Schedule for the extern evaluation procedure Seminar Sarajevo March 2011

Visiting Protocol (Example for 1 day) Meeting with management of the Health Polytechnic Meeting with the group in charge of making self-evaluation Participation at lecture Physio assesment Meeting with the group in charge of making self-evaluation (cont.) Tour of hospital in Dubrava, participation at clinical exercises for study of nursing and study of physiotherapy Lunch (catering at Health Polytechnic) Tour of student services, library and IT premises – Meeting with students – Meeting with teachers – Meeting with heads of study programmes – Internal meeting of the commission and drafting final report – Final meeting of the commission with the management

1. Criteria for Student affairs (1) 1.1. Student attitudes and competences 1.2. Student curriculum (knowledge elements: inductive versus deductive methods/encyclopaedia) 1.3. Workload 1.4. Fail/pass rates and drop-outs 1.5. Instructional methods (and their diversification) 1.6. Practices and Clerkships

1. Criteria for Student Affairs (2) 1.7. Evaluations and examinations 1.8. Student involvement in faculty 1.9. Cost of study (tuition, meals, lodging, …) Student satisfaction 1.11 Student internationalization (ECTS and credits necessary for exchanges) Content of curriculum: PBS and EBM (Cochrane, guidelines, recommendations, etcetera)

2. Criteria for Staff Assessment 2.1. Evaluation of own possibilities 2.2. Dependency on visiting teachers 2.3. Collaboration Preclinical and clinical teaching staff: “integral learning” 2.4. staff attitudes (belief in the all-potent law and politics) 2.5 staff training

3. Criteria for Learning and Teaching Assessment 3.1. Evaluation of teaching / staff 3.2. ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) 3.3. Involvement of junior staff (including possibility of evaluation of students) – empowerment? 3.4 Curriculum / Modular System 3.5 Total time of studies

4. Criteria for Assessment of Research 4.1 Research methodology teaching 4.2 Research facilities 4.3 Collaboration with other research groups 4.4 MSc and PhD possibilities 4.5 Time and facilities for scientific work (dissertation and thesis) also in Master years

5. Criteria for Assessment of Organization and Administration 5.1. Management commitment 5.2. Strategic mission and vision 5.3 Communication strategy (in between staff, and staff- students) 5.4. Faculty structure 5.5. HRM and salary policies (payment for teaching) Global financial structure 5.6. Future developments: / Relation to society and politics 5.7. International contacts and exchanges 5.8. Relations Faculty – Teaching Hospital – Regional Hospitals

6.. Criteria for Assessment of Logistics 5.1. Information Services and IT-infrastructure 5.2. Buildings 5.3. Equipment (ex.: skills lab) 5.3. Laboratories 5.4. Psycho-social services 5.5. Administrative follow-up and archiving of activities 5.6 Division of labor / (administration)

7. Criteria for the final Report of the external Site Visit HIGHLIGHTS INTERDEPENDENCY OF PROBLEMS GENERAL CONCLUSIONS FROM DATA STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESIS RECOMMENDATIONS