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The Norwegian Sea Health Conference 2014, Bergen, 27-28th August 2014
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In the wake of the revised ILO/IMO Guidelines on medical examination of seafarers: Will more nations approve their own doctors, or will we get international recognition of medical examiners? Dr. Nebojša Nikolić
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In the wake of the revised ILO/IMO Guidelines on medical examination of seafarers: Will more nations approve

their own doctors, or will we get international recognition of medical examiners?

Dr. Nebojša Nikolić

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MARITIME MEDICINE 7th European Nautical Medical Meeting Hamburg 1989

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International Cooperation

The field of maritime medicine is probably the most international of all the different fields of medicine

National regulation of the shipping industry is not sufficient.

There is no supranational authority

It is necessary to cooperate and reach consensus across national boundaries by establishing multilateral treaties or conventions that can be followed by all shipping nations.

The international organizations are important forums for discussions, negotiations and contract formations between seafaring nations, resulting in mutual binding regulations for the shipping industry.

This is of special importance to several fields of maritime medicine.

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Organisations of Importance to Maritime Medicine

World Health Organization

International Labour Organization

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

International Maritime Health Association

International Transport Workers’ Federation

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Shipping Federation (ISF)

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Other Organisations of Importance to Maritime Medicine

International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)

Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM)

UNEP

PARIS MOU

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)

Other International Organizations that influence Shipping Industry and Trade (CDC, EUCDC)

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

International Association of Classification Societies

National Organizations with International Impact (Norwegian Maritime Directorate, Australia, MCA)

IMHA

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International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine

The International Law of the Sea

High seas are the waters outside national jurisdiction, like oceans and other waters including some estuaries and rivers and even lakes.

Ships sailing the high seas are generally under the jurisdiction of the flag state;

Freedom of navigation is established through different international conventions

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Ratification

The process of adoption, ratification and entry into force of multilateral treaties like international conventions, is often a slow one.

A minimum number of member states, representing a minimum amount of the world’s total gross tonnage are usually necessary for a convention entering into force.

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What After The Ratification ?

Who is going to build national legislation?

Who should be involved ?

Which institutions to involve ?

Which institutions to build?

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“The Four Pillars” Conventions Relating to Maritime Health

SOLAS 1974

STCW 1978

MARPOL 1973

MLC 2006

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There is no International Convention of Maritime Medicine

A list of conventions which in some way discuss aspects of maritime medicine would probably

include most maritime conventions.

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Medical Examination of Seafarers

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PEME

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Instruments Concerning Medical Examination of Seafarers

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IMO: Seafarers training, certification and watchkeeping (STCW) Code. Part B: Recommended guidance regarding provisions of the STCW Convention and its

annex

ILO: MLC 2006

ILO/IMO: Guidelines on the medical examinations of seafarers

Instruments Concerning Medical Examination of Seafarers

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STCW Code

Medical fitness examinations of seafarers shall be conducted by appropriately qualified and experienced medical practitioners recognized by the Party

Each Party shall establish provisions for recognizing medical practitioners.

Each Party shall provide guidance for the conduct of medical fitness examinations and issuing of medical certificates , taking into account provisions set out in section B-I/9 of this Code.

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STCW 1978 as amended

Each Party shall ensure that those responsible for assessing the medical fitness of seafarers are medical practitioners recognized by the Party for the purpose of seafarer medical examinations, in accordance with the provisions of section A-I/9 of the STCW Code

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STCW Guidance – Anybody can do it?

Appropriate qualifications and experience for medical practitioners conducting medical fitness examinations of seafarers may include occupational health or maritime health qualifications, experience of working as a ship’s doctor or a shipping company doctor or working under the supervision of someone with the aforementioned qualifications or experience.

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The Articles

The Regulations

The Code Part A (mandatory Standards)

Part B (non-mandatory Guidlines)

MLC 2006

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Members which have ratified this Convention are not bound by the guidance concerned

Inspections would deal only with the relevant requirements of this Convention (Articles, Regulations and the Standards in Part A)

If having duly considered the relevant Guidlines, a Member decides to provide different arrangements as required by the Standard in Part A, that is acceptable

MLC 2006

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Guidline B1.2.1 – International guidlines

The competent authority, medical practitioners.... …should follow ILO/WHO Guidlines..,

…including any subsequent version, and any other applicable international guidlines

published by the ILO, the IMO or the WHO.

Guidline B1.2 – Medical certificate Luckily !

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ILO/IMO Guidlines on the medical examinations of seafarers

Purpose and scope of the Guidelines

Seafarers are required to undergo medical examinations to reduce risks to other crew members and for the safe operation of the ship, as well as to safeguard their personal health and safety.

These Guidelines are intended to provide maritime administrations with an internationally recognized set of criteria for use by competent authorities either directly or as the basis for framing national medical examination standards that will be compatible with international requirements.

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ILO/IMO Guidlines on the medical examinations of seafarers

These Guidelines have been developed in order to reduce the differences in the application of medical requirements and examination procedures and to ensure that the medical certificates which are issued to seafarers are a valid indicator of their medical fitness for the duties they will perform. Ultimately, the aim of the Guidelines is to contribute to health and safety at sea.

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ILO/IMO Guidlines on the medical examinations of seafarers

The Guidelines are designed as a tool to enhance medical examinations and make them more consistent; they cannot and are not intended to replace the professional skill and judgement of recognized medical practitioners.

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ILO/IMO Guidlines on the medical examinations of seafarers

Seafarer medical fitness examinations Consistent decision-making needs to be based on the application of

criteria for fitness that are applied in a uniform way, both nationally and, because of the global nature of seafaring and marine transport, internationally. These Guidelines provide the basis for establishing national arrangements which are compliant with the relevant international Conventions.

the routine and emergency duties must be known to the examining medical practitioner, who will have to establish, using clinical skills, whether the seafarer meets the standards for all anticipated routine and emergency duties specific to their individual post and whether any routine or emergency duties need to be modified to enable them to be performed safely and effectively

the examining medical practitioner needs the skills to assess individual fitness in all these areas and the knowledge to relate their findings to the requirements of the individual’s routine and emergency duties at sea whenever any limitations in fitness are identified.

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ILO/IMO Guidlines on the medical examinations of seafarers

Recognition of medical practitioners

A medical practitioner so recognized by the competent authority: should be a qualified medical practitioner currently accredited by the

medical registration authority for the place where they are working;

should be experienced in general and occupational medicine or maritime occupational medicine;

should have knowledge of the living and working conditions on board ships and the job demands on seafarers in so far as they relate to the effects of health problems on fitness for work, gained wherever possible through special instruction and through knowledge based on personal experience of seafaring;

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ILO/IMO Guidlines on the medical examinations of seafarers

The competent authority should have in place quality assurance procedures to ensure that medical examinations meet the required standards.

ISO ?

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International rules and regulations ?

Interests of ship owners ?

Interests of seafarers ?

Interests of medical doctors ?

Interests of trainers ?

Training in Maritime Health - Needs for Training

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IMO: Seafarers training, certification and watchkeeping (STCW) Code. Part B: Recommended guidance regarding provisions of the STCW Convention and its

annex

ILO: MLC 2006

ILO/IMO: Guidelines on the medical examinations of seafarers

Instruments Concerning Training for Maritime Doctors

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Training in Maritime Medicine – Why ?

Changes in the character of the seafaring industry and changes in regulations laid down with this convention, resulting changes in all areas of maritime health, and reappearance of travel-connected infective diseases like SARS and Bird Flu endangering the whole world, are requiring integrated maritime health, with a new set of knowledge and competences from maritime doctors

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Needs for Training

Interests of shipowners

Good medical care

Healthy workers

Permanent labour force

Good business

Safe ships

Health protection

Safer ships

Low costs

Interests of seafarers

Good health

Good medical care

Good personnel safety

Safe workplace

Good and constant income

To earn (more) money

• Interests of medical doctors

• To improve professional skills

• Diagnostics

• Curative medicine

• Screening

• Selection

• Working conditions

• Health promotion

• To give high quality services

• Interests of trainers

• To support their governments

• To enhance health of seafarers

• To support medical doctors

• To do something valuable

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Maritime Medicine

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Or in occupational maritime health?

Or in maritime medicine?

Or in occupational medicine?

Training for Medical Doctors in Maritime Health

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Training of Medical Doctors in ………………?

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First WHO Intercountry Training in Maritime Occupational Health Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine and WHO Collaborating

Centre on Maritime Occupational Health in Gdynia in 1998

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Postgraduate Studies in the Field of Tourism, Maritime and Tropical Medicine (Univ. of Rijeka)

I. semester

Lectu

res

49

Seminars

and

practical

training

31

Total

hours

80

TOTAL

40

30

70

33

81

54

90

90

Total:

122

232

294

648

II. semester

IV. semester

III. semester

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University of Cadiz

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Finland

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Norway

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Healthcare Accreditation

Although healthcare accreditation is available in some countries, the only similar quality project in place specifically designed for seafarer health care facilities is that run by the one P & I Club for some of their participating clinics.

Other organisations do inspect clinics, but not to a set of validated peer-reviewed quality standards.

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Should it be the Same for Everybody ?

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Body of Knowledge for the Practice of Maritime Medicine – In Theory

The Body of Knowledge is created to guid the professinal development of individuals practising Maritime Medicine and to shape curricula and training programs in Maritime Medicine

It is also expected to serve as a vehicle to establish the content validity of a credentialing process.

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Credentialing Process = Test ?

By IMHA, during ISMH ?

By National Autorities ?

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Body of Knowledge

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Body of Knowledge ?

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MEDMAR Project

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Meeting of the Maritime Authorities of Norway, Germany, Netherlands and UK to rewiew the arrangements for approval

of maritime medical examiners outside of home territories

United Kingdom, The Netherlands, (Germany, Denmark) and Norway (the parties) intend to enter into an agreement which states that Seafarer Medical Certificates issued by the parties are valid on vessels underthe parties’ flag.

This agreement will be based on the parties’ standards for training of approved doctors, medical examination of seafarers and the issue of seafarer medical certificates.

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Rationale

For Doctors assessing seafarers a lot more is left to the individual Doctor as the guidelines are not as strict and it is easy to end up with different decisions by different Doctors

discussion had started with the long term goal of having identical training, standards, certificate, QA etc between all nations and the development of a course based on ILO guidelines was a first step in that goal.

EU directive 2005/45/EG states that European countries should accept certificates from other EU countries.

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Meeting of the Maritime Authorities of Norway, Germany, Netherlands and UK to rewiew the arrangements for approval

of maritime medical examiners outside of home territories

Re. document outlining the revised course content:

agree with the general principles but have questions concerning the details of the course and how Doctors are trained…..

the most important thing is the final competency achieved no matter how the training is delivered….

if we only look at common outcomes it is unlikely that a common course will ever be developed…..

develop two documents - the first should be an agreement in principal for the learning objectives and competencies to be achieved and the second to outline the course as in the original document…..

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Course

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Course Curriculum

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Branding the Product

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European Initiatives on Medical Education

EMA (European Medical Association)

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Tuning

The TUNING project is a project by and for universities.

It is the Universities’ response to the challenge of the Bologna

Declaration

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Tuning of educational structures and programmes

on the basis of diversity and autonomy

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Why Tuning ?

The objectives: To implement the Bologna - Prague - Berlin process on university level

To find ways to implement two cycles

To identify common reference points from discipline and university perspective

To develop professional profiles and comparable and compatible learning outcomes

To facilitate employability by promoting transparency in educational structures (easily readable and comparable degrees)

To develop a common language which is understood by all stakeholders (Higher education sector, employers, professional bodies)

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Berlin Communique (19 Sept 2003)

Degree structure: adoption of a system essentially based on two main cycles

“Ministers encourage the member States to elaborate a framework of

comparable and compatible qualifications for their higher education

systems, which should seek to describe qualifications in terms of

workload, level, learning outcomes, competences and profile. They

also undertake to elaborate an overarching framework of

qualifications for the Higher Education Area.”

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Tuning Methodology learning outcomes and competences

What should a student know, understand and be able to do to be

employable (to examine seafarer and issue the certificate)?

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Why Focus on Competences

1. Further transparency of professional profiles in study

programmes and emphasis on learning outcomes

2. Shift to a more learner oriented approach to education

3. Growing demands of a lifelong learning society which requires

more flexibility

4. Need for higher levels of employability and citizenship

5. Enhancement of the European dimension of Higher Education

6. Need for a shared language for consultation with all stakeholders

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The Tuning Methodology

Line 1: Generic competences Consultation with graduates, employers and academics on the

importance of 30 generic competences and an evaluation of how well HE institutions develop them.

Line 2: Subject specific competences (knowledge, understanding and skills)

Mapping of subject areas and development of common reference points and subject specific competences of each of the pilot disciplines.

Line 3: ECTS as a European credit accumulation system: new perspectives

Line 4: Mapping of approaches to teaching / learning and assessment in different countries

Line 5: Quality enhancement

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Questionnaire

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The Tuning Questionnaire

FOCUS ON GENERIC COMPETENCES (GENERAL ACADEMIC SKILLS)

TARGET GROUPS:

• GRADUATES (Doctors ?)

• EMPLOYERS (Shipowners ?)

• ACADEMICS (National Authorities ?)

WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPETENCES TO BE

EMPLOYABLE INDEPENDENT OF ONE’S SUBJECT AREA?

ARE THESE ACTUALY TAUGHT AND TO WHAT EXTENT?

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The Tuning Questionnaire

TYPES OF COMPETENCES MEASURED:

• Instrumental competences: cognitive abilities, methodological abilities, technological abilities and linguistic abilities

• Interpersonal competences: individual abilities like social skills (social interaction and co-operation)

• Systemic competences: abilities and skills concerning whole systems (combination of understanding, sensibility and knowledge; prior acquisition of instrumental and interpersonal competences required)

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TYPES OF COMPETENCES MEASURED:

Instrumental competences:

• Capacity for analyses and synthesis • Capacity for organisation and planning • Basic general knowledge • Grounding in basic knowledge of the profession • Oral and written communication in your native language • Knowledge of a second language • Elementary computing skills • Information management skills (ability to retrieve and analyse

information from different sources) • Problem solving • Decision-making

The Tuning Questionnaire

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The Tuning Questionnaire

TYPES OF COMPETENCES MEASURED:

Interpersonal competences: • Critical and self-critical abilities • Teamwork • Interpersonal skills • Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team • ability to communicate with experts in other fields • Appreciation of diversity and multiculturality • Ability to work in an international context • Ethical commitment

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TYPES OF COMPETENCES MEASURED:

Systemic competences: • Capacity for applying knowledge in practice • Research skills • Capacity to learn • Capacity to adapt to new situations • Capacity for generating new ideas (creativity) • Leadership • Understanding of cultures and customs of other countries • Ability to work autonomously • Project design and management • Initiative and entrepreneur spirit • Concern for quality • Will to succeed

The Tuning Questionnaire

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Methodology and Results

Cluster sampling (by countries?) :

University 1

Respondents

University 2

Respondents

University 3

Respondents

University 100

Respondents

University 101

Respondents

...

...

Procedure of sample selection

- Graduates (Doctors ?)

- Employers (Shipowners ?)

- Academics (National Authorities ?)

RESPONDENTS

FINAL SAMPLE

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7 Areas & 101 university depart. & 16 Countries

Business

Geology

History

Mathematics

Physics

Education

Chemistry

Total number of respondents:

5183 Graduates

944 Employers

998 Academics

Already Done on:

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdon

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2 Capacity for applying knowledge in practice

Instrumental

Interpersonal

Systemic

3

3

Capacity to adapt to new situations

Concern for quality

4

4

Information management skills

Ability to work autonomously

Results Comparing Graduates and Employers

1

1

1

Capacity for analysis and synthesis

Capacity to learn

Problem solving

5 Teamwork

6 Capacity for organisation and planning

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Results – Comparing Graduates and Employers

18 Understanding of cultures and

customs of other countries

Appreciation of diversity

and multiculturality 17

16 Ability to work in

an international context

Instrumental

Interpersonal

Systemic

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Will to succeed

Ability to work autonomously

Knowledge of a second language

Capacity for applying knowledge in practice

Concern for quality

Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit

Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team

30 items

REMAINING 23 ITEMS

STRONG

MILD

&

NO EFFECT

Results – Country effect

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Fundamental Importance: Weighted Ranking of the Most Importance Competences.

All Subjects

Graduates Employers Academics

Capacity for

analysis and

synthesis

Capacity to

learn

Capacity for

applying

knowledge in

practice

Elementary

computing

skills

Capacity to

adapt to new

situations

Capacity to

learn

Capacity for

applying

knowledge in

practice

Capacity for

analysis and

synthesis

Capacity to

adapt to new

situations

Interpersonal

skills

Basic knowledge

of the field of

study

Capacity for

analysis and

synthesis

Capacity to learn

Capacity for

generating new

ideas (creativity)

Capacity for

applying

knowledge in

practice

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Learning Outcomes

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Other Outcomes

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Clinical Attachments

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Tuning definitions

Competences: The Tuning Project focuses on subject specific

competences and generic competences. These competences

represent a dynamic combination of attributes, abilities and

attitudes. Fostering these competences are the object of

educational programmes.

Competences will be formed in various course units and assessed

at different stages.

[competences are obtained by the student]

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Tuning definitions

Learning outcomes: Statements of what a learner is

expected to know, understand and/or be able to demonstrate

after completion of learning. They can refer to a single course

unit or module or else to a period of studies, for example, a

first or a second cycle programme. Learning outcomes specify

the minimum requirements for award of credit.

[learning outcomes are formulated by academic staff]

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Tuning definitions

How are competences and learning outcomes related?

• Learning outcomes according to Tuning methodology should be formulated in terms of competences.

• Learning outcomes are minimum requirements of a unit or a programmes and are expressed in terms what the learner knows and is able to do at the end of the learning experience.

• Competences may be developed to a greater degree than the level required by the learning outcome.

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Meeting of the Maritime Authorities of Norway, Germany, Netherlands and UK to rewiew the arrangements for approval

of maritime medical examiners outside of home territories

Re. document outlining the revised course content:

agree with the general principles but have questions concerning the details of the course and how Doctors are trained…..

the most important thing is the final competency achieved no matter how the training is delivered….

if we only look at common outcomes it is unlikely that a common course will ever be developed…..

develop two documents - the first should be an agreement in principal for the learning objectives and competencies to be achieved and the second to outline the course as in the original document…..

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TUNING METHODOLOGY: learning outcomes and competences

Steps in designing degrees:

1. Identification of social needs

2. Definition of academic and professional profiles: translation into

learning outcomes and generic and subject specific competences

3. Translation into curricula

4. Translation into modules and approaches towards teaching, learning

and assessment

5. Programme quality assurance: built in monitoring, evaluation and

updating procedures

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A methodology for designing, planning and implementing curricula

Traditional methodology: developed in a national context largely for mono-

disciplinary study programmes intended for educating graduates with a traditional profile focussing on knowledge and content Approach: staff / teacher oriented compulsory subjects to be covered input oriented

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Tuning approach: student centred

definition of academic and professional profiles

definition of learning outcomes

identifying generic and subject specific competences

output oriented curricula

Tuning methodology and model: appropriate for mono-disciplinary, inter- and multidisciplinary,

integrated and joint degree programmes

valid for graduates with wide range of profiles

focussing on competences

A methodology for designing, planning and implementing curricula

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IDENTIFICATION OF SOCIAL NEEDS

CONSULTATION AT EUROPEAN LEVEL

LOCATION OF RESOURCES

EMPLOYERS AND

OTHER

STAKEHOLDERS

ACADEMIC

COMMUNITY:

COMMON

REFERENCE

POINTS

PROFESSIO-

NALS AND

PROFESSIO-

NAL BODIES

DEFINITION OF ACADEMIC AND

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

TRANSLATION INTO DESIRED

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• GENERIC COMPETENCES

• SUBJECT SPECIFIC COMPETENCES

TRANSLATION INTO CURRICULA:

• CONTENT (KNOWLEDGE,

UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS)

•STRUCTURE (MODULES AND CREDITS)

APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND

LEARNING

• ACADEMIC RESOURCES

• ORGANISATIONAL RESOURCES

• FINANCIAL RESOURCES

• STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH

OTHER BODIES

TRANSLATION INTO EDUCATIONAL

UNITS AND ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE

DEFINED LEARNING OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT

PROGRAMME QUALITY ASSURANCE

Tuning model for European comparable degrees

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THE TUNING DYNAMIC QUALITY DEVELOPMENT

CIRCLE

Definition of academic

and professional profiles

Programme design: definition of learning outcomes / competences

Identification of

resources

Construction of

curricula: content

and structure

Selection of teaching and

learning approaches

Selection of types of

assessement

Evaluation

and

improvement (on the basis of

feed back and

back forward)

Programme quality assurance

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LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCES IN STUDY PROGRAMMES

Example

Course unit/

learning outcome Unit 1

Unit 2

Competence A B C D E F G H I F

x x

X = THIS COMPETENCE IS DEVELOPED AND ASSESSED AND IS

MENTIONED IN THE LEARNING OUTCOME OF THIS UNIT

Unit 3

Unit 4

x x x

x x x

x x x

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How to adapt and how to adopt the Tuning

methodology?

National Authorities (Shipowners, IMHA?) and Tuning:

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Tuning envisages co-operation at three levels:

I. Exchange of Information

II. Cooperation as a Synergy Group

III. Cooperation as a Core Area

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I. Exchange of Information

Aim: To collect information about Tuning by the (who?) Task: To ask for information from the Tuning coordinating team

(by letter or e-mail). When contacting TUNING, please include: - Type of information requested: general presentation,

emphasis on one aspect, possibility of initiating the project,etc.

- Information about previous contacts with (a) Tuning representative(s).

- Request for a Tuning counsellor.

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II. Cooperation as a Synergy Group

Aim: Develop knowledge of Tuning Methodology with regard to some of the Tuning lines.

Task 1: Contact the Tuning coordination team and express interest in one or more particular line(s) of development.

Task 2: Decide on conditions of cooperation with Tuning and on the level of support expected from Tuning.

Task 3: Implement the methodology in the selected line(s). (See Cooperation as a Core Area)

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III. Cooperation as a Core Area

Aim: Apply the Tuning Methodology along all five lines

for the specific subject area of the Thematic Network (Maritime medicine).

Line 1 and 2: Generic and Subject Specific Competences Objective:Develop academic and professional profiles

for a degree programme within the Thematic Network area. Identify the learning outcomes expressed in generic and subject specific competences.

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Generic and Subject Specific Competences

Task 1: Obtain information on the findings and methodology of Tuning.

Task 2: Produce a Map of Professions (National requests, training

programs?) in Europe (Global?) in relation to the (Maritime) area.

Task 3: Choose a degree programme and debate how to find out the

importance of generic competences for the degree chosen and

select a number of competences from the Tuning list.

Task 4: Reflect and debate on Levels particularly in relation to First and

Second Cycle

Task 5: Identify the most relevant generic competences for the subject area.

Task 6: Identify the most relevant subject specific competences, taking into

account the input from professional bodies and graduates

stakeholders (Shipowners, National authorities).

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Generic and Subject Specific Competences

Task 7: Make a questionnaire with the most relevant subject specific competences and distribute it among academic colleagues in Europe.

Task 8: Send the set of completed questionnaires (minimum 250) to the coordination team for analysis.

Task 9: Discuss the outcomes in the TNP and with stakeholders.

Task 10: Write a final report; formulate the learning outcomes (European reference points) expressed in terms of competences by identifying the common, diverse and dynamic elements of the subject area. Distinguish the learning outcomes by level (first and second cycle).

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Line 3: Use of ECTS as an Accumulation System (Is it relevant to us ?)

Objective: To build up knowledge and experience on ECTS both as a transfer and accumulation system and to be able to use it in curricula design and delivery in the specific subject area.

Task 1: Understanding of ECTS principles, tools and key features through awareness and group debate on ECTS key documents.

Task 2: Raise awareness of the relation between ECTS and the concept of learning outcomes and competences for curriculum design and development by using Tuning documentation.

Task 3: Identify methods for measuring workload in the subject area and compare these to the Tuning approach. Test examples of good practice.

Task 4: Write a report about the findings regarding the implementation of ECTS as an accumulation system and the measuring of workload.

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Line 4: Approaches to Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Objective:

Obtain a deeper understanding of competence based - student-centred learning and the impact it has on approaches to teaching, learning and assessment.

Task 1:

Choose a number of generic and subject specific competences, relevant for the thematic area and debate how to implement them in curricula.

Task 2: Collect ideas and examples of good practice of teaching, learning and

assessment methods regarding the implementation of generic and subject specific competences in degree programmes.

Task 3: Reflect on the outcomes of this exercise. Task 4: Write a report on approaches to Teaching, Learning and Assessment in

relation to the subject area.

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Line 5 – Quality Enhancement

Objective: Develop an understanding of the Tuning

methodology as an internal system of quality assurance in relation to programme design and programme delivery.

Task 1: Raise awareness on the Tuning approach in

relation to Quality assurance in programme design and delivery.

Task 2: Apply this approach to the subject area. Task 3: Write a report on the experiences.

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Manuals / Guides

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More information:

Websites http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/

TuningProject

http://www.relint.deusto.es/TuningProject/index.htm

http://www.let.rug.nl/TuningProject/index.htm

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Question ?

In the wake of the revised ILO/IMO Guidelines on medical examination of seafarers: Will more nations approve

their own doctors, or will we get international recognition of medical examiners?

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No

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YES


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