Strengthening Capacities for Higher Education of Pain Medicine in Western Balkan Countries Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strengthening Capacities for Higher Education of Pain Medicine in Western Balkan Countries

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The main aim of HEMP project is to increase quality of education in pain medicine in order to contribute to the improvement of public health care services and PCs in line with the Health 2020. In Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina there is a significant problem of large percentage of the population who suffers from cancer, rheumatic and neurological diseases, while education in the field of pain medicine is insufficient. In fact, one of the priorities of the strategy Health 2020 improvement of the quality of medical services and continuously adapt to changing patterns of disease. Aim of this project is developing an interdisciplinary program in Pain Medicine at the under / postgraduate studies by applying new methodologies and specific learning outcomes in partner country universities. The introduction of the modernized study program of pain medicine is important for improvement of the quality of higher education that will contribute to improve the health care of the population. Moreover, one of the aims is establishment of academic network that would allow the exchange of knowledge of HCWs in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main tool of this network would be development of educational PAIN REGION WB Network which will enhance regional cooperation and education of pain medicine of all partner country universities. Also, one of the HEPMP aimes is delivering of trainings of pain medicine in order to increase skills and competences of health care workers (HCW) in PCs . Training would be for the two target groups: the first type of courses would be for HCWs who work in primary health care centres and daily dealing with the management of pain medicine, and other types of courses would organized in the form of highly specialized training for interventional treatment of pain for doctors who work in tertiary institutions. During the project will form the learning material in the form of brochures for courses and textbooks on pain.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 950019 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU & Country: RS

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
• UNIVERZITET U BANJOJ LUCI
• KLINICKO-BOLNICKI CENTAR DR DRAGISA MISOVIC-DEDINJE
• JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET CRNE GORE PODGORICA
• JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET U TUZLI UNIVERSITAS STUDIORUM TUZLAENSIS
• UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
• SVEUCILISTE U RIJECI