study program of “medicine (doctor of medicine)”

European University CyprusSCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Study Program of “MEDICINE (Doctor of Medicine)”

Competitive Advantages & Innovations

Concept inception under the patronage of LAUREATE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES in June 2010

Accredited by ECPU, 6-Year Medicine-MD Program: 29.10.2012

Organization, Establishment and Operation by September 2013.

September 29th, 2015: Inaugural Day for the Schools 3rd Cohort of Freshmen: with 257% increase in its Recruitment Rate

More than 78% of freshmen in F2015 from overseas


MEDICINE STUDY PROGRAM MILESTONES


Completing Its First Three Years in Existence

Clinical training & medical education teaching programs(based on 8 of the Best Public & Private Hospitals of Cyprus)

Administered in English and applying all EU Directives:5,500 (5778) hrs./360 ECTS/ (Educ. 3275 hrs.)/(Train. 2503 hrs.)

With an Intensified Basic Greek language learning Program (Over a 4-semester period)


INNOVATIONS & CHANGES WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF SUPPORTING COURSES &

SPECIAL SET OF DIRECTIVES :

3-5 weeks “Clinical orientation/training rounds” at the outset for 1st, 2nd and 3rd yr. students

Special set of “internal regulations for the School of Medicine students and staff”

“An exquisitely designed and student friendly program reshuffling”

(With 1-Week Breaks for Revision Before Each Exam Period)


INTERNAL REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE STUDENTS AND STAFF

• CLASS ATTENDANCE• APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT• MODES OF ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING MATERIAL• STUDENT – FACULTY COMMUNICATION AND

COOPERATION• RULES OF PARTICIPATION FOR STUDENTS INVOLVED

IN RESEARCH PROJECTS


CHANGES DETAILS Assigning GPA credit points to the “Clinical Orientation

Courses“ and Incorporating them into the F2015-Study Program :

3 ECTS to the “Clinical Orientation Courses”,

“Basic Greek Language Courses for non-Greek speaking Medical Students”: Intensification and branding them compulsory:


A SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DRAFT PROPOSAL TO ENHANCE ITS 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD YEAR STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND

THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE COURSES OF: “GREEK LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL STUDENTS”

“CLINICAL ORIENTATION/TRAINING ROUNDS”


Greek Language courses:

•MGR101 Elementary Modern Greek I•MGR102 Elementary Modern Greek II•MGR201 Intermediate Modern Greek I•MGR202 Intermediate Modern Greek II


IN SUMMARY:• Comprehensive Clinical Courses: MPR100 and MPR200 are

prerequisites for the MPR300

• The in-Hospital “Clinical Orientation Courses” I, II and III in years 1, 2 and 3 do accrue credits(2)/ECTS(3), which are included collectively in the credits of the 3rd year of the program.

• Greek language skills are required for any in-Hospital clinical training courses including any postgraduate clinical pre-registration training in Greek or Cypriot Hospitals.


PLANS FOR INNOVATIONS IN PEDAGOGIGAL TEACHINGTeaching Format Courses with Harvard Medical School:

(In association with Dr. Ingeborg Friehs) Hybrid Online lectures (using the Adobe Connect Program), followed by

Q&A and an intensive workshop for one week on-campus per semester

Perfecting USMLE Scoring Strategies and test taking on specific topics with our medical students

Distance Learning Courses for our second and/or third year students

Lecturing certain classes within the outlines of our courses of Epidemiology and Statistics


Visiting Faculty with World Acclaim• Robert Huber, Professor, Chemistry and Medical Biochemistry, Nobel Price

Winner, 1988: cofounder of PROTEROS & SUPPREMOL Companies/drug discoveries and development of novel therapies for autoimmune diseases, proteins of the immune system, protein hormones and their receptors, protein kinases, enzymes of amino acid biosynthesis, enzymes of cofactor and vitamin biosynthesis and proteins of energy and electron transfer

• Christos Georgiades, Associate Professor, Radiology & Surgery, John Hopkins University,

• Gerhard Friehs Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria


SCHOOL’S ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS:RECOGNITIONS Par excellence, the “Accredited Medical School” of Cyprus with a “Master

of Medicine – MD” degree, recognized by the Greek NARIC (Hellenic National Academic Recognition Information Center) as analogous and equivalent to the medical schools of Greece.

The First of its kind 6-year Medical Study Program evaluated twice (2013, 2014) and fully accredited by the “Evaluation Committee of Private Universities” (ECPU) in 2015

Listed in FAIMER (Member of Federation for the Advancement of International Medicine and Research)


SCHOOL’S ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS:AWARDS The “Crestron International Award for “Best Medical Solutions”.

The “Crestron International Award for “Best Educational Installations”.

Real Time Videotaping, Memory Storing and Subsequent Reviewing System

High Fidelity Advanced Generation Simulators for Clinical Training and Cyber Anatomy Instruction Systems


SUMMARY: SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS & INNOVATIONS The single School of Medicine within the Laureate Network with

foreigners comprising >78% of its F2015 freshmen enrollment

At Front Student Exposure to the Clinical Setting Starting with the 1st year of Study

At Front Mortuary Workshops with the 1st Year of Study

Simultaneous Training on Simulators/Mannequins and real time patients in Public and Private Hospitals


NEW INITIATIVES CAMESM (Cyprus Annual Medical Students Meeting: 13.2.2016)

A Tandem Meeting in Conjunction with the International Medical School Advisory Board Meeting (12.2.2016)

DOMAINS FOR DISCUSSIONFundamental Traits of Ethical and Medical Doctors

Alternative Pathways in Medical Education and CareersDoctors of the World

Volunteering, Altruism and Contribution to SocietyRound Table Debates Between Experts, Selected Students & Audience


NEW INITIATIVES-CAMESMFIELDS FOR DISCUSSION

• issues relating to clinical training and advanced education, • career orientation and involvement in the field of medical research,

clinical specialization, industrial applications and academic positions, • rules of medical ethics, directives from the Pancyprian Medical

Association, • the various medical training programs, • the main currents and trends in medical training around the world, • the combating of stress and burnout of health professionals, • medical altruism and volunteerism, charitable organizations and their

contribution to those suffering and to medical sciences, • doctors of the world, • the cross-border medical care and other issues


HERMES CLUB: In the Making(A Student Initiative In Association with the Office of Students

Affairs)Salient Points

A Proposal Put Forward by a Student Give an additional Helping Hand to our not yet Greek

Speaking Students Promote Multiculturalism and Capitalize on Diversity Embrace Internationality and Cultivate Friendship and

Cooperation Amongst Students & Hosting Communities Learn and Investigate Cyprus and its People


A living and Ever Changing Student Centered School

• Thank you


Course ECTS

previous

ECTS

suggested

MED321-Medical Microbiology 8 7

MED315-General Pathological Anatomy 7 6

MED324- Basic General Surgery 6 5


A COMPILATION OF KEY WORDS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER

Welcoming and Thanking You

Conscious CommitmentHippocrates Oath

ProtectEarly diagnosis

Heal the wounds

Alleviate the painCure sufferingQuality of life

Nemesis Death and the devil

School’s facultyA prestigious assembly


Course

codeCourse Description ECTS / CREDITS

Course

CodeCourse Description ECTS /

CREDITS YEAR 1 Semester 1 Semester 2 MED111 Histology I 6 3 MED121 Histology II 6 3

MED112 Biochemistry I6 3

MED122 Biochemistry II 6 3

MED113 Cellular Biology 6 3 MED123 Physiology I 6 3 MED115 Basic Epidemiology 6 3 MED124 Anatomy I 6 3

MED116 Applied Biostatistics6 3

MED125 Medical Genetics 6 3

MPR100 Comprehensive Clinical Course I - -

30 15 30 15 YEAR 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 MED211 Anatomy II 6 3 MED221 Anatomy III 7 3 MED212 Physiology II 6 3 MED222 Physiology III 7 3

MED213 Healthcare Management and Public Health 6 3

MED223 Medical Humanities and Communication Skills 6 3

Major Elective*6 3

MED224 Medical Psychology 5 3

Major Elective*6 3

MED225 Introduction To Clinical Practice 5 3

MPR200 Comprehensive Clinical Course II - -

30 15 30 15 YEAR 3 Semester 5 Semester 6

MED311 Anatomy IV

6

3

MED321 Medical Microbiology7 3

MED312 Physiology IV6 3

MED315 General Pathological Anatomy 6 3

MED323 General Pharmacology and Therapeutic Procedures II 4 3

MED313 General Pharmacology

and Therapeutic Procedures I

7 3

MED324 Basic General Surgery

5 3

MED314 General Semiology and Pathophysiology I 11 6

MED325 General Semiology and Pathophysiology II 5 3

MPR300 Comprehensive Clinical Course III 2 3

30 15 30 15 YEAR 4 Semester 7 Semester 8

MED407 Clinical Training I

(Respiratory and Cardiovascular System)

15

6

MED322 Diagnosis By Imaging7 3

MED417 Clinical Training II (Digestive System and Hematology)

15

6

MED408 Clinical Training III (Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology)

9

3

MED418 Clinical Training IV (Endocrine System, Uro-Nephrological System and Male Genital Tract)

14

6

30 12 30 12YEAR 5 Semester 9 Semester 10 MED509 Clinical Training V

(Musculoskeletal System)15

6

MED428 Clinical Bioethics and Legal Medicine 6

3 MED519 Clinical Training VI

(Nervous System and Psychiatry)

15

6

MED510 Clinical Training VII (Pediatrics)

12

6

MED520 Clinical Training VIII (Dermatology)

6

3

MED530 Medical Therapeutics 6 3 30 12 30 15YEAR 6 Semester 11 Semester 12 MED661 Symptoms and

Interpretation of Complementary Examination Procedures

5 3

MED612 Clinical Training XI (Otorhinolaryngology)

5

3

MED611 Clinical Training IX (Obstetrics and Gynecology )

8 3

MED622 Clinical Training XII (ER, Toxicology, Oncology and Palliative Care)

14

6

MED621 Clinical Training X (Ophthalmology)

6 3

Major Elective*6 3

MED631 Primary Care6 3

Free Elective 5 3

Free Elective 5 3

30 15 30 15


THE SCHOOL’S CONTIGENCY PLANS FORFULL ACCREDIDATION OF ITS 6-YEAR

MD-STUDY PROGRAM

A preregistration (F1) clinical training program in cooperation with the “post graduate Deanery of

London”


• ΕΚΙΣΚ: Deans From EUC, UNIC and UCy

• Dialogue with the Minister of Health,

• 1. Preregistration clinical training program, equivalent to the existing UK Post Graduate Foundation year 1 (F1), and

• 2. Credible evaluation processes, proper quality assurances system and accreditation of the existing, Cyprus’s 1-year clinical training program (pre-registration) equivalent to the General Medical Council (GMC) of UK.


• Upgrade Cyprus existing preregistration 1-year compalsory clinical training program

• Qualification of the School’s current clinical training program as equivalent to the F1 pre-registration (UK)

• Recognition by the GMC as equivalent to the Post Graduate Foundation year 1 in UK.

• Admission of our 6 year grads directly into the F2 (specialization year) in UK


PREMISES FOR A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME• Expert advice from UK School’s

• Successful evaluations by ECPU on two different occasions School’s

• Accreditation by the Greek ΔΟΑΤΑΠ

• “Agreement of Corporation” between the EUC and the Government of Cyprus on April 24, 2013

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