The Structure of Medical Education in Europe: Implementing Bologna – On the way to a European success story? (10./11.10.2008)

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The goal of this international conference is to assess medical education within the Bologna Process in Europe and in Germany. In this context, several pertinent EU projects on curricular reform will be examined. The reform of medical education and the need for further development of respective state guidelines are issues of intensive debates in Germany. But the discussion must take into consideration the experience in other European countries as well – especially since controversies have been triggered in the context of the greater Bologna Process.
The conference shall also demonstrate, as one of its learning effects, that special “national solutions” are counterproductive, especially in the long term, as they tend to make mobility and mutual recognition in the Common European Higher Education Area more difficult. Selected examples of “Good Practice” from Bologna countries will also serve to provide more transparency, increase awareness for necessary changes and promote the feasibility of two-cycle study programmes for Medicine in Germany and Europe.
However, “Bologna” is more than restructuring curricula into Bachelor and Master. There are a number of requirements for the successful implementation of the Bologna Process in medicine – with or without tiered study programmes. These include the critical review of state guidelines, medical curricula and the introduction of new teaching and learning formats as well as strengthening competencies in educational research. In Germany, such attempts have already been made by the medical curricular reform as well as the reform of the Licensing and Regulation for Doctors (2003).
Bologna also encompasses the establishment of efficient quality assurance, the improvement of mobility and recognition, and, in the context of medical education, discussion on labour market opportunities for Bachelors of Medicine.
Target groups for the conference include teachers, academics, students, representatives of European medical associations, research organisations, national and regional health ministries, EU Commission, representatives of medical employers, health and care companies, and the interested public.

Programme

Welcome adresses:

Prof. Dr. Wilfried Müller, Vice-President of the German Rectors’ Conference
Peter Greisler, Director, Institutions of Higher Education, Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Statements by representatives of
Prof. Dr. David Gordon, President of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE), Copenhagen
Prof. Dr. R. Peter Nippert, Association of German Medical Faculties
Dr. Hans Karle, President, World Federation for Medical Education, WFME
Prof. Dr. Eckhart G. Hahn, President of the Association for Medical Education (GMA), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Prof. Dr. Madalena Folque Patrício, Lisbon, President of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)

Medical education in Europe: Learning from a diverse Europe?
a) TEMPUS/TUNING/MEDINE
Prof. Allan Cumming, Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching, University of Edinburgh

b) The example of DentEd-projects
Prof. Dr. drs.drs. Jerome Rotgans, RWTH Aachen University

Panel discussion: Reorganising Medical Studies in Europe toward competence-driven curricula and for improving employability, interprofessional networking and research
With:
- An Baeyens, European Commission, DG Internal Market & Services - Regulated Professions
- Prof. Vincenzo Costigliola, President of the European Medical Association
- Jan Hilgers, Liaison Officer on Medical Education Issues 2006-08, International Federation of Medical
Students' Associations (IFMSA)
- Prof. Dr. R. Peter Nippert, Association of German Medical Faculties
- Prof. Dr. J.B.M. Kuks, University Medical Center of Groningen
- Prof. Dr. Peter M. Suter, President, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS)

Parallel Workshop sessions:

Workshop 1: Implementing the two-cycle Bologna degree system: modularisation and curricular development, core curricula vs. evidence based education, employability
Impulse:
Prof. Dr. Th. J. ten Cate, Director of the Center for Research and Development of Education, University Medical Center Utrecht
Dr. Christian Schirlo MME, Faculty of Medicine University Zurich
Comment:
Line Engelbrecht Jensen, National Officer on Medical Education, International Medical Cooperation Committe (IMCC Denmark)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Harendza MME, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Rapporteur: Prof. Dr. Martin Lischka, Medical University, Vienna

Workshop 2: Organisation of medical examinations and quality assurance: Best Practice
Impulse:
Prof. Dr. Charles Bader, Vice-Dean for Education, Faculty of Medicine University of Geneva
Prof. Dr. J.B.M Kuks, University Medical Center of Groningen (see above)
Comment:
Katharina Kulike, German Medical Students´ Association (BVMD)
Chair: Stefan Bienefeld, German Rectors’ Conference
Rapporteur:
Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Mirecka, Krakau, Vice-President of the Accreditation Commission for Medical Universities in Poland, member of the Regional Bologna Promoting Group

Workshop 3: Mobility and Recognition
Impulse:
Dr. John Lewis, Hull York Medical School
Comment:
Daniel Rodriguez Muñoz, Regional Coordinator for Europe 2008/09, Director on Medical Education 2007/08, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
Chair:
Marina Steinmann, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Rapporteur:
Howard Davies, European University Association (EUA)

Workshop 4: Improving co-operation and employability in the health care sector
Impulse:
Prof. Dr. Frits van Merode, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FdGW), Maastricht University
Nikos Davaris, Director on Medical Education 2008/09, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA)
Chair:
Prof. Dr. R. Peter Nippert, Association of German Medical Faculties
Rapporteur:
Prof. Dr. Winrich Breipohl, Institute for Work and Technology (IAT)

Workshop 5: Enhancing Research Competences
Impulse:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Westermann, University of Lübeck, Institut for Anatomie
Prof. Dr. David Gordon, President of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE), Copenhagen
Prof. Dr. Andreas H. Guse, Vice-Dean of Education, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Comment:
Sou de Roos, Medical Education Director, European Medical Students´ Association (EMSA)
Chair:
Prof. Dr. H. J. Seitz, SE Europe Cooperation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Rapporteur:
Prof. Nada Cikes, Dean, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

Poster Exhibition

mp3 file Record One (19 MB) mp3 file Record Two (23 MB)

mp3 file Posters Record (2 MB)

Steps ahead:
a) Presentation and discussion of the workshop results
Rapporteur WS 1: Prof. Dr. Martin Lischka, Medical University, Vienna
Rapporteur WS 2: Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Mirecka, Krakau, Vice-President of the Accreditation Commission for Medical Universities in Poland, Member of the Regional Bologna Promoting Group
Rapporteur WS 3: Howard Davies, European University Association (EUA)
Rapporteur WS 4: Prof. Dr. Winrich Breipohl, Institute for Work and Technology (IAT)
Rapporteur WS 5: Prof. Nada Cikes, Dean, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

b) Working on common suggestions for a long-term political agenda for the Bologna Follow-up Group and the Ministerial Conference in Leuven in 2009
General Rapporteurs:
Prof. Dr. Eckhart G. Hahn, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Prof. Ronald M. Harden, Dundee, UK, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
Comment:
Jan Hilgers, Liaison Officer on Medical Education Issues 2006-08, International Federation of Medical Students'Associations (IFMSA)

mp3 file Record Three (19 MB) mp3 file Record Four (7,3 MB)

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