Soon to join them were professors: Izabela Cwojdzinska-Gadzikiewicz, Lech Dzialoszynski, Adam Krechowiecki, Wanda Murczynska, Jan Slotwinski, Eugeniusz Mietkiewski, Edward Gorzkowski, Irena Semadeni, Boleslaw Gornicki.

The passion and efforts of the pioneers resulted in an increasing number of students and academic teachers, a widening scope and rising level of specialized health services, and in scientific research of growing importance.

Furthermore, the outpatient departments are an important element of the treatment and services base of the region, acting chiefly as specialized consultancy centres with a yearly number of visits exceeding 160,000.

The title of doctor honoris causa was granted to 15 renowned scientists: Witold Starkiewicz (1973), Kazimierz Stojalowski (1974), Eugeniusz Mietkiewski (1985), Jerzy Kulczycki (1987), Andre Raymond Ardaillou (1991), Marek Eisner (1992), Zbigniew Janczuk (1994), Franciszek Kokot (1995), Leonidas Samochowiec (1995), Hans Schadewaldt (1995), Eberhard Ritz (1996), Dietrich Kettler (1996), Mary Osborne (1997), Stanislaw Woyke (1998), Alan Gewirtz (1999).

Apart from previous co-operation with some centres in the European Union, the agreement signed with the Pennsylvania University in Philadelphia may be called the most important.

The strongest advantage of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin lies in its staff - scientists, teachers and physicians - well-educated and strongly motivated to do a good job, in many instances keeping pace with forefront of world medicine.

Hopefully, some shortcomings as to the facilities and instrumentation may be overcome in the coming years, thanks to the commitment and enthusiasm of the staff of the Pomeranian Medical University.

The most important one is to improve the curriculum by modernizing and making more attractive the forms of teaching so that students graduating from our University be well prepared to meet the needs of their profession, but also call the period of studies as one of the best in their lives.

The Publishing Division is the editor of other publications such as handbooks for students, post-graduate education aids, medical and administrative guide-books, growing steadily since 1969.