- Implementation of the Erasmus+ FOR21 project. Fostering the doctor of the 21st century: education for patient-centered communication in KazNMU.by Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn May 11, 2023, at the Kazakh National Medical University named after S.D. Asfendiyarov, the staff of the Communication Skills Department and the Center for Communication Skills of KazNMU held the IX International Annual Scientific and Practical Conference “Actual problems of communication skills, psychology and social work in medicine: from theory to practice.” As part…
- Pre-conference master class “INTEGRATION OF FILLED CLASSROOM AND PATIENT-CENTERED LEARNING APPROACH: THE FOR21 EXPERIENCE”by Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiWithin the framework of the VI Central Asian International Scientific and Practical Conference on Medical Education “Education of the Future: Wind of Change” on April 19, 2023, on the basis of the Center for Simulation and Educational Technologies and Communication competences Development Center, representatives of the partners of the FOR21 Project held a master class “Integration…
- Clustering event with SimS projectby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn May 4, 2023, during the training on “OpenLabyrinth and Virtual Patients development” within CBHE SimS project working program, Dr. Anastassia Rodina-Theocharki presented Virtual Patients developed within the scope of FOR21 project.
- MASTER CLASS: INTEGRATION OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND PATIENT CENTERED LEARNING: THE FOR21 EXPERIENCEby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiAn amazing event, with many insights, lots of interest from participants, new connections and networks established!!! The FOR21 project partners organized and participated in a pre-conference master class on April 19, 2023, as part of the VI Central Asia International Scientific and Practical Conference on Medical Education “Education of the Future: Wind of Change” held in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The master class,…
- Open lesson for fifth-year students, midterm assessment at KazNMUby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn March 29, 2023, at KazNMU, a midterm control was conducted using Advanced VP case and methodological materials (case, tutor and student notes, assessment sheets) developed as part of the FOR21 Erasmus + project. The practical lesson was open, therefore, along with the students, there were teachers from the Department of Communication Skills. The students…
- Karaganda Medical University internal dissemination eventby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn 28/02/2023 KMU held a dissemination meeting for different departments of the University with aim to decide on the next year inclusion of VPs and SPs into the teaching process for these departments. Semenikhina Polina, as the coordinator of the FOR21 project from KMU side presented the general information about the project, its goals, intermediate…
- First face-to-face consortium meetingby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiDue to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, until the travel situation has been stabilised, FOR21 Consortium was holding meetings online through online conferences platforms. Finally, as soon as it became possible, the first face-to-face meeting (4th Consortium Meeting) was organised by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Thessaloniki, Greece on 24-25 August 2022. The event was still held…
- Clustering event with VITALISE projectby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiIn the context of the 4th Consortium Meeting, Research associates from AUTH Medical Physics and Digital Innovation Lab had the chance to present the VITALISE Project and its available key features for research and Well-being. During an interactive co-creation session, participants from both projects, FOR21 & VITALISE, discussed the ways that new technology solutions can…
- The FOR21 partnership has attended an Info-Session at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in which they were invited to the VITALISE project transnational Access!by Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn Wednesday 24/08/22 at 16.00 the FOR21 partners have been invited to benefit from VITALISE open call for transnational access and inform their colleagues about this opportunity. The VITALISE project provides free transnational access to applicants from multiple disciplines to the project’s Living Lab Research Infrastructures. All countries even beyond Europe are eligible. The estimated access…
- “Augmenting the Doctor of the 21st Century with Patient-Centered Communication Skill-Sets: The FOR21 Project” at ICIMTH 2022by Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiPublication by AUTH team “Augmenting the Doctor of the 21st Century with Patient-Centered Communication Skill-Sets: The FOR21 Project.” Maria Nikolaidou, Anastassia Rodina-Theocharaki, Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis. ICIMTH 2022: 438-441, was presented at the ICIMTH-2022 conference in Athens, Greece, 1-3 July 2022, by Anastassia Rodina-Theocharaki. The presentation was a great success and lot of interest…
- Link to the NWSMU Communication Development Center webpageby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiNorth Western State Medical University named after I I Mechnikov, Russian Federation, has developed webpage on Communication Development Center, where main information, goals of the center, working staff and contact details are presented. For more information please press here.
- FOR21 presentation and “Medicine and research” conference at AUTH, November 13-14, 2021by Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiThe students of HelMSIC (Hellenic Medical Students’ International Committee) organized the two-day conference “Medicine and Research” at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on November 13-14 2021. On the 2nd day, as part of a Research Fair, the students were informed about research projects of the Medical School, city institutes and the medical students themselves, including…
- NEO+ monitoring visit in Kazakstanby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn October 5, 2021, Karaganda Medical University hosted the monitoring visit from the National Erasmus+ Office for the project 619037-EPP-1-2020-1-EL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP “FOR21: Fostering the doctor of the 21st century: education for patient-centered communication”. The monitoring was carried out by the Director of the National Office of the Erasmus + Program in Kazakhstan Tasbulatova Shaizada. This event…
- PCUs staff training within the framework of the FOR21 projectby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiA successfully organized training workshop titled “Methodology and Tools for Developing Patient-Centered Communication Skills (Virtual Patient, Standardized Patient)”, has taken place on 15-18 June 2021. The training is related to WP1 and its goal was to train academic staff of the Partner Countries Universities (PCUs) in the methodology for developing patient-centered communication skills (virtual patient, standardized…
- Series of presentations on communication skills teaching practices by FOR21 Programme Countries Universitiesby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiSeries of presentations on communication skills teaching practices was organized by each Programme country university within the framework of the project. The sessions were as follows: University of Leeds Date: April 12, 2021 During the online meeting, Dr. Rob Lane made a detailed presentation on teaching practices of communication skills at the University of Leeds…
- NWSMU presentations at III International Conference ‘Interaction in Pedagogy’ (Saratov, Russia)by Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn March 25, 2021 North-Western State Medical university named after I.I. Mechnikov (NWSMU) project team took part in III International Conference ‘Interaction in Pedagogy’ (Saratov, Russia). The aim of the Conference was to exchange ideas and experience on relevant teaching issues and to disseminate research outcomes. Saint Petersburg team leader, Nataliya Koroleva, was a presenter…
- Report on ‘Formation of the communicative competence of doctors. Modernization of the curriculum’ by NWSMUby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiFOR21 team member from NWSMU, Zakhar Lopatin, presented a report ‘Formation of the communicative competence of doctors. Modernization of the curriculum’ at International Forum “Medical Science and Education: From Traditions to New Challenges of the Time” on April 28-29, 2021. He spoke about the urgent need to innovate teaching approaches to communication skills training through…
- FOR21 presentation at the Round table ‘Teaching the skills of communicating with patients in educational programs of medical organizations: successful practices, difficulties, possible solutions’ by NWSMUby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiOn April 27 2021 NWSMU team administrative staff and teacher Zakhar Lopatin participated in Round table ‘Teaching the skills of communicating with patients in educational programs of medical organizations: successful practices, difficulties, possible solutions’, organised by ROSOMED Society. He presented a report ‘Experience in teaching communication skills of Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University’ in which…
- Project Kick-off Meetingby Anastassia Rodina-TheocharakiThe Kick-off Meeting of the FOR21 project was held on 17-18 February 2021, and concluded with success. Due to the global COVID-19 Pandemic the meeting was held Online through the GoToMeeting platform, Representatives from all Partnership Institutions participated.