Simulation in Undergraduate MEDical Education for Improvement of SAFEty and Quality of Patient Care
Project Acronym: SAFEMED+
Project No: 618812-EPP-1-2020-1-GE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Action: Capacity Building
Duration: 36 months (15/11/2020 - 14/11/2023)
Coordinator: Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy Llc
Project Goal: The broad goal of SAFEMED+ is to improve the quality of medical education in AM, GE and UA by introducing the medical simulation methods in Medical Curriculum.
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The goal of SAFEMED+ is to improve the quality of medical education in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine by introducing the medical simulation methods in Clinical Skills teaching for subsequent improvement of safety and quality of patient care to be introduced by beneficiary countries institutions, organisations and national authorities responsible for medical education. Furthermore, the project enhances the regional cooperation between beneficiary countries to ensure that the competencies of medical doctors are applicable and transferable, and thus, internationally accepted.
Partner Universities:
- University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain);
- Vilnius University (Lithuania);
- University of Catania (Italy);
- Yerevan State University (Armenia);
- Armenian Open University (Armenia);
- Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (Ukraine);
- Higher State Educational Institution of Ukraine "Bukovinian State Medical University" (Ukraine);
Goals of SAFEMED+
1. Curricular Reform in order to develop CBME (Competency Based Medical Education) concept of CLINICAL LINE;
2. Development of Clinical Skills Labs in Partner Country HEIs (or improvement of existing ones);
3. Implementation/development of simulation (manikin-based (simulators, manikins, models, etc), human-based (Standardized Patient – SP, Simulated Patient, Hybrid Simulation);
4. Development/improvement of Clinical Skills (Competencies) assessment methodology and tools for formative and summative assessment (including Objectively Structured Clinical Exam – OSCE);
5. Increase the awareness about CBME principles;
6. Preparing platform for Clinical Skills Labs Regional Network for distance consultations to assist the reinforcement of public healthcare system;