Jurate Macijauskiene

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Nursing Research and Studies in Kaunas
University of Medicine

• Jurate Macijauskiene
• Dean of the Faculty of Nursing

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LITHUANIA main figures

• Population 3.4 mln
• Area 65 301 sq km (25 213 sq miles)
• Population over 65 yrs of age 15.6 from total
  population (in 2007).
• Life expectancy (in 2006)
• Women 77.06 yrs
• Men 65.31 yrs
• Total 71.12 yrs
• Capital Vilnius (gt500 000 inhabitants)
• Kaunas city second biggest city (gt 370 000
  inhabitants)
• Kaunas County second biggest county in the
  country (673 660 inhabitants).

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• 5 faculties
• Faculty of Medicine,
• Faculty of Odontology,
• Faculty of Pharmacy,
• Faculty of Nursing,
• Faculty of Public Health.
• 4 research institutes
•   Institute of Biomedical Research
• Institute of Cardiology
• Institute of Endocrinology
• Institute of Psychophysiology and
  Rehabilitation
• Hospitals
• Kaunas University Hospital
• Kaunas Oncology Hospital

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University staff (by 1st January, 2008)
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THE FACULTY OF NURSING

• Departments
• Department of Nursing and Care
• Department of Kynesiology and Sports Medicine
• Clinic of Geriatrics
• Department of Rehabilitation

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THE FACULTY OF NURSING mission

• To educate the specialists, that being
  creative, initiative, intelligent, and free with
  comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge
  being able to compete in the national and
  international field
•  To form and uphold a system of attitudes and
  values of academic community of the university
•  To participate in research with integration to
  common EU science framework following the
  traditional and new essential research
  directions
•  To participate actively in setting and
  implementation of health care policy and strategy.

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THE FACULTY OF NURSING
Academic staff
Professionals from other units of the
university and University Hospital
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THE FACULTY OF NURSING

• Study programs
• Bachelor level
• Nursing (4 yrs since 1990 graduates 552)
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Social work
• Master level
• Clinical Nursing (2 yrs since 1999 graduates
  47)
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy

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THE FACULTY OF NURSING

• Study programs
• PhD
• Nursing - 4 yrs since 1999
• 14 defended PhD thesis, including 7 nurses
• at the moment - 28 PhD students, including 10
  nurses)

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NURSING EDUCATION SYSTEM
Doctoral level - 4 years
Clinical nursing Administration Psychology
Social care Pedagogy Others
PhD degree
Master level - 2 years
Master degree
3 Universities - 4 years
6 Colleges - 3,5 years
Bachelor degree
Professional bachelor
Secondary education - 12 years
only in Kaunas University of Medicine
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Entrance criteria

• Admission to the study program is limited by the
  number of training places, which is regulated by
  the Ministry of Education and Science.
• Entrance based on the results of Matura
  examinations through the common system for all
  higher schools.

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THE FACULTY OF NURSING
Nursing Bachelor study program 160 national
credits (1 credit 40 hours) or 240 ECTS credits
(1 credit 30 hours) Module based totally 17
modules
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Curriculum

• According to the Law of the Continuum Education
  Programs issued by Lithuanian Education and
  Science Ministry (?1326, 26 10 2000), all the
  subjects in the curriculum are divided into three
  groups
• General university education subjects
  philosophy, professional ethics, general
  psychology, sociology, informatics, research
  methods, computers, foreign language, Latin
  language, language culture, management and
  elements of economics, medical law, pedagogic,
  social care (28 credits in total).
• Basic nursing program subjects human anatomy,
  normal physiology, medical biochemistry,
  genetics, health ecology, microbiology, general
  pharmacology, clinical physiology, pathological
  anatomy, evaluation of health status, nutrition,
  clinical pharmacology, community nursing, health
  promotion, rehabilitation, disaster medicine (in
  total 40 credits).
• Specialized nursing program subjects fundamental
  nursing, communication, technique of nursing,
  medical nursing, surgical nursing, adult nursing,
  special nursing, mothers and child nursing,
  elderly nursing and palliative care, intensive
  medical-surgical nursing, specialized practice
  (62 credits).
• Elective courses make up at least 25 of the
  curriculum (30 credits).

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Curriculum
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Curriculum

• Final examination (3 parts)
• 1. First Aid practical test and written test 
• 2. Practical exam
• 3. Bachelors Theses (either the final exam by
  the examinations board)
• Students who pass the examinations or defense the
  bachelor project are awarded a diploma confirming
  the qualification degree - bachelor in nursing,
  and professional qualification a nurse.

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Study Quality Assurance
The system of quality assurance has several
levels of implementation 1) Teaching staff level
(criteria for accreditation, the Centre for
Education Quality Assurance of Teaching Staff)
2) Training/discipline level 3)
Department/faculty level (Study commission) 4)
University level (Committee of Quality Assurance
of Teaching and Learning of the University,
Questionnaire on Quality Evaluation of Training
Course/Module ) 5) National level (The Centre
for Quality Assessment in Higher Education) 6)
International level (TAIEX, EU directives).
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The foreign students at the university

• Full time students
• Exchange students

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International cooperation of the Faculty of
Nursing

• Erasmus/Socrates (students, teachers)
• International projects, conferences, seminars
• International teachers exchange program (not
  Erasmus)
• IP (Intensive program) the Netherlands, Scotland

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Citizenship of Foreign Students at KUM
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Nursing Research

• Fields of interest
• health care quality and efficacy¹
• community nursing¹²
• nursing workforce¹²³
• health care reform¹³.
• ¹Work Group of European Nurse Researchers (WENR)
• ² International Council of Nurses
• ³WHO

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Nursing Research

• Fields of interest
• health care quality and efficacy¹
• community nursing¹²
• nursing workforce¹²³
• health care reform¹³.
• ¹Work Group of European Nurse Researchers (WENR)
• ² International Council of Nurses
• ³WHO

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The publications of the academic staff of the
Faculty of Nursing
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Nursing continuing education (constant
professional development)
  The nurses who wish to practice are required
by law (The Ministry of Health Care) to notify
their intention to do so every five years. To be
able to continue their license for practice they
have to collect 100 hours of continuing training.
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THE FACULTY OF NURSING

• The strengths
• integration of nursing studies, research, and
  practice
• developing infrastructure of the university
  with wide range of academic and clinical
  facilities
• participation in international projects
• presentation of the research in specialized
  publications and conferences on national and
  international level
• participation in the policy of Lithuanian
  health care system.

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The Faculty of Nursing strategic aims

• Modern development of all studies levels in
  accordance with development and perspectives of
  studies programs in institutions of higher
  education in EU
• Building-up nursing research through increased
  numbers of nurses - PhD students (graduates),
  interdisciplinary approach, interlinking with
  evidence-based practice, and international
  cooperation with joint research projects
• Integration into the framework of global science,
  generation and accumulation of knowledge for the
  development of Lithuanian health care policy and
  improvement of citizens health and quality of
  life
• Provision of health care of the highest quality
  and accessibility for all citizens practicing
  integrated modern unity of studies, research,
  and clinical practice.

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Welcome to Kaunas