In the first day of the programme there was a meeting with rector of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia P.Slovak, Dean of medical faculty D.Pella, financial project manager Marina Ivanova, project partner from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University Y.Mazhernik.
During 3 working days project participants have been working in 10 sections.
Following presentations of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University have been listened and discussed: “Public health”, “Public health and health psychology”, “Prevention of cardiovascular diseases”, “Social and behavioral medicine”, “Nursing care”, “Public health and hygiene”, “Sports medicine in education at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University”, “Medical physiology”, “Age physiology and education in gerontology and geriatrics”, “Forensic medicine”, “First aid in medical disciplines”, “Neonatology”, “Simulation in obstetrics and gynecology”, “Simulation in surgery”, “How to make lectures more interesting”, “Biophysics in medicine”, “Experimental medicine”, “Biomedical engineering”, “Medical informatics”.
On the 2nd and 3rd working days the participants had the opportunity to visit the following clinical Departments:
— Department of Anesthesiology and therapy
— Department of Neonatology
— Department of Biophysics
— Department of Experimental medicine
— Department of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Eastern Slovak Institute II
— Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurements (Technical University and the Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering).
On the 3rd day there were conducted round tables with discussion of the working group activities and the formation of the preliminary results and planning future actions.
On November 24, 2016 the II-nd coordination meeting was continued at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
The opening ceremony was conducted by Professor Stanislav Stipek from Charles University, who warmly welcomed all the partners from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Germany and expressed gratitude to all partners for their cooperation in the project. Then, the project participants were welcomed by the rector of Charles University in Prague — Professor Thomaş Zima and the dean of First Medical faculty — Professor Aleksi Šedo. Rector of Charles university, one of the largest universities of Europe, gave short information about plans and objectives of the meeting, and focused on the process of education at Charles University in Prague. He noted that Erasmus+ is the best program in the EU, and more than 2,000 students from EU countries now study at the university, in addition, 12 students from Uzbekistan and 8 students from Kazakhstan.
The project participants visited the First Medical faculty and a particular interest was paid to medical simulation center for training students of dental specialties and a simulation center of Physiology Department.
During the following days the presentations by employees of Charles University on the following themes were discussed: «Academic network infrastructure», «E-books and electronic sources of information», «Interactive games with the circulation model», «MEFANET — a web of trust», «WikiSkripta–an open educational resource».
On the last day there were discussed the reports of the project participants from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: «The role of testing and analysis to improve the quality of tests in the system of higher medical education in Uzbekistan» – Bakhromzhon Mamatkulov and Sherzodbek Inakov (Tashkent Medical Academy) and «Checking tests used in SKSPhA» Yerzhan Orynbassarov (South Kazakhstan state pharmaceutical academy).
The financial project manager M.Ivanova also made a presentation and again explained the financial aspects and the organization of work in the project.
The programme of the II-nd coordination meeting was rich and fruitful.
