UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR FACULTY OF MEDICINE

GENERAL MEDICINE Uniform master’s degree study program ENROLMENT CRITERIA For the uniform master’s degree study program General Medicine can apply: a) who passes the “Matura examination” b) who has before June 1, 1995 finished any 4-year secondary school program. All candidates must have a level of knowledge of the Slovenian language at the C2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). As a fulfilment of this admission requirement a completed course of the subject of the Slovenian language at the baccalaureate or in the last year of a secondary school is taken into account when the lectures have been given, a certificate of a passed exam in the Slovenian language a the level C2 is taken into account or any other equivalent document as well. ENROLMENT POST 86 post Full-time study STUDY ON MF UM Duration of the study: 6 years or 12 semesters evaluated with 360 ECTS The studies will be carried out in the form of lectures, practical work, seminars and in individual forms. PROFESSIONAL TITLE : DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (MD)

GENERAL MEDICINE Uniform master’s degree study program

Selective subjects – two selective subjects in each study year

PLANING CHANGES IN CURRICULUM In 1 st year: we combined Biochemistry and Chemistry – (9 ECTS: 2 ECTS Chemistry, 7 ECTS Biochemistry) Implementation of subject: Methods of research work in medicine and Medical Statistics (4 ECTS) In 2 nd year: Implementation of subject: Evidence based medicine – (4 ECTS) Epidemiology Public Health Social Medicine Medical informatics – E-health, Medical Statistics (3 ECTS) In 3 rd year: Movement of Pathology – special pathology (6 ECTS) from 4 th year to 3 rd year 16

In 4 th year Movement of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery from 5 th to 4 th year In 5 th year: Movement of Oncology from 6 th to 5 th year, Oncology is combined with Palliative medicine – (6 ECTS) Pediatrics is extended with clinical genetics and pedopsychiatry – (16 ECTS) In 6th year: Implementation of subject: Evidence based medicine (3 ECTS): Health and Economy Patient´s safety Health quality Implementation of new obligatory optional subject: Clinical work on department by student's choice – (3 ECTS) Implementation of module: Obstetrics and Pediatrics – (8 ECTS) 17

ADVANTAGES OF THESE CHANGES Learning outcomings are: student is familiar with scientific journals, clinical decision making system, research articles, scientific publications, statistical methods, epidemiological methods, types of epidemiologic studies, Graduates must be able to analyze data with statistical methods, using basic statistic methods, evaluated statistical report, must be familiar with library information system, MEDLINE, COCHRANE, SCOPUS, electronic books, etc.. 18

Learning outcomes are also using information systems, health care classification system, With Information technology: like virtual patient in medical education ( in Maribor we use MedU system – Web 2.0), for the development of so called decision support systems, etc.. 19

CONCLUSSION: Medical education must be science based, Medical schools and hospitals must guarantee proper scientific education, EU directive (2015/55/EU – automatic recognition of professional qualification) in a now more guaranteed limitless practice for physicians in EU, Due to security of patients care in EU, it must be changed. Nowadays it is necessary to define common quality standards for medical education by EU agency. 20

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Location: Institute for anatomy, histology and embryology

Location: Laboratory Centre

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An overwiev of the Erasmus exchanges at Faculty of Medicine in Maribor 44 Table 1: List of Erasmus agreements on Austria Medical University Vienna Medical University Graz Medical University Innsbruck BELGIUM University of Gent Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences CZECH REPUBLIC Charles University Prague FRANCE University Brest CROATIA University of Split Medical faculty University of RIJEKA Sveučilište Josipa Juraja Strossmayerja ITALY University of Genoa University of Pisa HUNGARY University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine University of Pecs University Semmelweis, Faculty of Medicine GERMANY University of Aachen, Faculty of Medicine University of Leipzig University of Johannes Gutenberg Mainz University Eberhard Karls Tübingen University Würzburg University Georg-August v Göttingen University Ludwig-Maximilian v München University of Düsseldorf NETHERLANDS University Maastricht Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences – Institut of Education FORMER YUGOSLAY REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje POLAND Jagiellon University Krakow Medical University Varsaw Medical University Wroclaw Medical University of Silesia, Katowice PORTUGAL University of Porto University of Lisbon University of Coimbra ROMANIA Uliu Hatieganu Medical Unviersity Cluj-Napoca SLOVAKIA University of Pavel Jozef Safarik Košice SPAIN Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona University of Malaga

Table 2: Erasmus study mobility at Faculty of Medicine Maribor Number of students on Erasmus study Number of enrolled studentsThe proportion of students 2007/ , / , / , / ,2 2011/ , / , / , / ,18 45

Graph 10: Erasmus study exchanges by EU countries (outgoing) 46

Table 3: Erasmus mobility for placement Number of students on placement Number of enrolled students Proportion of students on placement 2007/ / / , / , / , / , / , / ,56

For incoming students we offer traineeship (practical placement) on following departments: ABDOMINAL SURGERY VASCULAR SURGERY TORACIC SURGERY NEUROSURGERY CARDIOSURGERY PLASTIC SURGERY ORTHOPEDICS PEDIATRICS NEUROLOGY ANAESTESIOLOGY CARDIOLOGY NEPHROLOGY PULMOLOGY ENDOCRINOLOGY GINECOLOGY IN OBSTETRICS GASTROENTEROLOGY ENT TRAUMATOLOGY DERMATOVENEROLOGY INTENSIVE INTERNAL MEDICINE EMERGENCY MEDICINE REUMATOLOGY 1 week of practical work (40 hours) is awarded with 2 ECTS.