Some issues regarding elaboration of qualification requirements and educational

programmes (curriculum) for life long learning of medical university teaching staff

Nikolay B. Vodolazskiy, Professor Associate,

Department of Pedagogics and Psychology,The Omsk State Medical Academy

Volgograd, October 3 – 7, 2011

159328-TEMPUS-FR-TEMPUS-SMHES (2009-4911)

Life-Long-Learning Framework for Medical University Teaching Staff

Teachers - academic and pedagogical staff of Higher Medical School is

• permanent staff of the Higher School (as per structure) with scientific psychological and pedagogical competences according to the level of preparedness for teaching and research activities

Teaching staff - Academic staff

1. • Deans of Faculties 2. • Heads of the Departments 3. • Professors 4. • Associate Professors5. • Senior Teachers 6. • Teachers 7. • Assistants

Who is training academic and teaching staff for the Higher School?

Federal Law On Higher and Postgraduate Professional Education№ 125-FL dated 22.08.1996

Organizational and legal forms for academic and teaching staff training

postgraduate course doctorate course

Federal Law On Education № 3266-FL dated 10.07.1992

Article 25 stated: “each citizen with corresponding completed higher education has an opportunity to obtain additional postgraduate professional education in pedagogics”

Qualification improvement and its profile revision at each level

Additional educational programs for advanced professional training (such as, MBA programs, secondary professional education, MA courses, etc.) and staff retraining in the institutions that have appropriate licenses

National Qualification Framework of the Russian Federation

Other advanced educational programs for further training of psychological and pedagogical skills

APPROVED BY:Acting Minister of Education of the Russian Federation В.М. Zhurakovsky, May 8, 2001

Educational and professional training program for higher school teaching staff ‘Teacher of Higher School’ And its sublimates - short-term courses 72 and 144 hours

TRAINEESStudents enrolled for MA courses

Postgraduate students and postdocs mastering the general educational program for postgraduate professional education in Research Institutes and Centers

Students of advanced professional training and retraining courses with master's and PhD degree

Professionals having length of teaching and research experience for at least 2 years

Novel paradigm is lifelong learning in the profession “…ensuring the possibility of multiple learning paths alignment lead to obtaining of specific qualification and improvement of professional skills”

National Qualification Framework of the Russian Federation

New draft of the Federal Law on Education states:

• “teaching staff are trained in additional professional education programs at least once every five years”

• “Professional development is to be carried out once in five years or gradually (discretely) within five years, including various training courses, subjects, disciplines, modules, practical trainings in compliance with the National Legislation and Resolutions in Education"

The Tuning Project represents the basic elements of educational programs

models:

1.Availability of necessary resources, including sufficiency and qualification of the faculty and administrative staff …2.Demand for educational programs from all participants of the educational process.3. Description of the profiles of the programs (objectives and tasks). 4. Definition of learning outcomes in terms of general and specific competences.1.Formation and description of academic content (knowledge, abilities and skills) and structure of programs (modules and credits). 6. 2.Determination of learning/teaching strategies and techniques, and assessment .3.Creating a proper system of evaluation, quality assurance and improvement.

What is required to design and implement the individual learning paths?

1. Special (for medical university teaching staff) qualification framework. “Qualification requirements” In Tempus IV Project.

2. Sophisticated lifelong learning education technology.

3. Variety of modules as the basis for competencies formation and flexible educational programs designing to meet individual needs of teachers.

4. Reliable assessment tools of students’ achievements to monitor comparability and mutual recognition of learning outcomes.

What shall we do? Hope for the Government and issue one more directive or a modern curriculum of additional education. It is unlikely that this will happen soon.

As per the order № 442 dated 21. 10. 2009 of the Ministry of Education and Science all universities including medical ones should implement new third generation educational standards at the beginning of 2011-2012 academic year.

According to the opinion of document’s authors new educational programs should be developed and approved by this time.

Thus, if the implementation procedure for the third generation educational standards is absolutely clear.

But the Ministry of Education and Science has left the issue regarding currently realized educational programs leading to the awarding of additional qualification nonresponse so far.

Nobody will give us miraculous deliverance….

Having and exploiting experience of the Russian and foreign colleagues we have to make proposals in draft form to the Ministry of Public Health Ministry, such as: •guidelines for life long learning framework development for medical university teaching staff;•a draft of the specific (for medical university teaching staff) qualification framework;•a proposal concerning design procedure for module competence programs for lifelong learning education and order of their introduction; •binding all above-mentioned (in draft form) to the certification system for teaching and academic staff and passing competition rounds for vacant positions

This is the essence of TEMPUS - IV Project!

Availability of necessary recourses including qualification of the academic and administrative staff (TUNING Project)

The Program “Higher School Teacher” in Russian Universities is basically realized at the Departments of Pedagogics

Department of Theory and Teaching/Learning Technologies” at I.M. Sechenov MSMU

Journal reflecting the best Russian and Foreign experience

• This Journal belongs to the Association of Professional Medical Societies on Quality of Medical Care and Education

• The Journal is devoted to applied aspects of teaching in medical and pharmaceutical universities, colleges, and monitors the latest achievements in teaching methods and assessment to improve the efficiency of teaching/learning process

MEDIZINDIDAKTIK BOCHUM ZENTRUM FÜR MEDIZINISCHE LEHRE

Центр медицинского образования

Levels of Trainings Level Courses Workload

АSingle courses (about 12 hours)

12

В1Certificate „Medical Didactics“Chamber of Physicians NRWState Academy for Med. Ed.

120

В2University Certificate onDidactics 200

С Master of Medical Education

1800

University of Freiburg

Center for Professional Skillsfor programs realization:

•Bachelor of Elaboration of Educational Technologies •Master of Science of Teaching/learning

Conclusion: Currently, we are trying to deal with modernization of the educational program 2001 ‘Teacher of the Higher School’ which fortune is still unclear and incomprehensible as per recently approved National Educational Standard for Curriculum of New Generation

A theme Life-Long-Learning Framework for Medical University Teaching Staff declared as a priority in the Project has not received proper development so far.