Continuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade
Background/Aim. Continuing Medical Education (CME), conceptualised as lifelong learning (LLL) aims at improving human resources and continuing professional development. Various documents of European institutions underline its key importance. This paper therefore tries to analyse the curr...
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| author | Bjegović-Mikanović Vesna Lalić Nebojša Wenzel Helmut Nikolić-Mandić Ružica Laaser Ulrich |
| author_facet | Bjegović-Mikanović Vesna Lalić Nebojša Wenzel Helmut Nikolić-Mandić Ružica Laaser Ulrich |
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| description | Background/Aim. Continuing Medical Education (CME), conceptualised as
lifelong learning (LLL) aims at improving human resources and continuing
professional development. Various documents of European institutions
underline its key importance. This paper therefore tries to analyse the
current status of CME and the main deficits in the delivery of LLL courses at
medical faculties in Serbia with special consideration of the Faculty of
Medicine in Belgrade with detailed financial data available. Methods. Data of
2,265 medical courses submitted in 2011 and 2012 for accreditation were made
available, thereof 403 courses submitted by 4 medical faculties in Serbia
(Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš, Novi Sad). A subset of more detailed information
on 88 delivered courses with 5,600 participants has been provided by the
Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade. All data were transferred into an Excel file
and analysed with XLSTAT 2009. To reduce the complexity and possible
redundancy we performed a principal component analysis (PCA). Correlated
component regression (CCR) models were used to identify determinants of
course participation. Results. During the 2-year period 12.9% of all courses
were submitted on preclinical and 62.4% on clinical topics, 12.2% on public
health, while 61.5% of all took place in Belgrade. The subset of the Faculty
of Medicine, Belgrade comprised 3,471 participants registered with 51 courses
accredited and delivered in 2011 and 2,129 participants with 37 courses
accredited and delivered in 2012. The median number of participants per
course for the entire period was 45; the median fee rates for participants
were 5,000 dinars in 2011 and 8,000 in 2012, resulting together with
donations in a total income for both years together of 16,126,495.00 dinar or
almost 144,000.00 euro. This allowed for a median payment of approximately 90
eur per hour lectured in 2011 and 49 euro in 2012. The 2 factors, D1
(performance) and D2 (attractiveness), identified in the PCA for Medical
Faculties in Serbia, explain 71.8% of the variance. Most relevant are the
duration of the courses, credit points, and hours per credit point gained by
lecturers and participants respectively. In the PCA for Belgrade D1 and D2
explain 40.7% of the total variance. The CCR on the number of participants
reveals the highest positive impact from the number of lecturers per course
and the expenditure on amenities, the highest negative impact from the total
income collected per participant. Conclusion. The faculties of medicine in
Serbia should reconsider the entire structure of their organisation of CME,
especially to improve the quantity and quality of registration limit the
course fee rates per hour and reduce administrative and other costs request
lecturing in CME programmes as obligatory for academic promotion and organise
a focussed marketing. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br.
175042] |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6e58f4c85b944a03b86a41a081043bd32025-08-20T03:33:56ZengMinistry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, BelgradeVojnosanitetski Pregled0042-84502015-01-0172216016810.2298/VSP131026060B0042-84501400060BContinuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, BelgradeBjegović-Mikanović Vesna0Lalić Nebojša1Wenzel Helmut2Nikolić-Mandić Ružica3Laaser Ulrich4Faculty of Medicine, BelgradeFaculty of Medicine, BelgradeIndependent Consultant, Konstanz, GermanyFaculty of Medicine, BelgradeUniversity of Bielefeld, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bielefeld, GermanyBackground/Aim. Continuing Medical Education (CME), conceptualised as lifelong learning (LLL) aims at improving human resources and continuing professional development. Various documents of European institutions underline its key importance. This paper therefore tries to analyse the current status of CME and the main deficits in the delivery of LLL courses at medical faculties in Serbia with special consideration of the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade with detailed financial data available. Methods. Data of 2,265 medical courses submitted in 2011 and 2012 for accreditation were made available, thereof 403 courses submitted by 4 medical faculties in Serbia (Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš, Novi Sad). A subset of more detailed information on 88 delivered courses with 5,600 participants has been provided by the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade. All data were transferred into an Excel file and analysed with XLSTAT 2009. To reduce the complexity and possible redundancy we performed a principal component analysis (PCA). Correlated component regression (CCR) models were used to identify determinants of course participation. Results. During the 2-year period 12.9% of all courses were submitted on preclinical and 62.4% on clinical topics, 12.2% on public health, while 61.5% of all took place in Belgrade. The subset of the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade comprised 3,471 participants registered with 51 courses accredited and delivered in 2011 and 2,129 participants with 37 courses accredited and delivered in 2012. The median number of participants per course for the entire period was 45; the median fee rates for participants were 5,000 dinars in 2011 and 8,000 in 2012, resulting together with donations in a total income for both years together of 16,126,495.00 dinar or almost 144,000.00 euro. This allowed for a median payment of approximately 90 eur per hour lectured in 2011 and 49 euro in 2012. The 2 factors, D1 (performance) and D2 (attractiveness), identified in the PCA for Medical Faculties in Serbia, explain 71.8% of the variance. Most relevant are the duration of the courses, credit points, and hours per credit point gained by lecturers and participants respectively. In the PCA for Belgrade D1 and D2 explain 40.7% of the total variance. The CCR on the number of participants reveals the highest positive impact from the number of lecturers per course and the expenditure on amenities, the highest negative impact from the total income collected per participant. Conclusion. The faculties of medicine in Serbia should reconsider the entire structure of their organisation of CME, especially to improve the quantity and quality of registration limit the course fee rates per hour and reduce administrative and other costs request lecturing in CME programmes as obligatory for academic promotion and organise a focussed marketing. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 175042]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2015/0042-84501400060B.pdfeducation, medical, continuingserbiafactor analysis, statisticaleconomics |
| spellingShingle | Bjegović-Mikanović Vesna Lalić Nebojša Wenzel Helmut Nikolić-Mandić Ružica Laaser Ulrich Continuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade Vojnosanitetski Pregled education, medical, continuing serbia factor analysis, statistical economics |
| title | Continuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade |
| title_full | Continuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade |
| title_fullStr | Continuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade |
| title_short | Continuing medical education in Serbia with particular reference to the Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade |
| title_sort | continuing medical education in serbia with particular reference to the faculty of medicine belgrade |
| topic | education, medical, continuing serbia factor analysis, statistical economics |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2015/0042-84501400060B.pdf |
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