Wiedza Medyczna

Accessibility

Accessibility Statement

The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education is committed to ensuring the accessibility of its website in accordance with the Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies.

This Accessibility Statement applies to the following website: https://wiedzamedyczna.pl/index.php/wm

Date of website publication: 13 August 2019

Date of last major update: 31 December 2025

Digital accessibility status

This website is partially compliant with the Appendix to the Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, due to the non-compliances and exemptions set out below.

Non-accessible content

  • some images do not have alternative text;
  • PDF files published before 8 October 2025 are not fully accessible: they contain incorrect alternative text, may be read partly in Polish and partly in English, and do not always follow the correct reading order for screen readers.

Content excluded from the regulations

Documents published before 23 September 2018 are not available in a digitally accessible format. If you require any of these documents in an accessible format, please contact us and specify which document you need.

Preparation and review of this Accessibility Statement

Date of preparation: 31 December 2025

Date of last review: 14 January 2026

This statement was prepared on the basis of a self-assessment.

Keyboard shortcuts

Only standard browser keyboard shortcuts are available on this website.

Feedback and contact details

If you experience any digital accessibility issues with this website, please contact Magdalena Zima, Accessibility Coordinator,
email: magdalena.zima@cmkp.edu.pl, tel: +48 22 569 37 69

Everyone has the right to request that the digital accessibility of this website, or any of its elements, be ensured.

When making such a request, please provide:

  • your full name;
  • your contact details (for example your telephone number or email address);
  • the exact web address of the page where the inaccessible content or element appears;
  • a description of the problem and an indication of which solution would be most convenient for you.

We will respond to your request as quickly as possible and no later than 7 days of receiving it.

If we are unable to meet this deadline, we will inform you accordingly. We will then provide a new deadline by which we will address the reported issues or make the information available by an alternative means. This new deadline will not exceed 2 months.

If we are unable to ensure the digital accessibility of the website or the content specified in your request, we will offer access by an alternative means.

Requests and complaints concerning accessibility

If, in response to your request for digital accessibility, we refuse to provide the accessibility requested and you disagree with that decision, you have the right to submit a complaint.

You also have the right to submit a complaint if you do not agree to the alternative means of access proposed in response to your request.

Complaints may be submitted by post or by email to the management of our institution:

Director of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

99/103 Marymoncka Street, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland

Telephone: +48 22 569 37 06, email: biurodyrektora@cmkp.edu.pl

You may also notify the Commissioner for Human Rights and request intervention in your case: https://bip.brpo.gov.pl/

Architectural accessibility

Building of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education at 99/103 Marymoncka Street, Warsaw

The editorial office of Wiedza Medyczna is based at the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 99/103 Marymoncka Street, Warsaw.

The building has three entrances. The main entrance from Marymoncka Street is equipped with a ramp for wheelchair users, although the entrance itself is not fully adapted. An assistance bell is installed at the door. The building can also be accessed from Twardowska Street directly from pavement level.

Access is also available from Cegłowska Street via the car park, where one parking space is designated for disabled users. The most convenient access for wheelchair users is from Twardowska Street and Cegłowska Street.

The building is equipped with a stair platform for disabled users, located by the cloakroom on the Twardowska Street side. A tactile floor plan is available on every level of the building.

There are two lifts in the building. They are equipped with audible signals and voice announcements indicating the floor number and additional information, such as building exits. The lift panels include Braille markings. All rooms are accessible to wheelchair users.

The reception desk is designed to allow wheelchair users to approach the counter. An accessible toilet is located on the lower ground floor on the Cegłowska Street side and is fitted with an assistance call system. Toilet doors throughout the building are marked with pictograms. Braille signage and enlarged print signage for blind and partially sighted users are provided throughout the building.

The stairs, including the beginning and end of each flight, as well as light switches in corridors, toilets and lecture rooms, are marked in contrasting colours. Above the main entrance there is a Totupoint sound beacon to guide blind and partially sighted users. Assistance dogs and guide dogs are permitted throughout the building.

In the main auditorium, ramp access is provided to the stage platform for wheelchair users. The steps in the seating area are marked, and there is a safe emergency exit from the auditorium to the internal grounds.

Building of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education at 82 Schroegera Street, Warsaw

The building is accessed via the entrance from Przybyszewskiego Street. Steps lead up to the entrance. The building is equipped with a lift and a stair platform. The lifts provide audible signals and voice announcements indicating the floor number and additional information, such as building exits. The lift panels include Braille markings.

An accessible toilet is located on the ground floor and is fitted with an assistance call system. Toilet doors are marked with pictograms. The building also includes Braille signage and enlarged print signage for blind and partially sighted users.

A tactile floor plan is available on every level. The stairs, including the beginning and end of each flight, are marked in contrasting colours. Light switches in corridors, toilets and lecture rooms are also marked in contrasting colours. Above the main entrance there is a Totupoint sound beacon to guide blind and partially sighted users. Assistance dogs and guide dogs are permitted throughout the building.

Request and complaint procedure

Under Article 30 of the Act of 19 July 2019 on ensuring accessibility for persons with special needs, a person with special needs, or their legal representative, may request that architectural or information and communication accessibility be provided.

Under Article 18 of the Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, everyone has the right to request that the digital accessibility of a website, mobile application, or any part of it be ensured. It is also possible to request that information be made available by an alternative means of access.

A request for architectural or information and communication accessibility may be submitted:

  • in person at the registered office of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education in Warsaw, 99/103 Marymoncka Street, Room 18, between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm;
  • by post to: Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 99/103 Marymoncka Street, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland;
  • by email to: kancelaria@cmkp.edu.pl

Request for architectural or information and communication accessibility

Request for digital accessibility

Additional information

Facilities for deaf and hard of hearing users

To improve communication for hard of hearing users, induction loops have been installed and a mobile FM assistive listening system has been provided.

An induction loop is available in the main auditorium of the building at 99/103 Marymoncka Street. The location is marked with the induction loop symbol.

At the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, a sign language interpreter may be arranged at the request of the person concerned.

Request for an interpreter

Information and communication accessibility

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Act of 19 July 2019 on ensuring accessibility for persons with special needs, the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education provides support through communication aids referred to in Article 3(5) of the Act of 19 August 2011 on Sign Language and Other Means of Communication.

Contact

At the request of a person with special needs, communication with the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education may also take place in the form specified in that request. The contact person for accessibility matters at the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education is Magdalena Zima, Accessibility Coordinator.

People who experience communication difficulties may contact us using the following communication-supporting methods:

Telephone: +48 22 569 37 69

SMS/MMS: +48 606 465 809

Email: magdalena.zima@cmkp.edu.pl

MS Teams (if you wish to contact us via MS Teams, please arrange the meeting in advance. This is a video call without a sign language interpreter).

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