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Dean Facultat de MedicinaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona"Curricular changes relevant to the European Convergency"

PRAGUE DECLARATION 2001

1 Comparable degrees2 Two main cycles3 Common credit system4 Promotion of mobility5 Quality assurance6 “European” content

Medical Education Unit to:

Facilitate the development of new educational programs

Establish faculty development activitiesParticipate in the definition of the

competencies of the medical professionalPromote innovation in medical education

Facultat de Medicina Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Strategic Plan to Improve Education

Definition of specific professional competencies for the medical graduate

Identification of learning objectives to be achieved by the student

Facultat de Medicina - UAB

Strategic Plan to Improve Education

Establishment of programs for faculty and educational development

Development of systematic program for faculty evaluation

Facultat de Medicina - UAB

Strategic Plan to Improve Education

Promotion of self-directed learningReduction of lecturesPromotion of utilization of multimedia

for learning-teachingDevelopment of effective methods for

evaluation of student performance

Facultat de Medicina - UAB

Strategic Plan to Improve Education

Early exposure to the medical students to the health care system at the primary care level.

Facultat de Medicina - UAB

Strategic Plan to Improve Education

Integration of students in the Faculty and the University keeping in mind diversity issues

Promotion of student and faculty exchange

Facultat de Medicina - UAB

Strategic Plan to Improve Education

Guiding ideas

Facultat de Medicina - UAB

Strategic Plan to Improve Education

Comenius (1628)

“Teachers to teach less, students to learn more”

Cushing (1924):

“It is the business of the teacher to arouse curiosity, not to satisfy it.”