г. Архангельск

1. г. Архангельск

2. NSMU is the northernmost Medical University in Russia NSMU was opened on 1932 In 2010 NSMU was licensed for the next 5-year period Northern State Medical University

3. 1 2 6 3 4 5 Northern Medical University District 1. Arkhangelsk region 2. Vologda region 3. Murmansk region 4. Komi Republic 5. Republic Karelia 6. Nenets Autonomous Area

4. Structure of educational units • Number of faculties – 12 • Institutes – 11 • Number of departments – 60 Including: • Theoretical departments – 26 • Clinical departments – 34, at 29 clinical bases • Lyceum • Medical college

5. Study programs: Hygher education – 17 Bachelor – 5 PG Intership – 21 PG Residence – 63 Nursing – 8 PhD - 33 Education

6. Student contingent – about 10 000 per year Including: • Full-time tuition – 2877 • Extra-mural tuition – 2495 • College students (secondary vocational education) – 183 • Foreign student – 254 • Postgraduates – 97 • Clinical interns – 319 • Clinical residents – 227 • Students of Master’s program – 75 • Course trainees (postgraduate education) – 3420 • Lyceum students (pre-university education) – 323

7. Teaching staff – 588 persons Including: • Academician of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences – 1 • Correspondent Member RAMS – 1 • Doctors of Sciences and Professors – 80 • Candidates of Sciences and Assistant Professors – 281 • Honorary Degrees RF – 61 • Order and Medal Companions – 29 • Excellent Health Workers – 23

8. Changes in structure of departments and institutes • Department of Radiodiagnosis and Radiotherapy and Course of Clinical Oncology. • Department of Policlinical Therapy and Nursing Care Course. • Department of Hominal Physiology and Rehabilitation Medicine. • Department of Physical Training and Healthful Technologies. • Department of Emergency Medicine and Mobilization Training. • Department of Communicable Diseases and Course of Pediatric Infections. • Department of Research Management and Advanced Training and Retraining. • Institute of Mental Medicine. • Institute of Clinical Morphology (Departments of:Histology, Cytology and Embryology;Medical Biology and Course in Medical Genetics;Human Anatomy;Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery). • Institute of Clinical Microbiology and Communicable Diseases (Departments of:Microbiology, Virologyand Immunology;Communicable Diseases and Course of Pediatric Infections;Dermatic and Sexually Transmitted Diseases).

9. My vision of your work, persons in charge and deadlines (for discussion during our visit) Prepare articles (0,5 sheet maximum) on the following topics: • - Features for students’ assessment at the medical faculties depending on the term of study in France, Germany, and Italy (seminars, workshops, tests, exams, manual skills, etc.); • - The practice of the National Exam conducting for graduates of the Medical Faculties in Italy, France, and Germany; • - Medical faculty teaching staff training for students’ knowledge assessment. Persons in charge: Prof. Thierry Pottecher, Strasbourg Prof. Thorsten Schaffer, RUBProf. Stefano Elia, Italy Deadline: December 20, 2011

10. Prepare articles (0,5 sheet maximum) on the following topics: The quality control system at the level of faculty and University • Persons in charge: • Prof. Thierry Pottecher, Strasbourg • Prof. Fernand Anton (Uni Lu) - Peculiarities for evaluation of research work of students • Persons in charge: • Prof. Thierry Pottecher, Strasbourg • Prof. Thorsten Schaffer, RUB - The quality control in internship (residency) and during advanced professional training for doctors • Persons in charge:Prof. Thierry Pottecher, Strasbourg,Prof. Thorsten Schaffer, RUB Deadline: December 20, 2011

11. Determine topics of reports at the International Seminar on Quality Control Standards in Higher Medical School as per content of the Information Letter Prof. Thierry Pottecher, Strasbourg?? – 3 reports Prof. Thorsten Schaffer, RUB?? – 2 reports Prof. Fernand Anton?? – 1 report Prof. Stefano Elia??? – 1 report

12. documents and materials for familiarization and discussion during the Russian group visit in November 2011: - Curriculum of the Medical Faculty (a list of disciplines studied within 6 years with the forms of control (test, exam, pass/fail exam, etc.); - Materials of the National Exam for graduates of the Medical Faculty (samples of tasks, tests, case studies, case reports, scientific articles with a list of questions to them); - Methodological exam materials for the following disciplines: pathology, physiology, surgery, therapy, histology, Latin, etc.); - Requirements (standards) for pass/fail exam, exams for students and teachers; - Questionnaires for students’ assessment of quality of classes, tests, exams, etc.);

13. documents and materials for familiarization and discussion during the Russian group visit in November 2011: - Requirements (standards) for elaboration of tests, situational cases, interdisciplinary tests and tasks (questions) to the Exam; - Requirements for expertise procedure of the examination tests, situational cases, case reports, etc.; - The evaluation criteria (grade, letter) for students’ knowledge with each level description; - Indicators for Medical Faculty activity (efficacy criteria); - Indicators for the University accreditation in the country.