ECTS SYSTEM MEDICAL FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA

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ECTS SYSTEM MEDICAL FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA

• Prof. Dr. Farid Ljuca
• Prof. Dr. Sabina Nuhbegovic
• Doc. Dr Nermina Hadigrahic
• Mr. sci. Nijaz Tihic
• Tuzla, July, 2007.

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Weakness of old curriculum

• Overloaded student.
• The problem of the allocation of credits.
• The two and tree semester courses.
• Traditional way of teaching and assessments.
• The great number of unsuccessful students.

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How to allocate credits?

• The correct way
• Base the allocation of credits to the different
  components of a study year on a realistic
  estimation of the student workload required for
  the average student to achieve the learning
  outcomes established for each of the components.

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How to allocate credits?

• Wrong way
• Linking credits to contact hours
• Linking credits to status or prestige

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ECTS SYSTEM UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA

• TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDIT OF ONE COURSES IS SIMPLE
  AMOUNTS OF LECTURES AND PRACTICES 1.
• THERE ARE 25 CREDITS FOR OBLIGATORY AND 5 CREDIT
  FOR FACULTATIVE (3) AND ELECTIVE (2) COURSES
• The number of contact hours must be 25-30 per
  week.
• It is a non-modularized system.

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ECTS calculation (Anatomy example)

• Contact hours (second semester)
• 4048
• Per semester 15x8120 hours
• Non contact hours
• 1 hours lecture 1,5 hours preparing for exam
• (4x1,56)
• 1 hours practise 1 hours preparing for exam
• (4x14)
• Per semester 15x10150
• Exams (2 terms) 2x1.53
• 2x1.02
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• 5
• ?1201505275
• 1ECTS30
• ?30275309,160 9 ECTS

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Proposal for a new curriculum for 2007/08
academic year
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Less hours (15) of chemistry Join of biology and
human genetics More ECTS for Anatomy Removal of
Biochemistry from third to second semester
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More facultative courses
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The great effort was to unload the students in
winter semester.
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More facultative courses
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Removal of Pharmacology and toxicology on third
year New name for course Radiology and nuclear
medicine
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Completion of all courses in one year Removal of
Internal medicine on fourth year
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New names of some courses Introduction of
Clinical practice on 12. semester
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Estimating student workload

• Types of courses lecture, seminar, practical,
  laboratory work, tutorial, project work,
  independent studies, etc.
• Types of learning activities attending lectures,
  practising technical or laboratory skills,
  writing papers, reading books and papers,
  learning how to give constructive criticism of
  the work of others, etc.
• Types of assessment oral examination, written
  examination, test, portfolio, thesis, continous
  asseement, etc.

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Type of student Smart, ............Beautiful,
...........Happy, ......... Pleased,
......................etc.