MEDICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: WORLD TRENDS, EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND NATIONAL PRIORITIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.28925/1609-8595.2019.2.715Keywords:
continuing professional development, international standards of medical education, medical education, standardization, triplet of medical education standards.Abstract
The author presents the concept of the study of medical education in Ukraine, which is characterized by systemic integrity and procedural continuity in the organic unity of general, special, specific and personally oriented components. The emphasis is on the world and European trends in higher education. The article analyzes the main contexts of reforming the medical education in Ukraine, determined by the processes of globalization, internationalization, standardization of higher education. A number of trends have emerged over the past several decades including an increase in the number of medical schools, medical school class size, new models of global medical education. Findings from this study include information about the landscape of medical education, medical schools programmes according to the ISCED-F2013. The article presents meaningful description of the Master’s programme in Global Health. The article considers the idea that qualitative changes in medical education are determined by national policy of Ukraine, that is aimed at continuing professional development of health and healthcare professionals. The article highlights the international standards of World Federation for Medical Education (triplets «International standards of medical education» 2003), Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area, on the basis of which the reform of medical education takes place in Ukraine. The purpose of the Programme on Global Standards was to provide a tool for quality improvement in medical education. This paper has presented an overview of the main areas of WFME standards in basic medical education related to the evaluation and improvement of quality at the level of the medical institution: mission and objectives; educational programme; assessment of students; student’s affairs; academic staff/faculty; educational resources; programme evaluation; government and administration; and the continuous renewal. From the material presented in this paper, the following theme may require further attention: examining Quality Culture formation in medical education.References
Voronenko, V. Ju, Vdovychenko, Ju. P., Tolstanov, O. K., Mojsejenko, R. O., Verner, O. M., Krasnov, V. V. (2016). Pytannja rozrobky osvitnikh standartiv pidghotovky fakhivciv u likarsjkij rezydenturi [Issues of elaboration of educational standards for the training of specialists in the medical residency]. Medical education, 2, 69–72 (ukr).
Loghush, L. Gh. (2016). Tendenciji rozvytku medychnoji osvity v osvitnij polityci Jevropejsjkogho Sojuzu [Trends in medical education in the educational policy of the European Union]: Candidate’s thesis: 13.00.04. Kyiv, Ukraine (ukr).
Maghrlamova, K. Gh. (2018). Teoretychni i praktychni zasady profesijnoji pidghotovky majbutnikh likariv u vyshhykh medychnykh navchaljnykh zakladakh Velykoji Brytaniji [Theoretical and practical grounds for the training of future doctors in higher education institutions in Great Britain]: Doctor’s thesis: 13.00.04. Uman, Ukraine (ukr).
Nacionaljna strateghija reformuvannja systemy okhorony zdorov’ja v Ukrajini na period 2015–2020 rokiv [National Health Reform Strategy for Ukraine 2015–2020]. (2014). Retrieved from http://uoz.cn.ua/strategiya.pdf (ukr).
Pro zatverdzhennja Pereliku ghaluzej znanj i specialjnostej, za jakymy zdijsnjujetjsja pidghotovka zdobuvachiv vyshhoji osvity [On Approval of the List of Fields of Knowledge and Specialties under which Higher Education Institutions are Prepared]: Postanova Kabinetu Ministriv Ukrajiny vid 29 kvitnja 2015 r. № 266. Retrieved from http://www.kmu. gov.ua/control/uk/cardnpd?docid=248149695 (ukr).
Pro vnesennja zmin do postanovy Kabinetu Ministriv Ukrajiny vid 29 kvitnja 2015 r. №266 [On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated April 29, 2015, № 266]: Postanova KMU vid 1 ljutogho 2017 r. № 53. Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/53-2017-%D0%BF (ukr).
Polozhennja pro systemu bezperervnogho profesijnogho rozvytku fakhivciv u sferi okhorony zdorov’ja [Resolution «On Approval of the Regulation on the System of Continuing Professional Development of Healthcare Workers»]: Postanova KMU vid 28 bereznja 2018 r. № 302. Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/302-2018-%D0%BF (ukr).
Strateghija rozvytku medychnoji osvity v Ukrajini [Development strategies in medical education in Ukraine] (2018). Kyiv, Ukraine: MOZ Ukrajiny (ukr).
Basic Medical Education. WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement (2003). Copenhagen, Denmark: WFME Office. Retrieved from http://www.wfme.org (eng).
Challenges of Doctor Mobility in a Changing Europe (2016). Standards and recognition for patient safety. Regular Conference and General Assembly of AMSE, 41–42 (eng).
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of Medical Doctors. WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement (2003). Copenhagen, Denmark: WFME Office. Retrieved from http://www.wfme.org (eng).
Claussen, C.-F. (2008). About the Impact of Modern Knowledge, Science, and Medicine on Neurootology. International Tinnitus Journal, 14/1, 7–12 (eng).
Crone, R. K., Samaan, J. S. (2013). The globalization of medical education. Innovations in Global Medical and Health Education. DOI: 10.5339/igmhe.2013.2 (eng).
Dieter, P. (2016). Do we need a common quality assurance in times of global cross-border health care? In Challenges of Doctor Mobility in a Changing Europe. Standards and recognition for patient safety. Regular Conference and General Assembly of AMSE, 13–14 (eng).
Duvivier, R., Boulet, R., Opalek, A., van Zanten, M., Norcini, J. (2014). Overview of the world’s medical schools: an update. Medical Education in Review, 48 (9), 860–869. DOI: 10.1111/medu.12499 (eng).
EU Directive 2005/36/EC of 7 September 2005 on recognition of professional qualifications. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/future_en.htm (eng).
EU Directive 2013/55/EU/EC аmending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) №1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System («the IMI Regulation») (2013). Official Journal of the European Union, L 354, 132–170. Retrieved from http:// www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXV/EU/00/29/EU_02996/imfname_10423779.pdf (eng).
Global strategy for human resources for health: workforce 2030 (2016). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.Retrieved from http://www.who.int/hrh/resources/globstrathrh-2030/en/ (eng).
Grifoll, J., Hopbach, A., Mcclaran, A., Valeikiene, A., Sanchez, T., Ranne, P. (2015). Quality Procedures in the European higher education area and beyond – internationalisation of Quality assurance agencies. 4th ENQA survey. Brussels, Belgium: European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.enqa.eu/ index.php/publications/papers-reports/occasional-papers/ (eng).
Health at a glance 2015: OECD Indicators (2015). Paris, France: OECD Publishing. DOI: doi.org/10.1787/19991312 (eng).
International standard classification of education (ISCED). Fields of education and training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013). (2015). Montreal, Canada: UNESCO-UIS. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15220/978-92-9189-179-5-en (eng).
International standards in medical education: assessment and accreditation of medical schools’ educational programmes. A WFME position paper (1998). Medical Education, 32, 549–58 (eng).
Karle, H. (2010). World Federation for Medical Education perspectives on person-centered medicine. International Journal of Integrated Care, 10. Retrieved from http://www.ijic.org/ (eng).
Knight, J. & de Wit, H. (1995). Strategies for internationalization of higher education: historical and conceptual perspectives. In: H. de Wit (Ed.). Strategies for internationalisation of higher education: a comparative study of Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States of America. Amsterdam, Netherland: EAIE, 5–33 (eng).
McKimm, J., & Mckimm, J. (2010). Current trends in undergraduate medical education: Program and curriculum design. Samoa Medical Journal, 2 (1), 40–48. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228790401 (eng).
Postgraduate Medical Education. WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement (2003). Copenhagen, Denmark: WFME Office. Retrieved from http://www.wfme.org (eng).
Rizwan, M. & Rosson, N. & Tackett, S. & Hassoun, H. (2018). Opportunities and challenges in the current era of global medical education. International journal of medical education, 9, 111–112. DOI: 10.5116/ijme.5ad1.ce9a (eng).
Rizwan, M., Rosson, N. J., Tackett, S., Hassoun, H. T. (2018). Globalization of Medical Education: Current Trends and Opportunities for Medical Students. Journal of Medical Education and Training, 2 (1) (eng).
Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). (2015). Brussels, Belgium (eng).
World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). Basic medical education WFME global standards quality improvement. Retrieved from http://wfme.org (eng).
World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). European specifications for WFME global standards for quality improvement in medical education (2007). Copenhagen, Denmark: WFME. Retrieved from http://www.wfme.org/ (eng).
World Federation for Medical Education. Report of the World Conference on Medical Education (1988). Edinburgh, UK: WFME (eng).
World Medical Association Declaration – WMA 5th World Conference on Medical Education. (1991). Adopted by the 43rd World Medical Assembly Malta. Retrieved from https://www.wma.net/policies-post/world-medical-association-declaration-wma-5th-world-conference-on-medical-education/ (eng).
Downloads
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2020 Iryna Sokolova
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
