Pregraduate education in hygiene (after restructuralization in the School year 2001/2002) is carried out in two study branches: general medicine and nursing. In the 10^th Semester for students in the general medicine study branch, hygiene education consists of 12 lessons of lectures and 24 lessons of practical exercises. In the 2^nd semester for students in the bachelor and master's nursing study branches, it consists of 18 lessons of lectures and 18 lessons ofpractical exercises, and in the 1^st and 2^nd semesters for students in the external form of nursing study branch it consists of 12 lessons of lectures in both the 1^st and the 2^nd Semesters. The topical interconnection between teaching and practice is carried out by a system of terrain study stays at the State Medical Institute in Martin and in a selected medical facility — an out-patient department or school. The topical interconnection between teaching and research is obvious during the study stays in nutritional hygiene: students evaluate their nutritional regimen but also the life-style risk factors - the results are seen in the  utputs of grant projects carried out at the Institute. Feedback between hygienic practice and teaching is also topical during conferences (Martin’s Days of Hygiene) where the results from the research of the medical faculties and the hygienic practice of the State Medical Institute are presented annually. Special purpose publications (proceedings from conferences) are part of the recommended literature for students of hygiene and health and nutrition at the Jessenius Medical Faculty of Comenius University in Martin.

Keywords: Teaching; Research; Practice; Interconnection