All quality assurance procedures of the Faculty of Medicine are subject to inspection and review, which is conducted annually by the Internal Evaluation Group in collaboration with the Quality Assurance Unit of the Institution.

The Quality Policy Statement of the Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, can be found here.

• Internal Faculty Evaluation: During the process, the Internal Evaluation Group (OM.E.A.) presented the Internal Evaluation Report in December 2018.

  Find more about the Internal Evaluation and the respective Report.

• External Faculty Evaluation: The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ioannina has been evaluated by a Foreign Independent Committee through the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA) in November 2020, receiving “Excellent” across all 10 evaluation axes of the undergraduate program of studies.

  Principle 1: Academic Unit Policy for Quality Assurance
  Principle 2: Design and Approval of Programmes
  Principle 3: Student- centred Learning, Teaching and Assessment
  Principle 4: Student Admission, Progression, Recognition and Certification
  Principle 5: Teaching Staff
  Principle 6: Learning Resources and Student Support
  Principle 7: Information Management
  Principle 8: Public Information
  Principle 9: On-going Monitoring and Periodic Internal Review of Programmes
  Principle 10: Regular External Evaluation of Undergraduate Programmes

  As stated in the Certification Decision, “the Undergraduate Program of Studies of the University of Ioannina fully complies with the principles of the Quality Standard for Undergraduate Programs of Study set by the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) and the Quality Assurance Principles of the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015) for level 6 of the National and European Qualifications Framework” (certification duration from 29/5/2020 to 28/5/2024).

Based on a series of quality indicators, the quality objectives of the Faculty of Medicine include three main strategic targets.

These targets concern:

• The enhancement of quality education,
• the attainment of research excellence and innovation enhancement,
• the strengthening of the Faculty’s extroversion and outreach activities, as well as the mobility of instructors and students.

As part of the internal evaluation process, the educational work provided by the Faculty of Medicine is thoroughly evaluated. The evaluation of courses and instructors is conducted using electronic questionnaires. The Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP) coordinates the evaluation process following a specific protocol.

The aggregated results from the processing of the electronic questionnaires by the Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP) (completed by students every semester) regarding the evaluation of the Faculty’s undergraduate courses, are as follows:

Winter semester of the 2018-2019 academic year:

• Aggregated analysis of questionnaires for core-preclinical courses
• Aggregated analysis of questionnaires for clinical courses
• Teaching Evaluation Report: A report by the Internal Evaluation Team (OMEA) on the results of the winter semester 2018-2019, discussed both in the Faculty Assembly and in the Departmental Assemblies, with the participation of student representatives.

Spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year:

• Aggregated analysis of questionnaires for core-preclinical courses
• Aggregated analysis of questionnaires for clinical courses

Winter semester of the 2019-2020 academic year:

• Aggregated analysis of questionnaires for core-preclinical courses
• Aggregated analysis of questionnaires for clinical courses
• Teaching Evaluation Report by OMEA

From the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year onwards, the evaluation process has changed, as a new central software system from MODIP was introduced. Aggregated analysis of questionnaires can be found here.

Academic year 2020-2021: The evaluation was conducted using the new central software system of MODIP. Aggregated analysis and recommendations from OMEA based on the proposals of the Faculty’s General Assembly.

The evaluation results are distributed separately for each undergraduate course to the Departmental Heads and Course Directors, followed by a discussion in the Departmental Assemblies – with the participation of student representatives – and a written report to the Head of the Faculty of Medicine, to OMEA and the Undergraduate Studies Committee, with the aim of continuously improving the program of studies.

With a focus on innovation, knowledge production through research,  the dissemination of comprehensive knowledge through teaching as well as fostering students’ critical thinking, synthetic reasoning and specific skills, the Faculty of Medicine has set as its strategic goals for the coming period all aspects of education, research, clinical practice, and the Faculty’s connection with society.

The Strategic Plan for the Faculty of Medicine, of the Health Sciences School, University of Ioannina, can be found here.

According to Hellenic Law 4009/2011, every Institution is responsible for ensuring and continuously improving the quality of its educational and research work, as well as for the effective functioning and performance of its services, in line with international practices, in particular those of the European Higher Education Area, and the principles and guidelines of the Authority for the Assurance and Quality Certification in Higher Education (ADIP).

For all the above, the Quality Assurance Unit is considered responsible in all Higher Education Institutions in Greece.

To facilitate these processes, each department designates an Internal Evaluation Group (OMEA), which:

• is responsible for conducting, in collaboration with the Quality Assurance Unit, the internal evaluation process of the Faculty of Medicine
• monitors the completion of the faculty members’ census and the students’ evaluation questionnaires for the courses and the faculty, while it also informs accordingly the bodies and members of the academic unit
• compiles the Internal Evaluation Reportof the Faculty of Medicine, which then transmits to the Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP) and through it to the Authority for the Assurance and Quality Certification in Higher Education (ADIP)
• cooperates with the Quality Assurance Unit (MODIP) and the Authority for the Assurance and Quality Certification in Higher Education (ADIP) for the organization and implementation of the External Evaluation and Certification of the Undergraduate Curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine

The General Assembly of the Faculty of Medicine, at its meeting no.863α/11-7-2018, decided the composition of the Internal Evaluation Group as follows:

• Konitsiotis Spiridon, Professor, Head of the Faculty
• Tsabouri Sofia, Professor (Coordinator)
• Vatopoulou-Vougiouka Anastasia, Assistant Professor
• Galani Vasiliki, Professor
• Karakosta Agathi, Associate Professor
• Kourkoumelis Nikos, Professor
• Leontaritis George, Assistant Professor
• Papathanakos George, Associate Professor
• Pappas Periklis, Professor
• Samara Evaggelia, Assistant Professor
• Skapinakis Petros, Professor
• Tatsioni Athina,Professor
• Tsilidis Konstantinos, Professor
• Chondrogianni Maria, Assistant Professor