gms | German Medical Science

During the last decade medical education in Ukraine faced with urgent requirement for reforming. We studied the experience of the best universities of Europe and USA by our teachers' trainings and supplied our educational system with the most interesting attainments. In our university we follow Standards and Recommendations of ENQA (European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) adopted by European University Association (EUA), European Student International Bureau (ESIB), European Association of Institution of Higher Education (EURASHE).

Beginning from the last year a new form of teaching process - the "whole day system" - successfully functions in combination with credit-module educational system in Ternopil state medical university. The main peculiarity of this system is that a student is working at the same university department during the whole day. The student starts with practical skills, then seminar discussion is held and only after that the tests are performed. Thus, the student's grade is multicomponent. Every student can find all necessary materials for preparing to practical classes and lectures in the Intranet system. Practical-based learning at our university is reinforced by students' tasks -- to show the practical skills level ("Matricule"). One complex test is performed at the end of each semester in order to provide more objective estimation of students' knowledge. This knowledge's control is organised by the independent testing centre.

The first year of implementation of such educational techniques has already proved that the new system allows to improve the organizing of the educational process. At the same time the better conditions for mastering of practical skills by the future physicians are created.