Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine Institutional Profile

1. Kocaeli UniversityFaculty of MedicineInstitutional Profile Evaluation Visit of the European University Association Delegation 20-22 February 2006

2. Aim To describe Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine in terms of: • Undergraduate Medical Education • Infrastructure • Administration

3. 1. Undergraduate Medical Education • Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching • Assessment Methods • Students’ Involvement • International Cooperation (Socrates/Erasmus)

4. Undergraduate Medical Education 1.1. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching • Rationale/Standards • Duration • Concept • Content and Teaching Methodology • Human Resources • Teaching Staff/Faculty • Students

5. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching I • Rationale/Standards: • Curricula of “Centers of Excellence” or “State of the Art” Medical Faculties in Turkey • Standard Core Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Education in Turkey (ÇEP) • Reformed curricular content of KOU Faculty of Medicine

6. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching II • Duration: • 6 years/phases • 232 weeks • 38.5 (range 35-48 weeks) weeks of medical education per phase

7. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching III • Concept: • Phases I-III integrated system with student participated modular approach

8. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching IV • Concept • Civic involvement project (Phase I) • Examples: • Education of primary school children about dental health • Education of primary school children about risks of smoking • Raising awareness for environmental health topics (e.g. paper waste disposal) at the medical faculty • ... • ...

9. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching V • Concept • Student centered in 2 interactive modules in every each committee (Phases II-III) • Oral presentations • Poster presentations • Case/video presentations • Presentation and discussion/appraisal of scientific article(s)

11. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching VI • Concept: • Phases IV-VI practice oriented clinical clerkships

12. TIP409 Clinical Cardiology 0601188

13. Objective: • The aim of these lessons is to provide students with information on the clinics, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases. • Learning Outcomes:At the end of the lessons, students should understand the following: • The invasive and noninvasive diagnostic methods in cardiology • History and physical examination in patients with cardiac complaints • ECG interpretation • Clinical characteristics and management of common heart diseases • Primary and secondary prevention in atherosclerosis • Cardiac involvement in systemic diseases and pregnancy • Contents • Management of acute and chronic ischemic heart diseases, management of heart failure, valvular heart diseases and infective endocarditis, diagnosis and treatment of common arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies and pericardial diseases, diagnosis and management of hypertension, diagnosis and management of hyperlipidemia and metabolic syndrome, cardiac involvement in systemic diseases.

14. Teaching and Learning Material • Syllabus and selected papers • Guidelines in cardiovascular diseases • References • Basic coursebook: Baki Komsuoğlu, Ertan Ural, Dilek Ural (2004), Clinical Cardiology, Nobel Medical Press. • Other sources: • Rasim Enar (1999) Acute Myocardial Infarction, ARGOS iletişim hizmetleri. • Kenan Binak, Barış İlerigelen (2001), Technical Cardiology, Form Reklam Hizmetleri. • Eugene Braunwald (2005) Heart Disease-A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Philadelphia, Saunders. • Norman Kaplan (2002), Clinical Hypertension, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. • Cihat Abaoğlu, Vahe Aleksanyan (1992), From Symptom to Diagnosis, Filiz Kitabevi • Teaching Methods • Lectures • Bedside teaching • Practical applications • Evaluation Methods • One written examination (50 %), one oral examination (50 %)

15. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching VII • Content and Methodology • Evaluated and updated by Faculty at the end of each phase • 3 years (Phases I-III) preclinical studies (1st and 2nd year basic sciences, normal biological and physiological mechanisms, clinical skills, 3rd year introduction to pathological changes, clinical skills) theory oriented • 3 years (Phases IV-VI) clinical clerkships with theoretical as well as bedside teaching, practice oriented, Phase VI inturnship

16. 2005-2006 Eğitim-Öğretim Yılı Dönem II Ders Programı 12 Eylül 2005 – 09 Haziran 2006

17. Ders Saati Ders Kurulu Başkanı: Prof. Dr. Nurbay ATEŞ (Fizyoloji) 14 DERS KURULUNA KATILAN ÖĞRETİM ÜYELERİ Prof. Dr. Süreyya CEYLAN (Histoloji ve Embriyoloji) 7 Prof. Dr. Hakkı DALÇIK (Histoloji ve Embriyoloji) 10 Prof. Dr. Aydın ÖZBEK (Anatomi) 4 Doç. Dr. Cannur DALÇIK(Anatomi) 5 Doç. Dr. Melda YARDIMOĞLU (Histoloji ve Embriyoloji) 11 Yrd. Doç. Dr. Belgin BAMAÇ (Anatomi) 4 Yrd. Doç. Dr. Tuncay ÇOLAK (Anatomi) 4 Yrd. Doç. Dr. Can DUMAN (Biyokimya) 8 Yrd. Doç. Dr. Kıvanç ERGEN (Biyofizik) 7 Yrd. Doç. Dr. Gül İLBAY (Fizyoloji) 18 Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ayşe KARSON (Fizyoloji) 9 Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ali ZEYBEK (Anatomi) 4 Öğr. Gör. Dr. Deniz ŞAHİN (Fizyoloji) 4 Kurul Başlama Tarihi : 12 Eylül 2005 Kurul Sonu Sınavı : 28 Ekim 2005

18. 12 Eylül 2005 Pazartesi 09:40 – 12:30 Koordinatörlük Saati; Ders Programlarının Dağıtımı Dr. H. Dalçık ve Genel Bilgilendirme 13:30 – 15:20 Kalp ve Damar Gelişimi-I Dr. H. Dalçık 13 Eylül 2005 Salı 08:40 – 10:30 Kalp ve Damar Gelişimi-II Dr. H. Dalçık 10:40 – 12:30 Thoraks Duvarı ve Anatomisi Dr. C. Dalçık 13:30 – 14:20 Mediastinum Dr. A. Özbek 14:30 – 15:20 Kalbin Genel Fonksiyonu Dr. G. İlbay 14 Eylül 2005 Çarşamba 08:40 – 10:30 Kalp ve Perikardium Anatomisi-I Dr. A. Özbek 10:40 – 12:30 Kalp Histolojisi Dr. H. Dalçık 13:30 – 17:20 Anatomi Lab-1 (Thoraks Duvarı ve Anatomisi) Anatomi Öğr. Elm. 15 Eylül 2005 Perşembe 08:40 – 10:30 Damar Histolojisi-I Dr. H. Dalçık 10:40 – 11:30 Kalp ve Perikardium Anatomisi-II Dr. A. Özbek 11:40 – 12:30 Kalp Biyokimyası Dr. C. Duman 13:30 – 15:20 Kalbin Eksitasyonu ve Özel İleti Sistemi Dr. G. İlbay 16 Eylül 2005 Cuma 08:40 – 10:30 Büyük Damarlar ve Posterior Mediastinum’daki Oluşumlar Dr. T. Çolak 10:40 – 12:30 Damar Histolojisi-II Dr. H. Dalçık 13:30 – 17:20 Anatomi Lab-2 (Mediastinum, Kalp ve Perikardium) Anatomi Öğr.Elm.

19. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching VIII • Human Resources: • Teaching Staff/Faculty • Student-Faculty Ratio: 2.5

20. Undergraduate Curriculum and Teaching IX • Human Resources: • Students • Number of graduated students: 270

21. Undergraduate Medical Education 1.2. Assessment • Assessment and Education Committee • Co-ordinator for each phase • Advisor for each student • Applied Methods • Multiple Choice Questions (written exams) • Practical laboratory exams • OSCE’s (clinical clerkships) • Clinical observation • Logbooks (attendance and contribution to clinical practice, bedside rounds etc.)

22. Assessment II • Phase I-III • Committee exams with 100 multidisciplinary MCQs (amount weightened according to number of teaching hours/units in the committee, passing grade is 60 over 100) • Practical lab exams • Phase IV-V • Clinical observation • MCQs • OSCEs • Each Phase requires a successful transcript of the previous phase

23. Undergraduate Medical Education 1.3. Student Involvement/feed-back • Student feed-back form • In use since 2000 • Validated, anonymous, semi structured questionnaire featuring 6 items (Likert scale and qualitative/open-ended) • Evaluates quality of medical education at KOU Faculty of Medicine from the student’s point of view • Administered with every committee and clerkship • Results are collected in a database at the deanary • Results are used to re-evaluate curricular content and teaching, yearly

24. KOCAELİ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE STUDENT FEED BACK FROM for PHASES I, II, III FACULTY MEMBERS - You can use the back of this page to continue. Your concrete and careful evaluation is of great importance for the future of our undergraduate medical education. • Please inidicate your personal views in a realistic manner • You are not obliged to indicate your gender • Please use an ink pencil and do not overwrite THANK YOU!

25. KOCAELİ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE STUDENT FEED BACK FROM for PHASES IV, V FACULTY MEMBERS You can use the back of this page to continue. Your concrete and careful evaluation is of great importance for the future of our undergraduate medical education. • Please inidicate your personal views in a realistic manner • You are not obliged to indicate your gender • Please use an ink pencil and do not overwrite THANK YOU!

27. Student Involvement/feed-back II • Student involvement • Students in each phase elect a student phase representative • All student phase representatives elect a student faculty representative • The student faculty representative is invited to join faculty executive board meetings in matters regarding students’ affairs • Twice yearly all student representatives have feed-back meetings with the Dean and the members of the Assessment and Education Committee

28. Undergraduate Medical Education 1.4. International Cooperation (Socrates/Erasmus) • Since 2002 active participation of Turkey in the EU Erasmus programme • ECTS website of KOU Medical Faculty • Bilateral agreements with 8 Universities in 4 countries • 3 (2 outgoing, 1 incoming) faculty exchanges (3 weeks) • 1 Membership in a Socrates/Erasmus Thematic Network

29. International Cooperation (Socrates/Erasmus) II Student Exchanges

30. 2. Infrastructure • Teaching facilities • University Hospital • Departments • Services • Lecture/study facilities • Lecture halls/seminaire rooms • Laboratories • Library • Internet connection • Recreation facilities

31. Infrastructure 2.1. Teaching/Study/Research Facilities • University Hospital • Lecturing/Convention Facilities • Training Facilities • Research Facilities

32. Teaching/Study/Research Facilities II • University Hospital • 2 buildings • Main building • 75.000 m2 • 570 beds • (optional capacity 700 beds) • 38 departments, many speciality units • inpatient, outpatient, laboratory, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative health services

33. Kocaeli University HospitalMain Building

35. Teaching/Study/Research Facilities III • Lecturing/Convention Facilities • Lecture halls with a capacity of 100 persons for Phases I-III • Various seminaire/meeting rooms for clinical clerkship groups (22 rooms 20-35 persons capacity) • Aula (capacity 217 persons) • Convention facilities (1 convention hall capacity 400 persons, 2 a 100 persons)

36. Teaching/Study/Research Facilities IV • Training Facilities • Medical skills laboratory (150 m2) • Computer laboratory (210 m2, 45 terminals) • Experimental laboratories for all basic sciences • Animal laboratory (separate building)

38. Teaching/Study/Research Facilities V • Research Facilities • Kocaeli University Research Fund • Experimental laboratories for all basic sciences • Genetic research laboratory • Stem cell laboratory • Library (Medical Faculty) 480 m2 • Subscribed to all major online medical search engines • 3500 electronic journals • 1000 online journals • 5875 books • Free ADSL internet access • 908 access points at different locations at the Medical Faculty

39. 2.2. Recreation Facilities • Students’ cafeteria • Mensa • Student House • Campus park • Fitness walk and sporting facilities in the forest, nearby

41. Recreation Facilities II • Social-cultural-academic/scientific activities • Each student has a personal advisor from the faculty • Convention center and meeting rooms available for student organized events • Many student clubs (cinema, photography, scuba diving, theatre, folkloristic dance, classical turkish music, Turkish MISC, Erasmus etc.)

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