Internationalization

-to be a world doctor-

(Dünyalı Olmak)

Opening Lecture Atatürk University Medical Faculty , 12.09.2011

Zekeriya Aktürk, Prof. Dr.

[email protected] http://aile.atauni.edu.tr

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Presentation outline

• The concept of “internationalization” – 5 min • Internationalization of higher education – 10 min • Personal advices – 5 min • Hospitality exchange – 10 min • Summary points – 5 min 2 / 35

The term “internationalization”

• Webster – : to make international; also – : to place under international control http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internationalization • In economics, internationalization has been viewed as a process of increasing involvement of enterprises in international markets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization 3 / 35

Worldwide NGOs Telecom munica tion Public transport Internatio nal Agree ments Standards

Internatio nalization

Decline in visa require ments Interna tional companies Internet 4 / 35

One School Advertisement: DePaul University

http://www.depaul.edu/ 5 / 35

US Efforts to have Schools Abroad

• Indiana University School of Education October 04, 2008 6 / 35

Internationalization of regulatory requirements

• since 1989 more than 40 guidelines have been harmonised amongst the EU, Japan and the USA (www.ich.org).

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Internationalization of higher education

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USA

• Almost 600,000 international students are enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/congress/200 7_hr/070629-vaughan.htm

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UK

http://www.smuc.ac.uk/international/student-statistics.htm

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Netherlands

• January 2010: 76,000 international students study in the Netherlands http://www.eurogates.nl/en_holland_news/id/7393 / 11 / 35

Japan

• 118,498 international students in Japan as of May 1, 2007 http://www.jasso.go.jp/statistics/intl_student/data07_e.html

http://www.tut.ac.jp/english/admission/class.html

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Turkey

• June 10, 2010: Around 17 000 foreign students 13 / 35 http://www.zaman.com.tr/wap.do?method=getSondakikaDetay&haberno=994035&sirano=4&sayfa=

• February 2012: Around 26 000 foreign students / 35

The Bologna Process

• The purpose of the Bologna Process is to create the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe • 46 Countries are members of the European Higher Education Area • Turkey is a member since 2001 15 / 35 http://bologna.yok.gov.tr/

Farabi Exchange Program

• Started in 2009, the Farabi Exchange Program aims that university students and teaching staff members continue their education and training at an institution of higher education other than their owns during a period of one or two semesters.

16 / 35 http://farabi.yok.gov.tr/

Erasmus

• Erasmus programme is a European Union education and training programme which aims to increase the quality of higher education in Europe.

• For this purpose, the Programme promotes the co-operations between higher education institutions in Europe. These partnerships and mobility activities are financially supported by the Programme.

17 / 35 http://www.ua.gov.tr/index.cfm?k=76

Internationalization of research.

• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals http://www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf

• The CONSORT Statement http://www.consort-statement.org/ 18 / 35

International programs

http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/mdphd/ 19 / 35

The Mission of UTAS Scool of Medicine

• “to produce graduates who will provide a significant contribution and positive impact on communities in Tasmania, mainland Australia and internationally ... committed to fostering collaboration on a domestic and global scale” http://www.utas.edu.au/medicine/programs/smile 20 / 35

Southampton

http://www.som.soton.ac.uk/undergrad/course/bm5/ 21 / 35

Rochester

22 / 35 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/md/prospective-students/curriculum/documents/DHC02-2011.pdf

The Future

-Virtual Universities ? •

International Virtual Medical School

• Health Services Management • Healthcare Reimbursement • Master of Business Administration Healthcare • Medical Office Administration http://www.vconline.edu/online-degree-programs/online-medical-degrees.cfm

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Some Advices

• Learn foreign languages • Travel as much as possible (nat. – international) • Make international friendships • Accept national – international guests • Do what will benefit every body in the planet • Become a medical doctor! :) 24 / 35

Hospitality Exchange

“

If you can

’

t visit the World, let the World come to you!

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A story with “

hospitalityclub

” and “

couchsurfing

” Since 2004 26 / 35

Christian Scheel Medical Student Köln – Germany Amit Weisberger Activist Beausse – France Pierre Cosmac Retired University Professor, Writer Bordeaux – France Attila Sabli Engineer of plant protection Vojvodina – Serbia 27 / 35

Maciej Meru Adamczewski Artist (Painter – Photographer) Warszawa – Poland Jolka Suszko Adamczewska Photographer Warszawa – Poland Agne Marudinaite Social Worker Vilnius – Lithuania Takeshi Fujita Map Survey Kofu City – Japan 28 / 35

Maaike Neuville Artist (Drama) Brussel – Belgium Igor Mavlyutov Functional Analyst Moscov – Russian Federation Irena Valaityte Interior Designer Vilnius – Lithuania Paul Boes Social servant Istanbul – Germany 29 / 35

Thomas Kreis Printer Neu-Isenburg – Germany Liz Shane Music teacher Newcastle – Australia David Novarina Student (french literature) Paris – France Pavel Gubin International relations Perm – Russian Federation 30 / 35

Arkady Kuznetsov Engineer Philip Burns Moscow Chech Republic Tiffany Foo Student, educator, and energetic healer Oakland – USA Yonshil Lee Flight crew Incheon – South Korea 31 / 35

Daniel Diehl English Teacher Northern Illinois, USA George King Software developer Freestone, California, USA Reza Memar Philosopher, Tourist Guide, English Teacher Tehran, Iran Magnus Rasmussen Architecture student Aarhus, Denmark 32 / 35

Norman Carl Freudenberg Student of Physics Berlin Norton Blaž Pretnar Fine Arts, English Teacher in Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Turkey Germany Tourism student Bled – Slovenia Mouthuy Sandrine Nurse Houyet – Belgium 33 / 35

Armele Suz Secretary accountable Paris – France Benedicte Teacher Brussel – Belgium 34 / 35

Internationalizing in Undergraduate Succceeded Why not also in Graduate Education??

• 10th International Turkish Olympics were done with 1500 participants from 135 countries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKqXcMfTMkY 35 / 35 http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/10._Uluslararas%C4%B1_T%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e_Olimpiyatlar%C4%B1