2. Initial assessment of the
Master Program
Accreditation documents and approvals
necessary – required internal accreditation
Academic person in charge of the MA – A.
Tadevosyan
Administrative person in charge of the MA
– M. Hovannisyan
4. Status quo report
Analysis of the existing national legislation
Since 2010 Armenia has introduced Bologna
process
Three cycle system (bachelor-master-
doctorate)
Credit transfer system
Students’ and academics’ mobility
Accreditation of European quality assurance
standards
Continuous education
5. Status quo report
Listof existing Master programs at
university
○ MD in General medicine
○ MD in Stomatology
○ MS in Pharmacy
○ MPH
○ MD in Military medicine
Integrated Bachelor
6. Status quo report
Curricula of existing MD (last year)
Specialization in preventive medicine
available thru residency
Epidemiology – 1 year
Hygiene - 1 year
Organization of Health Care – 2 years
7. Status quo report
Internal regulations of the University
regarding Master programs
procedures of grading assessment
procedures of ongoing knowledge
assessment
regulative documents of teaching
methods
procedures of admission and expulsion of
students
8. Analysis of the political framework
Education Quality assessment and assurance
center was established in 2011.
Functions
Analyzes of all components of quality of education
processes and assurance of their compliance with
strategy of university.
Internal audit of education processes
9. Status quo report
Analysis of existing resources in the
university
Facilities – 9 own, 8 – rented
12 auditoria in central campus
administrative staff – 101
academic staff – 643
PC – 674, scanner – 48, fax – 7, TV – 278,
projector – 85, audio/video player – 29,
Cameras – 230, photo camera – 12,
Xerox – 52
10. Library
Books and journals – 91.595 names
Total issue - 523.359 units
18 Universities, Republican Medical and
National Academy of Science Libraries
Network
Digitalization of library in a process
11. Basic Resources
Faculty of Public Health
Chair of Hygiene and Ecology
Chair of Social Medicine and Medical Law
Chair of Epidemiology
Chair of Organization of Health Care and
Economics
12. Additional Resources
Faculty of General Medicine
Chair of Philosophy (Bioethics)
Chair of Medical Psychology
Chair of Infectious Diseases
Faculty of Military Medicine
13. Curricula characteristics
Hygiene
Environment and Health – 4.5 ECTS
Occupational Health – 3 ECTS
Nutrition and Health – 3 ECTS
Children and Adolescent Health – 1.5 ECTS
Total 12 ECTS
14. Hygiene
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Environmental factors and their influence on health.
Adaptation processes of human in different environmental
conditions.
Use of environmental factors for preventive purposes.
Principles of prevention of the negative consequences of work.
Influence of occupational specific factors on health.
Assessment of occupational factors.
Alimentary diseases.
Nutrition as a social factor.
Assessment methods of health status of children and adolescent.
Specific factors influencing on health of children and adolescent.
15. Hygiene
Learning outcomes
Skills
To be able to measure and assess the
environmental factors
To be able to use environmental factors for
preventive purposes
To be able to measure and assess occupational
factors
To be able to assess quality of food.
To be able to provide hygienic assessment of
children populaion
17. Curricula characteristics
Social Medicine
Health concepts, health indicators 3 ECTS (?)
Health risk communication/media communication 1.5 (?)
Social Changes and Health 1.5 (?)
Health Policy 1.5
Social work and social work technologies 1.5
Leadership 1.5
Health promotion, empowerment
Problem solving
18. Social Medicine
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Research methodology of population
morbidity, mortality, reproduction and disability.
Research methodology of diseases, which are
social issue.
Organization and assessment of work of
inpatient and outpatient health care facilities.
Basics of organization and assessment of
hygienic and antiepidemic services.
19. Social Medicine
Learning outcomes
Skills
To be able to use official healthcare statistical
data.
To be able to use appropriate methodology for
research of medico social problems of public
health.
To be able to assess health care indicators.
To be able to organize hygienic and
antiepidemic services.
To be able to work out and implement preventive
programs to control risk factors, and assess
their effectiveness.
20. Curricula characteristics
Management and Marketing
Marketing and social marketing
Health economics
Hospital administration
Organization of Health Care Delivery
Health Care Systems – comparative Study
21. Marketing
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Basics of marketing, main staitments and problems.
Pecularities of market of medical servicies.
Mechanisms and pecularities of price formation of
medical servicies and items.
Demend of medical servicies and items.
Mechanisms and methods of advertising of medical
servicies.
Leasing in healthcare system.
Content and characteristics of social marketing.
22. Marketing
Learning outcomes
Skills
To be able to organize and implement marketing
researches in healthcare field.
To be able to assess demand of medical servicies
and items, to organize their development and
advertisment.
To be able to chose appropriate methods of price
formation and to form competitive prices for medical
servicies and items.
To be able to organize leasing in healthcare system.
To be able to organize social marketing procedures.
23. Management
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Basic rules of organization development
Basic rules of collisions and problem development in
organization and managment methods.
Basic procedures and methods of managment.
Ensurance of comunication wihtin organization.
Quality assessment of medical servicies and goods.
Basics of managment of material and financial
resourses.
Technology and forms of formation of managerial
decision-making.
24. Management
Learning outcomes
Skills
To be able to use official healthcare report data.
To be able to analyze and assess morbidity of population, to
determine demand of different medical services.
To be able to plan activity of department of curative and
preventive service.
To be able to make rational decisions for reaching appropriate
results.
To be able to increase competiveness and viability of
organization.
To be able to assess the quality of services and design
measures for continuous development.
To be able to manage collectives, to use encourage methods, to
have communicating skills.
To be able to manage conflicts and problems within collective.
To be able to ensure supervision of paper circulation in
organization.
25. Curricula characteristics
Biostatistics and Evidence Based
Medicine
Study Design
Methods of Qualitative Research
Methods of Quantitative Research
Database management
26. Biostatistics and Evidence Based
Medicine
Learning outcome
Knowledge
Basics of biostatistics
Methods and structure peculiarities of research program and
planning.
Peculiarities of statistical methods and basics of choosing of
methods.
Statistical PC programs.
Skills
To be able to use official healthcare report data.
To be able to plan research program and to implement it.
To be able to choose appropriate design of research, analyzing
methods and statistical tools.
To be able to implement statistical methods in research.
To be able to design statistical report.
29. Methods of teaching used in each course
seminars,
lectures,
research,
small group works,
laboratory work
Grading scheme
10 point scoring (Letter equivalents in diploma)learning
outcome based assessment of knowledge and skills of
students
3 stage assessment (test, skills, oral examination, thesis)
30. Number of ECTS
30 ECTS per semester.
120 ECTS - two years of MP,
31. Students of the new Master
Program
Entrance requirements
Only students with medical background (at least Bachelor
of medicine) and knowledge of English may apply for
master courses.
Selection criteria for new students
Admission examination
English skills – reading, writing and speaking
Computer skills – Windows OS or Macintosh OS, MS
office
32. Students of the new Master Program
Potential career paths on the labor market for graduates
CDC, antiepidemic and hygienic inspectorate, local
and federal public health departments, managers of
Health Care Organizations, Graduates may apply
for other master or postgraduateprograms within
YSMU.
System of student evaluation of the courses
Oral examination, test, assessment of thesis and
presentation, skills assessment.
33. ICT
Installed ICT resources
Notebooks, multifunctional printers, projector and screen
are installed and ready to be used with photo
cameras and camcorders in teaching process
Project website
www.ysmu.am
34. Cooperation with TEMPUS
Partners
Student mobility plan involving the other TEMPUS
partners
One module (Social work and social work
technologies) will be held at YSU.