Important dates in the history of Department of Family Medicine

• 1992 – creation of the Assembly for Family Doctors in Poland.
• 1992 – creation of College of Family Physician of Poland.
• 1993 – creation of Chairs and Departments of Family Medicine in Polish Medical Universities
• 1993 – Department of Family Medicine is created within the framework of Regional Postgraduate Education Centre of the Medical University of Lodz, co-ordinated by Prof. Bozydar Latkowski.

• 1993 – Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska, PhD is elected Chair of the Department.

• 1994 – curriculum is compiled and teaching (lectures and tutorials) begins for students attending the 4^th year of studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Lodz.
• 1996 – Department of Family Medicine prepares a session concerning Medical Issues in Family Doctors’Practice within the framework of the 4^th International Rehabilitation and Handicapped People’s Equipment Fair in Lodz describing osteoporosis screening results of Municipal Health Centre (GOZ) population in Nowosolna.
• 1996 – Department of Family Medicine is one of the organisers of Polish-German Symposium entitled Didactics in Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Belchatow. In session entitled Postgraduate Teaching of Gynaecology and Obstetrics the special role of family doctors education in the fields of gynaecology and obstetrics is underlined.
• 1996 – A paper on the present and future students’education in Department of Family Medicine of Medical Academy in Lodz is presented on the 1st National Conference entitled Undergraduate Education in Family Medicine in Szczecin.

• 1998 – Chair of the Department Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska, PhD meets the Senator Elzbieta Plonka, a family doctor.

• 1998 – Prof. Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska publishes a script entitled Family Medicine (general part) for 5^th and 6^th year Medical Faculty students of the Medical University of Lodz.

• 1998 – Together with other institutions (Family Medicine Residents Society, College of Family Physician of Poland, Regional Family Doctors Education Centre of the Medical University of Lodz, Health Department of the City Council of Lodz ) the Department organises conference Perspectives for Family Medicine Development in Lodz.
• 1999 – Results of surveys conducted in the Department are presented in paper entitled Undergraduate Education in Family Medicine. Before tutorials only 4% of students declared willingness to specialise in family medicine, the tutorials increased interest not only in the subject of teaching but also in this medical speciality after graduating.

• 1999 – Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska, PhD confers P. Kardas doctoral dissertation.
• 1999 – Department of Family Medicine in Lodz is awarded grant for preparatory actions aiming at participation in the 5^th European Union Framework Programme by the National Research Committee (KBN).

• 1999 – representatives of the Department take part in a meeting of institutions intending to prepare a research-implementation project within the framework of the 5^th European Union Framework Programme organised in Athens.
• 1999 – The Department initiates research Project for preventing hospitalization in case of elderly inhabitants of Lodz within the framework of a grant awarded by Lodz City Council.

• 2000 – results of research conducted within the framework of Project for preventing hospitalization in case of elderly inhabitants of Lodz are presented on a conference entitled “Elderly people health needs and their conditioning” organised under the auspices of Department of Family Medicine of Medical University in Lodz and Lodz City Council for doctors of basic healthcare and other professionals involved in care for elderly people.

• 2000 – Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska, PhD confers K. Pietruszewska and M. Cwirko-Godycki doctoral dissertations
• 2001 – As a final outcome of the research Project for preventing hospitalization in case of elderly inhabitants of Lodz a monograph entitled Hospitalisations of elderly inhabitants of Lodz. Frequency, cause, prevention possibilities by P. Kardas and E. Ratajczyk-Pakalska is published

• 2001 – during the 1st Congress of Polish Family Medicine Association in Szczecin decisions concerning the organisation of the 2nd Congress in Lodz in 2002 are made
• 2002 – Head of the Department, Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska is granted the titled professor
• 2002 – on 9-11 May the 2nd Congress of Polish Family Medicine Association is held in Lodz. Prof. Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska, MD, PhD becomes the Chairperson of Congress Organising Committee

• Organisers of the 2nd Congress PFMA in Lodz. From the left: Dr. Sylwia Kalucka, Dr. Donata Kurpas (FMD Wroclaw), Malgorzata Hein (Agora Intl.); Prof. Andrzej Steciwko, (Chairman PFMA); Prof. Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska; Dr. Pawel Klink, Dr. Przemyslaw Kardas

• 2002 – Prof. Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska is awarded “Hipocrates Statue” by Polish Family Medicine Association for her contribution to family medicine development.

• 2002 – launching NISAN research-implementation project, realised by the Department together with international partners in the framework of the 5th European Union Framework Programme.
• 2002 – Prof. Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska, PhD confers A. Kolacinska doctoral degree, prepared within the framework of Doctoral Studies Division of Department of Family Medicine of Medical University in Lodz.
• 2002 – Medical Academy of Lodz is officially transformed into Medical University of Lodz.

• 2002 – after Prof. Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska’s, retirement Przemyslaw Kardas, PhD is employed as the head of the Department.

• 2003 – launching NICMS research-implementation project, realised by the Department together with international partners in the framework of the 5th European Union Framework Programme.

• 2003 – Prof. Ewa Ratajczyk-Pakalska, PhD confers P. Klink doctoral degree, prepared within the framework of Doctoral Studies Division of Department of Family Medicine of Medical University in Lodz.

• 2004 – 3-4 February 2004 – Department has organized annual meeting of international partners involved in NICMS project. Thel meeting of international partners involved in NICMS project has summarized results obtained during the first year of the project and precise further activities.
• 2004 – Prof. Jerzy Loba, MD, PhD, served as the supervisor of colleague Izabela Papierz’s doctoral thesis, which focused on the impact of physical activity on the metabolic balance of perimenopausal women.
• 2011 – Head of the Department of Family Medicine, Przemysław Kardas, was awarded the title of professor.
• 2011, December 8 – At the conclusion of the ABC Project, the department team organized a meeting in the European Parliament called the European Forum of Patient Adherence to Medication.

• 2012 – Dr. Paweł Lewek defended his doctoral dissertation titled “Opinions on Generic Drugs Among Physicians, Pharmacists, and Patients in Primary Healthcare in the Łódź Province.”
• 2012 – Dr. Izabela Banaś defended her doctoral dissertation titled “The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents in Selected Age Groups of Family Doctor’s Patients.”
• 2019 – Prof. Przemysław Kardas, MD, PhD, was the supervisor of Jakub Dorożyński’s doctoral dissertation titled “Opinions and Experiences of Dietary Supplement Consumers Expressed in a Questionnaire Study, with Special Focus on Adverse Effects.”
• 2020 – By decision of the Rector of the Medical University of Lodz, the Department of Family Medicine established the Center for Research on Patient Adherence to Medication.

• 2021 – The Department was relocated to its new headquarters in Collegium Anatomicum (60 Narutowicza Street, Łódź)