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MEDICAL UNIVERSITY - PLEVEN FACULTY OF PUBLIC
HEALTH
DEAN PROF. GENA GRANCHAROVA, MD, PhD DEPUTY
DEAN PROF. ANGELIKA VELKOVA, MD, PHD 1 Kliment
Ochridski Str. 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria Tel. 359
64 884 224 Fax 359 64 801 603 E-mail
dean-ph_at_mu-pleven.bg Website www.mu-pleven.bg
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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF MU - PLEVEN
University of Medicine
Faculties
Administrative services
Colleges
Medical College Pleven
Faculty of Medicine
Medical College V. Turnovo
Medical College Rousse
Faculty of Public Health
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• THE FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH was officially
  established after
• successful institutional accreditation by the
  National Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation
  in February 2004
• Government Decree of June 2004
• Parliamentarian Act of September 2004.
• THE FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH is legally and
  financially an integrated part of the Medical
  University of Pleven.

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Mission of the Faculty of Public Health

• To contribute to health promotion, disease
  prevention and improvement of quality of life of
  Bulgarian population through integrated
  multidisciplinary training of specialists for
  realization of key functions in the broad area of
  public health to carry out research on current
  trends and determinants of public health and to
  contribute to effective performance of Bulgarian
  health system.

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Faculty Governing Bodies

• General Assembly 70 members (53 full time
  academic staff, 15 students,
• 2 administrative staff
• 2. Academic Council 25 members (19 professors,
  3 assistant professors,
• 3 students)
• 3. Dean mandate 4 years maximum two
  consecutive mandates

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Organisational structure of the Faculty of
Public Health
Faculty of Public Health
Dept. of Health Care Management, Medical Ethics
and IT
Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine, Pedagogy
and Psychology
Dept. of Hygiene, Medical ecology, Occupational
Diseases and Disaster Medicine
Dept. of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology
Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology,
Parasitology and Tropical Diseases
Dept. of General Medicine, Forensic Medicine and
Deontology
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FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAcademic staff

• For all six departments
• 53 Full-time Staff
• Among them
• 19 professors
• 34 assistant professors

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Teaching activities of the Academic
staff SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES
Bachelor Degree Programme in Public Health and Health Care Management for part-time students with a background in nursing midwifery, and other relevant specialties since 1996
Bachelor Degree Programme in Public Health and Health Care Management for full-time students with a background in nursing midwifery, and other relevant specialties since 2000
Master Degree Programme in Public Health and Health Care Management for Bachelor degree graduates since 2001
Master Degree Programme in Public Health and Health Management for medical doctors and other master degree graduates since 2005
New programmes to be organized since 2007 - Bachelor Degree Programme in Public Health for secondary school graduates - Master Degree programme on Health promotion
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• The Academic staff of the Faculty of Public
  Health also participate in teaching
• medical students providing 12 different courses
  in Bulgarian and in English for University
  English division
• students in medical colleges providing 14
  different courses according to the specialization
  of different departments
• 10 postgraduate specialization programmes for
  medical doctors
• - Different courses in continuing education
  programmes for medical doctors, nurses and other
  health specialists

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The Departments of the FPH teach each year
modules to- more than 300 Bachelor and Master
Degree students in Public Health and Health Care
Management - more than 400 medical
students- more than 200 nurses, 60 midwifes,
90 laboratory and X-Ray technicians, 40 social
workers.
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RESEARCH PRIORITIES

• FOUR BASIC DIRECTIONS
• Epidemiology of noncommunicable diseases and
  public health processes (analysis of public
  health situation inequalities in health quality
  of life, etc.)
• Epidemiological, clinical and experimental
  research of physical, chemical, biological and
  social factors in living and working environment

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RESEARCH PRIORITIES

• FOUR BASIC DIRECTIONS
• Health care management (quality of health care,
  economic aspects of health care, management and
  ethics of hospice/palliative care, etc)
• Information technologies in health care system
  and innovative methods of teaching

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Why we are applying for a membership in ASPHER?

• We highly appreciate the benefits of a
  membership participation in all ASPHER
  activities and networking opportunities with
  European counterparts opportunity to improve the
  quality of training programmes and pass through
  the proces of Peer Review opportunities to
  participate in different projects opportunities
  to get and distribute useful information about PH
  in Europe.
• We have built up good potential and capacity for
  effective collaboration with other European
  schools of Public Health.

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Thank You for your Attention!