The MediTec project, officially titled “Training for Medical Education via Innovative eTechnology (MediTec),” is an Erasmus+ Programme initiative under the grant number 585980-EPP-1-2017-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP, falling within the Capacity-Building projects in the field of Higher Education (CBHE). One of the Erasmus+ projects in which TUMS has participated, MediTec aims to support and modernize medical education in Jordan, Iraq, and Iran. It does so by establishing innovative training centers equipped with immersive medical learning platforms and realistic simulation models, thereby improving the practical and soft skills of students in these countries. For more information, please refer to the MediTec website: http://meditec.just.edu.jo/Pages/about.aspx

Objectives:

Establishing an innovative medical training center with Immersive Medical Learning Platform to train teachers and students on innovative medical technology

• Training of trainers, staff and students on innovative technologies in EU universities

• Adapting the training on innovative technology in teaching process

• Enhancement of training‐methodical complexes on bases of modernized training courses

• Development and providing, training program, multimedia and materials for training on innovative technologies

• Training of students in EU and in the center

• Development of practical courses especially for this new learning environment.

• Strengthening quality of the graduate students through visits and cooperation with the EU

Partners:

15 partners from seven countries are contributing in MediTec project including selected universities from Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Malta, Iran, Iraq and Jordan.

• Jordan University of Science and Technology, Joran

• Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK), Germany

• Pavol Josef Safarik University, Slovakia

• Masaryk University, Czech Republic

• INT@E, Germany

• Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran

• Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran

• University of Jordan, Jordan

• Hashemite University, Jordan

• Princess Sumaya University of Technology, Jordan

• University of Duhok, Iraq

• University of Baghdad, Iraq

• University of Basrah, Iraq

• Yarmouk University, Jordan

• University of Malta, Malta

Training Courses:

In line with the objectives of the MediTec Project, some training workshops alongside of management meetings were hold and organized by partner universities from EU, The audience of these training courses were from the non-EU partner institutions addressing teachers and students. Workshops and meetings which were successfully done are listed as below:

• Kick-off meeting in Jordan

• First Staff Training workshop in Slovakia

• Second Staff Training workshop in Czech Republic

• Third Staff Training workshop in Malta

• First Student Training workshop in Czech Republic

• Second Student Training workshop in Slovakia

• Third Student Training workshop in Malta

• Fourth Staff Training workshop in Iran 

TUMS Workshop on “Emerging Technologies in Medical Education”, August 31 - September 21, 2020

One of the main outcomes of MediTec project is establishing a center for innovative training in medical technology in each partner university. The centers will train Staff, teachers, trainers and students on innovative medical technology.

TUMS has received MediTec equipment in April 2019 and Lab of Excellence was launched accordingly at the university.