46%, points to recreational sport as the form of spending free time; quite a lot people read books, and about 40% of them sleep. Medical Analysis students asked the same question answer that they study during their free time--almost 41%, they also go for walks and listen to the radio. On the grounds of the answer about practicing recreational sport we can assume that for the greatest part of the students such activities have become an obligatory part of their lifestyle and not everybody classifies them among free time activities. Students of both inquired groups fill their free time with number of activities, among which we can find those involving rest, health or entertainment.

[Choice of the profession and work satisfaction among nursing students from the Medical University of Gdansk]. / Wybór zawodu a satysfakcja z pracy wsród studentów pielegniarstwa Akademii Medycznej w Gdañsku.

The choice of the future profession is very important to every young person. The influence of this choice on future occupational satisfaction is significant. In the paper there is presented the connection between the choice of nursery profession and achieved occupational satisfaction. The material was based on information gathered by anonymous questionnaires. The whole group of second year students of Nursery Faculty of Medical University of Gdansk were interviewed by the questionnaire. For 60% of them the choice of the profession was not done accidentally. The evaluation of motives for selecting the nursery profession and its influence on future occupational satisfaction were studied. The tendency of changing the profession according to the way of work was also analyzed. The results indicate the differences between achieved occupational satisfaction and the tendency of changing the profession depending on motives of taking up the studies. The results do not allow to estimate the quality of work of particular groups but can be the introduction of following more thorough research.