STRUCTURE AND DUTIES

THE TEACHING AND ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT is a subdivision of Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova, which has the mission to ensure and streamline the teaching process, to organize qualitative educational services for the University’s beneficiaries with the implementation of an efficient academic management based on quality reference standards, through competitive professional training in line with the requirements concerning medical and pharmaceutical higher education.

Structure

The Teaching and Academic Management Department includes the following subdivisions:

      ♦  Studies Office; 

      ♦  Secția managementul calității academice;Academic Quality Management Office;

      ♦  Secția evaluare;Evaluation Office;

Duties of the Studies Office

• drafts regulations, orders and instructive materials regarding the organization and conduct of the training process;
• develops the academic calendar and monitors compliance with it; 
• supervises the rational use of the auditorium fund; 
• coordinates the process of development and monitoring of curricula, for each discipline, in accordance with the national and international standards; 
• prepares schedules for the study process for all specialties and years of study; 
• coordinates and monitors the activities of the dean offices; monitors the training process carried out by the teaching departments, chairs and  other subdivisions of the University; 
• monitors the conduct of the intermediate and half yearly sessions, the forms and ways of student evaluation, analyzes the results of examination sessions; 
• monitors the unfolding of the graduation examination; 
• organizes the filling out and issuance of graduates' diplomas; 
• verifies the issuance of orders for the promotion of students to the next years of study; for admission to the graduation exam/for defending the bachelor's thesis and for awarding the title; 
• monitors the pedagogical work of the teaching staff; 
• coordinates the activity of the teaching module in UMIS; 
• is responsible for the correspondence regarding the establishment of collaboration relations with higher education institutions in the field of medicine and pharmacy with the purpose of training and refresher training of teaching staff; 
• participates in the drawing up of the annual report on Nicolae Testemitanu University’s activity.

Duties of the Academic Quality Management Office

• ensures the quality management of educational services provided by the University to  its beneficiaries at integrated higher education in medicine and pharmacy (cycle I + cycle II) level and undergraduate higher education (cycle I) level; 
• monitors the implementation of measures for the development of institutional management jointly with the subdivisions responsible for the evaluation process; 
• coordinates the development of new university study programs and submits requests for their accreditation to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection; 
• coordinates the process of evaluation of curricula, course units/modules curricula while constantly increasing the quality of training; 
• monitors the evaluation process of the study programs by teachers, students, graduates, employers and other beneficiaries; 
• evaluates and appreciates the quality of academic and methodical services provided by the scientific and teaching staff of the University; 
• collaborates with all academic and administrative structures of the University in order to continuously improve the QMS; 
• develops, implements and analyzes the results of surveys among stakeholders (students, teachers, employees) and develops the necessary corrective measures; 
• prepares and presents periodic reports on academic quality assurance at the University, informs about the main problems and possible solutions;

Duties of the Assessment Office

• prepares the package of documents for student testing in the TestEditor information system;

• organizes and monitors the conduct of the final (summative) evaluation of students' knowledge, computer assisted at the Academic Evaluation Center;

• monitors the evaluation of the quality of tests and their degree of complexity, carried out by the teaching staff members.

CONTACTS

Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Central Teaching Block,

165 Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt bd, Chișinău mun. MD-2004