Transcript Tallinn Health College

ESTONIA, partner in Leonardo da Vinci
programme “HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE TEACHERS AGAINST VIOLENCE,
HEVI 2008-2010”
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Tiina Juhansoo, Tallinn Health College
Katrin Kuusemäe,Tallinn Health College
Siiri Põllumaa, Tartu School of Health Care
Anne Vahtramäe, Tartu School of Health Care
Jan, 2008
ESTONIA
• Official name: Republic of Estonia
• Is a country in North Europe
• Estonia has land borders to the south with Latvia and to
the east with Russia, separated from Finland in the North
by the Gulf of Finland and from Sweden in the West by
the Baltic Sea.
Estonia
• The modern name of Estonia is thought
to originate from the Roman historian Tacitus, who in his
book Germania (ca. AD 98) described the people
called Aestii.
Independence
• Declared from Russia and Germany: 24 February 1918
• Recognised 2 February 1920
• Occupied by USSR 16 June 1940
• Re-declared 20 August 1991
Member of:
• NATO: 29 March 2004
• European Union. 1 May 2004
Flag
Cornflower - National flower
Estonia
• Official language: Estonian
• Government: Parliamentary republic
• President: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
• Prime Minister: Andrus Ansip
Some data
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Area: 45.226 km² (17,413 sq mi)
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Water 4.56&%
Population: 1,342,409 million (2007)
Density 29/km 2
Male: 46 % female: 54 %
Urban: 69 % rural: 31 %
1/3of the population in Tallinn and nearby
Administratively 15 counties
Local Governments 227
Economy
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Estonia joined to WTO in November 1999
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GDP per capita $ 21,187 (2006)
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Unemployment rate 4,2% (2006)
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In 1994 Estonia adapt a flat tax: 26% regardless of personal income
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In January personal income tax was reduced to 24% and January 2006 to
23%
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Social tax 33%
Economy
• 1992 Estonia replaced ruble with its own freely
convertible currency, the kroon (EEK)
• 1 euro = 15,64664 krooni
• Average salary (2007, II) 11150.00 EEK
Tallinn
• Capital and the largest city
• Popullation 400387
• 53,7% Estonians
Tallinn
Tallinn
Kohtla-Järve
• Popullation 47679 (IY)
• Estonians 17,8%
Tartu
• University town
• Popullation 101169
• 80% Estonians
Tartu
Tartu
Tartu
Estonian educational structure
ESTONIAN EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE
Doctor´s study
University
Master´s study
Age
24
23
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19
Applied higher education institution
Integrated curriculum for
Bachelor´s and Master´s
study
Bachelor´s and
Master´s study
Applied higher education
Applied higher education or VET institution,
Univers ity
university college
Univers ity
Vocational secondary
education
Vocational education ins titution
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General secondary education
Vocational secondary education
Gym nas ium
Vocational education ins titution
Basic education
Bas ic s chool
Pre- primary education
Pre- prim ary childcare ins titution
Education of Health Care
Workers
University of Tartu
• First level of higher education
Medical doctors
Pharmaceuts
Stomatology
• Second level: + Nursing Science
• Third level: MD
Health Colleges
• Tallinn Health College - TALLINNA TERVISHOIU
KÕRGKOOL
• Founded in 1940 as Nurses School
• In December, 1964 renamed the Tallinn Medical School
• In August 2006, renamed Tallinn Health College
• The same time Kohtla-Järve startst to be a part of Tallinn
Health College
Tallinn Health College
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Nurse
Midwife
Dental technician
Optometrist
Pharmacist
Occupational therapist
Health promotor
On vocational level:
Practical nurse
Tartu School of Health Care
Tartu Tervishoiu Kõrgkool
• 1811 School of Midwives
• 1925 School of Nurses Union
• 1944 National Secondary School of Medicine
→ Medical Scool of Tartu
• 2006 Tartu School of Health Care
Tartu School of Health Care
Tartu Tervishoiu Kõrgkool
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Nurse
Midwife
Bioanalytics
Radiography
Environmental health
Physiotherapy
On vocational level
Careworker
Babysitter
Education of Social Workers
• Tallinn University
• Tallinn Pedagogical College
• Tartu University Narva College
Education of teachers in health
care
• Mostly different courses:
• University of Tallinn
• University of Tartu
• Tallinn Health College
• Tartu School of Health Care
Health Care Expenditure
• 5,1% of the GDP (382 mil EURO in 2002)
• Health Insurance law in force since 1992
• Financed: 13% earmarked health insurance tax salaries paid by
employers and collected from 1999 by Tax Agency
• Coverage: 94% of population
• Solidarity in Estonian health insurance: contributions (2005):
– no contributions 48% of insured
- 49% insured
- - STATE 3%
Estonian Health Insurance Fond, 2006
Health Care:
• One Medical Faculty – in Tartu University
Physicians 4426
30,8/10 000 pop.
Dentists 11012
7,0/ 10 000 pop.
• Health Colleges: Tartu, Tallinn, (Kohtla-Järve)
Nurses
10196
70,7/10 000 pop.
Hospitals
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• Number
• Beds
• ALOS
1993
115
14377
15,4 days
1999
78
10358
9,9 days
• Tartu University Hospital – 900 beds
• Tallinn Regional Hospital – 750 beds
2003
50
9160
6,8 days
Hospitals 2005, total 50
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Regional
3 (Tartu University, Tallinn Regional,
Tallinn Childrens Hospital)
Central
4 (2 - Tallinn, 1 Kohtla-Järve, 1 Pärnu)
Specialized
5
General
19
Rehabilitation 3
Care
16