Discussion about Development in the Faculties

The Faculty of Theology held its first "Teaching Discourse Day" in June 2022 in order to establish a discourse on quality features of teaching at the faculty. The Discourse Day serves the dialogue of all status groups about the "Principles of Good Teaching" (Teaching Strategy 2025) and the faculty-related quality features of teaching. In addition to short impulses and dialogue formats, specific topics such as digitality or the goals of the study of theology were also discussed in a moderated world café against the background.
The respective teaching and learning experiences of the participants were discussed and striking insights were recorded. The insights gained from this were and will be further used for teaching development. The central contents of the discourse day as a whole were also recorded graphically. The resulting posters are presented centrally in the faculty and continually stimulate new discourse in courses and committees. In the long term, a "Discourse Day on Teaching" is to take place approximately annually.

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The University’s Faculty of Law will hold a one-day closed conference on the topic of ensuring academic success through a modernization of education in the areas of specialization at the Augustinerkloster Erfurt in early September 2019. Law faculties nationwide are complaining about a decline in the number of graduates. Hardly imaginable for many, there is a threat of a shortage of lawyers. A working group at state level, with the help of an expert opinion from the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), has been searching for the causes of students dropping out. It is striking that students only drop out very late in their studies (on average after 7 semesters, i.e. after the intermediate examination). At the planned closed conference, the Faculty of Law wants to look for ways to make the education in the areas of specialization, which takes place in the critical study phase, more attractive in order to reduce the dropout rate.

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Project leader: PD Dr Ulrich Wedding

The Masterplan 2020 envisages a reformation of medical studies. The aim is, among other things, to place greater emphasis on teaching communicative competence (doctor-patient, doctor-doctor, doctor-nurse, doctor-family members, ...). The coalition agreement of the current Federal Government shows clear commitment to the implementation of the Masterplan 2020. With the support of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), a longitudinal model curriculum on communication has been developed, whose implementation is the task of the faculties of medicine. A development dialogue is needed at the University’s Faculty of Medicine to implement this communication curriculum. This process will be initiated in a kick-off event with Professor Jana Jünger, head of the Institute for Medical and Pharmaceutical Examination Questions (IMPP). In addition, an actual survey of the teaching of communicative competence in medical studies is necessary. Teaching and testing communicative competence is the goal of the Faculty of Medicine in the coming years.

The Faculty of Medicine would like to develop the teaching offers in the field of medical didactics according to the guidelines of the Medical Didactics Network of Germany. For this, it is necessary to reach a consensus within the faculty. All teachers should be well prepared for their teaching - this includes basic university and medical didactics training. The main focus of the training programme should be on post-doctoral training. In addition, further courses in medical didactics should be offered, e.g. for new teachers at the Jena University Hospital, training in special teaching/examination formats, but also more advanced qualifications (Medical Didactic Qualifications MQ1/MQ2). Cooperation with the Service Centre for Higher Education Didactics (LehreLernen) will be further intensified.

In order to plan a consented ‘JeMid’, the Faculty of Medicine would like to enter into dialogue with its lecturers and involve external speakers. A planning meeting for a one-day workshop is being prepared. A concept presentation in the Commission for Teaching and Studies as well as adoption in the faculty council is being sought.

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