Organizer of the event:
University of Pécs
Faculty of General Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
| Address: | 7622 Pécs, Szigeti út 12. |
| Phone number: | 06 72 536 000 |
Section website address: https://otdk.pte.hu/
Section e-mail address: tdk@aok.pte.hu
Date of the event: 22–25 April 2025.
| Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Prof. Dr. Erika Pintér |
| University Professor, Director of the Institute | |
| Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Mária Figler |
| University Professor | |
| Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Györgyi Horváth |
| Associate Professor | |
| Secretary of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. András Garami |
| Associate Professor | |
| Secretary of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Márta Hock |
| Associate Professor | |
| Secretary of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Ákos Nagy |
| Associate Professor | |
| TDK coordinator: | Dr. Bence Pytel |
| University Assistant Lecturer | |
| TDK coordinator: | Dr. Róbert Vida |
| Assistant Professor | |
| TDK coordinator: | Luca Sántics-Kajos |
| PhD Student | |
| TDK administrator: | Judit Kovács |
| Student delegate: | Angelika Bodó |
| University Student, TDK Secretary | |
| Deputy student delegate: | Sarah Shubail |
| University Student |
The National Association for Student Research (OTDT), the Medical and Health Sciences Section Committee of the OTDT and the organizing University of Pécs Faculty of General Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences hereby announce the 37th National Student Research Conference Medical and Health Sciences Section under the conditions of the following call.
The conditions for participation and registration in the Medical and Health Sciences Section of the 37th OTDK are set out in the General Call of the 37th OTDK and in this Call of the OTDT Medical and Health Sciences Committee.
In the 37th National Student Research Conference (OTDK), TDK papers and authors may participate that meet the conditions specified in the General Call for the 37th National Student Research Conference. Details are provided in Supplement 2 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK. One author who has presented the work at the qualifying conference is eligible to give the presentation and, if awarded first prize, is eligible to apply for the Pro Scientia Gold Medal. A TDK paper/presentation can have up to two authors and two supervisors. A student may participate with only one first-author paper.
Study circles from cross-border universities and colleges can participate in the 37th OTDK under the same professional conditions as those in Hungary. Details are available in the General Call of the 37th OTDK.
The conference is also open to secondary school students in Hungary and across borders who present their research results at conferences of higher education institutions or national high school science student conferences (for details see Supplement 4 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK) and are nominated for the OTDK. A detailed description of the participation of secondary school students is available in the General Call of the 37th OTDK.
A thesis produced in the course of continuous TDK activity during BA and BSc education, can be entered to the 37th OTDK, if it meets the requirements of the Call and its Supplements and has been presented at a student research conference either during the BA/BSc or the subsequent MA/MSc training and has there been delegated to the OTDK.
| Integrated Master’s programs in medicine: | |
| University of Debrecen | 105 presentations |
| University of Pécs | 86 presentations |
| Semmelweis University | 162 presentations |
| University of Szeged | 88 presentations |
| Pázmány Péter Catholic University | 5 presentations |
| University of Veterinary Medicine | 5 presentations |
| Two-cycle health sciences programs: | |
| University of Debrecen | 13 presentations |
| University of Miskolc | 13 presentations |
| University of Pécs | 25 presentations |
| Semmelweis University | 12 presentations |
| University of Szeged | 11 presentations |
| Széchenyi István University | 5 presentations |
| Gál Ferenc University Faculty of Health and Social Sciences | 5 presentations |
| Quota for applicants from abroad: | 20 presentations |
The content and format requirements for the abstract (summary) to be uploaded during the registration process are set out in Supplement 1 to the Section Call.
Theoretical medicine
Clinical medicine
Conservative medicine
Operative medicine
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dental sciences
Health sciences
During the application process, students must indicate which session would be the most suitable for presenting their TDK paper, as well as another session that could also be appropriate. However, the organizers reserve the right to reclassify you to another category.
The fundamental rules for the establishment of the final session assignment are included in the General Call of the 37th OTDK. The Medical and Health Sciences Section Committee may, based on the number of applications received and their topic, merge some of the planned sessions/topics or create additional ones, so that the TDK paper may be assigned to a different session than the one indicated by the authors during registration. The condition for starting an independent session is the receipt of at least 6 TDK papers in the given topic, on the condition that at least 5 of the 6 to 15 papers will be presented at the 37th OTDK. If the number of TDK papers to be presented in a given session is fewer than five, that session may be merged with another session at the discretion of the Chair of the Section Committee. The organizing institution, with the agreement of the Section Committee, reserves the right to redirect submissions with content that does not align with the Section’s field of study to another session of the National Student Research Conference that is more appropriate for the topic, with thanks for the application.
The final decision on the sessions, and the classification of the TDK papers will be made by the Medical and Health Sciences Section Committee. Students will be informed of this decision via the OTDT online system by 24 March 2025 at the latest.
Registration period: 15 November 2024 – 19 February 2025, 16:00 (CET)
Students’ tasks during this period are:
A common expectation for documents signed by hand or electronically:
a) A document authenticated using the identification-based document authentication service (Client Gateway AVDH, available at https://niszavdh.gov.hu/index) via the Client Gateway.
OR
b) a printed and hand-signed document may be accepted in scanned (PDF) format.
After the registration deadline for students (19 February 2025, 16:00, CET) it will no longer be possible for students to upload application documents in the OTDT online system.
Uploading the documents of the student research conference and sending them to the OTDT Office according to point 5 of Supplement 2 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK.
A) Approval of participant registrations in the OTDT online system (all registrations are automatically approved in the system, so action is only required if the institution/faculty does not wish to delegate a submitted TDK paper to the OTDK).
B) For TDK papers and authors registered in the Medical and Health Sciences Section, the summary list of approved registrations must be printed from the OTDT online system, signed by hand, scanned, and uploaded in PDF format to the OTDT online system, OR the summary list generated in Excel format from the OTDT online system must be converted to PDF, signed electronically, and then uploaded to the OTDT online system.
Common expectations for documents signed by hand or electronically:
a) A document authenticated using the identification-based document authentication service (Client Gateway AVDH, available at https://niszavdh.gov.hu/index) via the Client Gateway.
OR
b) a printed and hand-signed document may be accepted in scanned (PDF) format.
Deadline for institutional and faculty TDT Chairs to upload documents to the OTDT online system: 24 February 2025 (Monday) 16:00 (CET). After the deadline it will no longer be possible to upload application documents in the OTDT online system.
We are unable to accept TDK papers that do not meet the requirements outlined in the Section Call; such applications will be rejected.
Applications submitted individually are invalid.
The registration fees for the 37th OTDK will be decided at a later stage, subject to the availability of funding.
A certificate of participation in the OTDK will be awarded to all authors and supervisors of each paper presented. In addition, a maximum of one third of the papers presented may be awarded one of the first, second and third places per section, taking into account that a maximum of one application per session may be awarded first place. The Section Panel may award a special prize to those papers that do not achieve ranking but are judged by the Session Panel to be worthy of recognition on the basis of their professional merit, and which are judged to be immediately behind the winning applications. The authors of the winning papers and those of the papers receiving the Special Prize of the Session Panel will each receive a certificate for the ranking or the Special Prize of the Session Panel.
The total number of winning TDK papers and TDK papers awarded the Special Prize of the Session Panel may not exceed 50% of the total number of TDK papers presented in a section. Further rules on prizes are set out in Supplement 3 to the General Call.
The presenting (first-)authors of TDK papers that have been awarded first place at the national conference may apply for the Pro Scientia Gold Medal, provided they meet the additional criteria set out in the call. Details are given in Supplement 5 of the 37th OTDK General Call.
We invite and welcome all interested students and their masters!
Budapest, 9 April 2024.
| Prof. Dr. László Mátyus | Prof. Dr. Erika Pintér |
| University Professor | University Professor |
| Chair of the OTDT Medical and Health Sciences Section Committee |
Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 37th OTDK Medical and Health Sciences Section |
Note: If any interpretational issues arise between the Hungarian call and its English translation, the Hungarian version shall prevail.
For the Medical and Health Sciences Section, a written TDK paper submission is not required.
Rules for the abstract
At the conference, participants will have 10 minutes to the oral presentation of their TDK paper (presentation), followed by a 5-minute discussion.
The language of the presentation must match the language of the abstract.
Evaluation criteria for the TDK presentation:
| 1. Results, professional content, presentation (maximum 20 points) |
Score |
| Abstract, formal requirements, scientific information content |
0-5 |
| Explanation of the background of the research; emphasis on the importance of objectives and hypotheses; presentation of the methods used and the research process; scientific content of the results, methodology of evaluation, description of issues encountered during the research; connection between the conclusions and the objectives; outline of further research directions. |
0-15 |
| 2. Performing style, quality of the presentation (maximum 10 points) |
Score |
| The presentation follows the structure of scientific presentations; the presenter appropriately uses the terminology of the field when presenting their results; the presenter avoids unnecessary use of foreign-language technical terms; incorporates national and international scientific findings into the presentation; the presenter’s style is confident, the language of the presentation is easily understandable, and the structure is logical. |
0-10 |
| 3. Use of visual aids, demonstration (maximum 10 points) |
Score |
| Use of available visual aids; the quantity, quality, and informational content of the figures; the figures maximally contribute to the understanding of the presentation. |
0-10 |
| 4. Debate skills and professional competence (maximum 10 points) |
Score |
| The presenter’s responses to questions are confident, professionally accurate, and focused on the questions asked; the presenter is informed about the field’s achievements and maintains a connection with the audience.
If the presentation exceeds the allotted time by more than 30 seconds, a maximum of 5 points can be awarded for the discussion. If the presentation reaches 15 minutes, the discussion cannot begin, and no points can be awarded for debate skills. |
0-10 |
| 5. Own work/Appendix slide |
Score |
| Reviewers pay special attention to the extent to which the results presented in the presentation can be considered the student’s own work. It is expected that an appendix slide be shown as the last slide of the presentation, in which the student briefly lists their own contributions to the results. In the evaluation (i.e., point allocation), only the student’s own work is assessed. Accordingly, a presentation without an appendix slide detailing your own work will not be scored. |
Without an appendix slide, the presentation cannot be scored! |