Preparation for creation of CBME standardized Curriculum for Clinical Skills learning courses.

Participants:

All Program and Partner Country HEIs.

Leading Organizations: UNICT & VU

WP.1.1

Establishment of Steering Committee and Curriculum Development Committee for curriculum development in EU and 3Cs HEIs on kick-off meeting.

WP.1.2

Review of relevant CBME standards and development of a version that is appropriate to the local contexts.

WP.1.3

Preparation of Institutional Medical Education standards for Self-evaluation/Peer review/Program development

Elaboration, development and implementation of CBME standardized Basic Curriculum Framework for Clinical Skills learning course for undergraduates.

Participants:

All Program and Partner Country HEIs.

Leading Organizations: TMA & YSMU

WP.2.1

Elaboration and sharing of modern CBME standardized curriculum and syllabi framework for Clinical Skills learning course and selection of students’ trial groups to test the new approaches in partner countries institutions.

WP.2.2

Organization of overall training for staff and workshop in Program Countries’ Institutions.

WP.2.3

Modernization and arrangement of clinical skills centers in partner countries, including the purchase of basic simulators and medical inventory.

WP.2.4

Piloting evaluation of the created curriculum in partner country institutions.

WP.2.5

Organization of OSCE in Clinical Skills to assess students’ clinical skills and competencies.

Project quality control and monitoring throughout the project duration resulting in total quality assurance (QA). QA will be implemented at two levels: internal and external.

Participants:

All Program and Partner Country HEIs.

Leading Organizations: USC assisted by TSMU & BSMU

WP.3.1

Establishment of internal work quality standards and procedures; QAWT (Quality Assurance Working Team) created to monitor project performance.

WP.3.2

Creation of special questionnaire for students, teachers, staff and health professionals for qualitative analysis

WP.3.3

Internal monitoring and statistical analysis with correlations of OSCE results

WP.3.4

Internal Quality assurance and annual QA reports

WP.3.5

External evaluation

This task includes all the dissemination activities that partners will engage in as part of their commitment to the project.

Participants:

All Partner Country HEIs.

Leading Organizations: TMA assisted by YHU and TNMU

WP.4.1

Development and maintenance of project website and social media

WP.4.2

Development and electronic publishing of newsletters and promotional material

WP.4.3

Development of national/international dissemination events (at least 3 per Partner HEI)

WP.4.4

Dissemination to other HEIs: multiplier workshops and faculty training in third countries

WP.4.5

Organisation of consulting services through regional cooperation network

TMA will handle the whole project management and financial administration with the constant support of other beneficiary institutions. TMA as the coordinator will take care of the overall project management, financial management, regular communication with all partners, and USC will help in monitoring of project activities. It will also be responsible for reporting to EACEA.

In order to guarantee effective and efficient project management, the Project Steering Committee (SC) will be established. The SC will be led by the USC and composed of one representative (local manager) appointed by each participant organization. All operational aspects as well as all strategic decisions at the consortium level will be made by the SC.

Participants:

All Program and Partner Country HEIs.

Leading Organizations: TMA & USC

WP.5.1

Preparation and approval of project management plan and procedures

WP.5.2

Kick-off meeting and project management meetings

WP.5.3

Project financial and administrative management