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CURRICULUM AND TEACHER UPDATE
AT THE VETERINARY FACULTY,
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Aida Hodzic
Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE GENERAL XV
Internal Market and Financial Services
Free movement of goods and regulated professions
Regulated professions (qualifications)
Advisory Committee on Veterinary Training (ACVT)
European association of establishments for veterinary
education (EAEVE)
EVALUATION OF VETERINARY TRAINING IN
EUROPE:
Standard Operating Procedures 2002
(ANNEXES I-X 2007/2008)
http://www.eaeve.org
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project title
Curriculum Development According to Bologna
Principles - a cooperation project between the Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo and the
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science - including
secondary cooperation with other institutions of veterinary
medicine on the Western Balkans.
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project financed by:
Norwegian Cooperation Program on Research
and Higher Education with the countries on
the Western Balkans (CPWB)
Project Application Form
http://www.siu.no/vev.nsf/O/EASTERN+EUROPEWestern+Balkans-Application+Reporting)
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NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Academic staff and researchers involved in project
(Master's and Ph.D. students, Post-doc.'s and others to be included in the Project Description)
I
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Name:
Yngvild Wasteson
Degree:
Dr, Med Vet
(PhD)
Position:
Professor
ViceRector
Name:
Melanie Etchell
Degree:
Cand. Philol.
(masters)
Position:
International
Adviser
Name:
Degree:
Position:
Name:
Degree:
Position:
Name:
Degree:
Position:
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Academic staff and researchers involved in project
WB
Sarajevo
Name:
Aida Hodzic
Degree:
PhD
Position
Assistant
Professor
Name:
Edin Satrovic
Degree:
DVM
Position:
Senior Ass.
Name:
Amir Zahirovic
Degree:
MSc
Position:
Senior Ass.
Name:
Davor Alagic
Degree:
MSc
Position:
Senior Ass.
Name:
Dunja Rukavina
Degree:
Biologist
Position:
Assistant
Name:
Teufik Goletic
Degree:
DVM
Position:
Senior Ass.
Skopje
Name:
Toni Dovenski
Degree:
PhD
Position
Professor
/Ass. Dean
Zagreb
Name:
Ljiljana Pinter
Degree:
PhD
Position
Dean
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project Description
Bologna Declaration was signed by B&H in 2003
Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo is the only veterinary faculty in B&H
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project Description
 The main objective is to:
 adjust our curriculum,
 install ECTS and all ECTS documents,
 and to install the quality assurance system.
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project Description
Activities (sub-goals)
Year of realization
Methods of realization
1. To define professional profiles with
regard to national economy and market
needs
2006
Opinion polls + workshop
2. Visits of professors from European
faculties of veterinary medicine
concerning education of our staff about
study regime, syllabus and curriculum,
quality assurance as well as other critical
aspects of Bologna process
2006
5 visiting lectures/instructors
organizing lectures and
workshops, regional
participants involved
3. Preparing of elements for syllabus
and curriculum proposal
2006
Questionnaires for students
and teachers
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project Description
4. Visits of our teaching staff to
European faculties of veterinary
medicine (e.g. Austria, Slovenia,
Norway)
2006-2007
5. Syllabus and curriculum proposal
making according to the Bologna
Declaration
2007
Questionnaire analysis and
comparation with regional and
European veterinary curriculums
6. To define ECTS points and ECTS
documents (Information package,
Student application form, Transcript of
records, Learning agreement, Diploma
supplement)
2007
Questionnaire for students,
calculation of STWL and ECTS
points by “top-down” methods
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project Description
7. Discussion and alignment of defined
curriculums and ECTS in regard to
regional and international exchange of
students and staff
2008
Workshop (European and
regional participants
involved in project)
8. Quality assurance system
evaluation and accreditation
2008
EAEVE Evaluation,
one weeks duration,
6 external examiners
NORWEGIAN SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
VETERINARY FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO
Project Description
 Student
and faculty staff mobility on a regional level firstly:
 the economic, commercial and cultural similarities,
 the absence of language barriers.
The professional profile of
veterinarians as response to
economic and market needs in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-presentation of the results of
Project Activity 1-
Overview of the response
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Approximately 1000 veterinarians in the country
estimate of the State Veterinary Office of BiH for 2006
600 questionnaires mailed out
 400 to veterinary practitioners
 200 to veterinarians in government, education,
industry...
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324 to veterinarians in FBiH
26 to veterinarians in DB
250 to veterinarians in RS
Overall response 40,8% (245/600)
Returned questionnaires, differentiated in
accordance with location and job type
Overall
location
job type
Food
production
Education
Laboratory
Goverment
Practicioners
RS
DB
FBIH
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Overview of response rate according to
location (cantons in FBiH and regions in RS)
Summary of respondent data
- gender ratio differentiated according to job typeWoman
Men
Food processing
Education
Laboratory
Vet.administration
Vet.inspection
Vet.practice
0
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20
40
60
80
100
Overall 3 : 1 ratio between men and women
Summary of respondent data
- age ratio differentiated by job type<33
≥33
Food processing
Education
Laboratory
Vet.administration
Vet.inspection
Vet.practice
0
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20
40
60
80
100
Average age of a veterinarian 43,3 years
FBiH 42,9 years
 Men 43,7 years
RS+DB 45,3 years
 Women 41,3 years
Overall 4 : 1 ratio between veterinarians older than or equal to 33
and those younger than 33 years of age
Average time between graduation and first
employment
16
14
months
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Men
overall
Woman
by gender
<33
≥33
by age
FBIH RS+DB
by location
VFS
VFB
by faculty
VFZ
Average wage differentiated according to job type,
gender, age, location and whether respondent had
continuing education
1200
p<0,05
p=0,152
1000
600
400
average
overall
by job type
by gender
by age
had not
had
RS+DB
FBIH
≥33
<33
woman
men
food production
education
vet.adminstration
vet.inspectors
0
laboratory
200
field
practicioners
KM
800
by
continuing
location education
Needs for veterinary education
- Proportions of respondents unsatisfied with the
knowledge they had day one after graduation bz faculty
VFZ
VFB
overall by gender
by age
VFS
≥33
<33
Woman
Men
0
20
40
60
80
100
• Veterinarians younger than 33 years of age are 1,5 times more
likely to be unsatisfied with the knowledge they gained at
veterinary faculty compared to their older colleagues
Very
satisfied
Satisfied
Partially
unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
1+2 column /
3+4 column
Basic natural sciences
76%
16%
7,5%
0,5%
11,5 : 1
Pre clinical sciences
71%
17,5%
10,5%
1%
7,7 : 1
Clinical veterinary medicine
25,3%
12,6%
36,8%
25,3%
1 : 1,6
Food safety and quality
60,8%
15,1%
21,1%
3%
3,1 :1
Infectious agents and laboratory
diagnostics
63,8%
11,7%
17,9%
6,6%
3:1
Veterinary legislation and
organisation of veterin. sevices
54%
7,5%
20%
18,5%
1,6 : 1
Preventive veterinary medicine
55,7%
7,5%
20,9%
15,9%
1,7 : 1
Business and organisational
management
31,5%
5%
18,3%
45,2%
1 : 1,7
Information technology
23,9%
2%
9,4%
64,6%
1 : 2,8
N=200
0
Technology of
food
production
Informatics
technologies
Bussines
management
Preventive
veterinary
medicine
Study sample%
Legislation/
veterinary
service
Agents and
lab.diagnostics
Food safety
Clinical
veterinary
medicine
Pre clinical
courses
Natural
sciences
Respondent opinion on proportion of time needed for
specific subject areas within the veterinary curriculum
(in%) and comparison with the current curriculum
Current curriculum%
30
25
20
15
10
5
Vox populi veterinarum
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Elective courses focusing on a student's area of
interest would improve the capabilities of new
graduates (80,8 % of respondents)
Veterinary faculty Sarajevo should not enroll more
than 40 freshmen students annually
Length of veterinary studies not less than 5 and not
more than 6 years
Vox populi veterinarum
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Continuing education
 99% respondents believe it is necessary
 90% respondents state it is required by their employer
 the most popular type – seminars and workshops
Providers of continuing education
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
professional
associations
government
faculty
Presentation of Project Activity 2
Workshop:
Curriculum Development According to the Bologna Principles
(Cooperation project between the Veterinary Faculty of the
University of Sarajevo and the Norwegian School of
Veterinary Science, Oslo - including secondary cooperation
with other institutions of Veterinary Medicine on the Western
Balkans)
Organised in cooperation with
European Veterinary Faculties
Venue:
Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo
Sarajevo 10-11 April 2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Workshop
Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Participants: management, teaching staff, and students of Veterinary
Faculty Sarajevo and guests
09:00 Welcome
Dr. Almedina Zuko, Dean, Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo
Dr. Yngvid Wasteson, Vice-Rector and IN Project Leader, Norwegian
School of Veterinary Science
Almir Mashala, assistant Minister of Education and Science, Canton
Sarajevo
09:20 Introduction to the project – Dr. Aida Hodzic,WB Project Leader
09:30 Presentations of veterinary faculties participating in the
project:
Veterinary Faculty Zagreb, Croatia
Veterinary Faculty Skopje, FYR Macedonia
Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Workshop
10:00 Competence and professional profile of veterinarians today and
in the near future–challenges and possibilities for education in regard
to EU Directives – Ursula M. Schober, University of Veterinary Medicine
Vienna
10:20 Defining veterinarian professional profile(s) with regard to
national economy and market needs – presentation of the Project
Activity 1 results - Dr. Nihad Fejzic, Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo
10:40
Discussion
11:00
Coffee/tea break
Workshop
11:20 Design and development of curriculum for higher education
in veterinary medicine according to the Bologna Principles –
practical example of the Veterinary Faculty Oslo, Helsinki, Dublin,
Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb, and Belgrade. Representative of each
of these veterinary faculties should give a presentation addressing
the following main issues:
-The new veterinary medicine curriculum
- Two cycles study: Yes or NO
- Professional degree(s)
- Creating and applying ECTS system
- ECTS and letter grading system
- ECTS documents
- The role of students in Bologna process
- What is new in student-teacher relationship
Workshop
13:40
Discussion
14:00
Lunch organized by host institution
15:00 The role and obligations of state authorities in reforming
the process of higher education system in accordance with the
Bologna Principles – Dr. Grace Mulcahy, Veterinary Faculty Dublin
15:20 Quality assurance concept, internal and external evaluation
as a instrument of quality assurance – Dr. Timo Soveri, Veterinary
Faculty Helsinki
Workshop
15:40
Students and teachers mobility in the Bologna Process - Dr.
Ursula M. Schober, University of Veterinary MedicineVienna
16:00 Importance and possibilities of harmonization of higher
education on regional level - Dr. Yngvild Wasteson, Norwegian School
of Veterinary Science Oslo
Institutional cooperation with South Eastern Europe - Dr.
Mensur Vegara, Norwegian University of Life Sciences Aas
16:20
16:40
Discussion
17:00
The end of Day1
20:00 Dinner organized by the host dean
Workshop
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
Participants: project participants, student representatives, guests,
vice dean for student affairs
09:00 Practical work:
- Designing a new veterinary curriculum
- Questionnaires for teachers and students – concrete practical
examples and ways of development
- Analysis and harmonization of questionnaires
- Way(s) of assignment and calculation of ECTS – concrete
practical examples
- ECTS and letter grading system – concrete practical examples
- ECTS documents - concrete practical examples
13:00
Lunch organized by host institution
15:00End of the workshop
Results of project activities 3, 5 and 6
• New
curriculum proposal with ECTS has prepared
• Curriculum proposal has been already disscussed with
Norwegian and regional partners
• Curriculum proposal will be disscussed with some
other European Veterinary Faculties in 2008 as well
• Application for EAEVE evaluation in 2008
EAEVE evaluation
• STAGE
I
Main Indicators
Teaching staff
Students
Support staff
Theoretical training
Supervised practical training (laboratory and desk work, nonclinical and clinical work
Self-directed learning
Animal case-load training
Post-mortem examinations
Ambulatory (mobile) clinic
EAEVE evaluation
• STAGE
II (Accreditation)
Internal System of Quality Assurance
Policy statement
Student assessment and student welfare
Assessment of teaching staff
Assessment of learning opportunities
Assessment of training programme and the award of title of a
Veterinary Surgeon
Continuing education
Post-graduate education
Research
Internationalisation of education and research
Cooperation wih stakeholders and society
Project participants
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Veterinary faculty Sarajevo
Veterinary Faculty Milan
Veterinary Faculty Porto
Objective 1
KEEP TEACHING AT THE VETERINARY FACULTY
SARAJEVO
1a. Purchasing modern equipment
1b. Development of e-learning methods
1c. Employ a young Sarajevo ICT expert assisting
students and teachers to develope e-learning material
Objective 2
IMPROVING THE KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHING SKILLS
OF YOUNG TEACHERS
2a. Young teachers retraining in Milan and Porto
2b. Didactic material and books
Objective 3
SARAJEVO VETERINARY FACULTY’S FAMILIARIZATION
TO ECTS FOR FUTURE INTRODUCTION OF CREDIT
SYSTEM ACCORDING TO EU STANDARDS
3a. Meeting in Sarajevo
3b. Proposal for an ECTS reorganization
3c. Presentation of newly elaborated plan in a project
closed meeting in Sarajevo