Paul Bezzina

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Paul Bezzina

• University of Malta
• Institute of Health
• Radiography Division
• ERASMUS - Student Exchanges

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Mission Statement

• The Institute of Health Care aims to achieve
  excellence in the education and training of
  reflective, caring, accountable health
  professionals in response to health and health
  service needs of the population.

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The IHC was set up within the University of
Malta to deliver courses in Health care

• Communication Therapy Dental Technology
• Environmental Health Health Service
  Management
• Medical Laboratory Science Nursing Midwifery
• Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy
• Podiatry Radiography

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University Education

• Radiography (Diagnostic) training was
  incorporated within the IHC in 1992
• Levels of courses offered
• Degree
• Diploma (last intake 2001)
• Diploma to Degree (Commenced in 1997)
• Duration of course is 4 years and includes
• theoretical and clinical credits

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Modules of Study

• Principles Practice of
• Radiography and Patient Care
• Anatomy Physiology
• Pathology Physics
• Research Methods Medicine
• Behavioural Sciences Ethics
• Management Optional Credits
• ERASMUS programme
• Clinical Radiography Practice

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ERASMUS

• Seeks to enhance the quality and reinforce the
  European dimension of higher education, by
  encouraging transnational cooperation between
  Universities, boosting European mobility and
  improving the transparency and full academic
  recognition of studies and qualifications
  throughout the Union.

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ERASMUS consists of three interrelated
sub-actions

• ERASMUS 1 European inter-university
  cooperation
• ERASMUS 2 Mobility of students and
  University teachers
• ERASMUS 3 Thematic network

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ERASMUS RADIOGRAPHY GROUP

• www. erasmus-rad-group.org

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Partner Institutions

• Croatia
• School of Health Care Studies
• Czech Republic
• University of South Bohemia
• Finland
• Turku Polytechnic
• Greece
• TEI Athens
• Ireland
• University College Dublin
• Malta
• Institute of Health Care
• Netherlands
• INHOLLAND
• University, Haarlem
• FONTYS University Eindhoven

• Norway
• Hogskole I Bergen
• Portugal
• ESTS Coimbra
• ESTS Porto
• Sweden
• Lund University
• United Kingdom
• Suffolk College
• University of Ulster
• Invited to attend this year
• Austria -Vienna Schools of Radiography
• Italy - University of Trieste
• Slovenia - University College of Ljubljana

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Some history of the group

• In 1990 Suffolk College, Ipswich UK made contact
  with University Hospital, Leiden.
• Contact was made with Brussels to start a
  network
• In 1994 the first 21 student took part in a
  student exchange between the UK, Norway -
  Hogskole I Bergen, and The Netherlands -
  Hogeschool Haarlem
• By 2005 over 700 students from the 14
  institutions have studied for a period of three
  months in another European country.

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Mission statement of ERG

• Through European cooperation we intend to improve
  quality, creativity and innovation in education.
• We intend to develop and extend a network of
  European centres of excellence for education and
  training in radiography
• We will foster student and staff exchanges and
  develop the European dimension of radiography
  education.

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Website

• Course programmes
• Requirements
• Medical questionnaires
• Contact persons
• Information for lecturers and students
• Evaluation
• Links
• Teacher zone
• The site was setup and is maintained by Mr.
  Miguel Saude, ESTS do Porto, Portugal.

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Student mobility

• ERASMUS gives students the opportunity to study
  for a period of 3-12 months at a University in
  another participating country, after signing an
  institutional contract
• Time spent in other country is fully recognised
  in the home institution due to ECTS which
  facilitates academic recognition of periods of
  study in partner institutions
• Prior agreement between Universities and student

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The credit system

• A systematic way of describing an educational
  programme by attaching credits to its components
  based on different parameters, such as student
  workload, learning outcomes and contact hours.

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ECTS

• European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
  is a student-centred system based on the student
  workload required to achieve the objectives of a
  programme specified in terms of the learning
  outcomes and competencies to be acquired.
• (http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/so
  crates/ects_en.html)

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ECTS cont.

• 60 credits at different levels (according to
  year
• of study) undertaken during one academic year of
• full-time study
• Credits obtained after completion of work
  required and assessment of the learning outcomes
• Workload in ECTS consists of lectures, private
  study, examinations
• Credits allocated to all educational components
  of study programme
• ECTS mark grade

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Student exchanges in Radiography at IHC

• The first eight Maltese radiography students took
  part in an exchange in 1996.
• The first group of radiography students came to
  the IHC in January 1997 when 6 students from The
  Netherlands and Finland participated.
• The course programme includes units in Maltese
  Language, History and Culture besides Radiography
  theoretical study units and clinical practice

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Course structure

• Exchange takes place in the third year of the
  course
• Part of course programme for incoming and
  outgoing students
• Duration is 3 months (January March)
• Has an ECTS value of 20
• Students join in with Maltese Students for
  lectures

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Advantages

• Student feedback is positive
• Broader perspective of imaging
• Personal and professional development

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Problems

• Timing of exchange, commencement date
• Issuing of transcripts in ECTS including grade
  and mark
• Language lectures and clinical placements
• Transfer of study units -exemptions
• Others

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the future .

• Sharing knowledge and skills
• Mutual recognition of the curriculum by means of
  ECTS
• Improving staff mobility
• Collaborative research

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Thank you for your attention.