Abstract
The paper gives information on conclusions of the research conducted by questionnaires, which was focused on 120 students of general medicine in the first year of study at the First and Third Faculty of Medicine in Prague. Its main interest was to outline the profile of a typical Czech or Slovak student in relation to medical Latin in order to learn his/her real skills in Latin before entering the faculty and the attitudes towards the instruction of medical Latin.
The most important conclusions are: 1) Though 48% of students have learnt Latin during the previous studies, most of them have minimal skills. 2) The attitudes towards the instruction are very positive, students understand how much Latin is important for medical studies. 3) Students perceive this subject more as medical terminology than as course of foreign language.