Report summary
The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Maribor has been effectively operating
since 1993. It offers a first cycle Bachelor's degree programme in Nursing and second
and third cycle postgraduate degree programmes.
On the basis of a review of the documentation received, the team of experts concluded
that the study programme for advanced training - Nursing in Psychiatry was prepared in
accordance with the applicable criteria. The syllabus with its units of study ensures
that the fundamental objectives of the advanced study programme are met. The design
of the division between compulsory and elective courses is reasonable for the type of
study programme (advanced training), as it follows the method of bedside learning. In
terms of content consistency and coherence, the study programme is appropriately
designed and reflects the substantive needs of clinical settings for further professional
development of registered nurses/graduate health professionals. The relevance of the
learning outcomes set out in the curricula of the courses to the objectives and
competences of the study programme and to its content is reflected in the fact that, after
the study, the student is equipped to transfer the acquired knowledge and competences
to the working environment, in the narrower professional field of nursing (psychiatry).
It is clear from the syllabus and curricula of the Advanced Training Programme —
Psychiatric Nursing that teaching will take the form of lectures and clinical exercises —
practical training in a clinical setting. Health and social care services have expressed their
support for the advanced training programme and will provide a sufficient number of
qualified clinical tutors to deliver the clinical exercises.
The Faculty of Health Sciences has provided a list of senior lecturers foreseen to
participate in the CPD programme. Each unit tutor is elected to the appropriate
habilitation title, with the corresponding field of election, according to the subject. In
addition to their expertise, it is recommended that the Faculty take into account their
research work, in line with the content of the course, when selecting course tutors.
Through the Research Institute, the faculty should strengthen research work in the field
of the Fulfilling Curriculum and encourage higher education teachers to carry out
individual research work as part of faculty projects. In the following period, the
references of the course tutors should be strengthened, and it is therefore proposed that
an individual research plan be drawn up for each course tutor.
The faculty has provided appropriate evidence showing that it has adequate material
conditions related to the implementation of the study programme, in accordance with the
criteria. It has a simulation centre which enables students to learn competences and
skills which, for reasons of patient safety, they cannot learn in health care institutions.
The Faculty has adequately equipped premises with modern facilities for the teaching
process. The Faculty of Health Sciences has a clear development strategy up to 2030. It
has adequate staffing and space conditions for its implementation.
The conditions for enrolment in the advanced training programme are in line with Article
38 of the Law on Higher Education. No work experience is required.
The expert panel that evaluated the Advanced Training Programme in Psychiatric Nursing
concludes that the programme fulfils the criteria for accreditation. The faculty has
integrated the opportunities provided by group of experts into the advanced training
programme.