Medical Education

Course Information
TitleΙατρική Εκπαίδευση / Medical Education
CodeΙΑ2003
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolMedicine
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorPanagiotis Bamidis
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600017971

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Medicine (2019-today)

Registered students: 215
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses212
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours2
Total Hours78
Class ID
600287375
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • General Knowledge
  • Skills Development
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The aim of this course is to provide knowledge and awareness regarding the concept and goals of medical education. Specifically, upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • Understand how to conduct a needs analysis in the context of medical education. • Recognize the importance of research in medical education. • Design new research within the framework of medical education. • Evaluate new research in medical education using statistical analysis methods. • Write a scientific publication. • Design presentations using modern tools. • Understand the significance of clinical skills laboratories. • Be familiar with the concept of differentiated instruction and varied learning profiles. • Understand the notion of co-creation and living labs. • Become familiar with new educational technologies, such as virtual patients, virtual environment-assisted learning, and serious games. • Design educational materials based on scenario- and problem-based learning. • Understand the concept and dimensions of digital skills. • Comprehend the digital transformation of healthcare. • Recognize the role of escape rooms as an educational tool. • Design educational tools such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). • Design and develop new content for medical encyclopedias, such as Wikipedia. • Understand the significance of specific research topics, such as medical professionalism. • Comprehend the concept and importance of ECTS credits in medicine and lifelong learning. • Be aware of various medical education opportunities (e.g., exchange programs, observerships, etc.) and personal development pathways. • Recognize the importance of acquiring effective communication skills. • Understand the concept of empathy. • Become familiar with delivering bad news using the SPIKES protocol.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Keywords
Medical education, Educational technologies, Virtual patients, Problem-based learning, Digital transformation of healthcare, Empathy
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Podcast
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures260.9
Seminars20.1
Laboratory Work40.1
Written assigments240.9
Total562
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Summative)
  • Report (Summative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
• Σαράφης Παύλος, Μπαμίδης Παναγιωτης, "Υπηρεσίες Υγείας. Συστήματα και Πολιτικές , Έκδοση: 1/2020, Συγγραφείς: Πολυσυγγραφικό, ISBN: 9789925575305, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): BROKEN HILL PUBLISHERS LTD". • Μπονίκος Διονύσης Σ. (2008) Η ποιότητα στην ιατρική εκπαίδευση. Εκδόσεις ΠΑΡΙΣΙΑΝΟΥ.
Additional bibliography for study
• Antoniou PE, Arfaras G, Pandria N, Athanasiou A, Ntakakis G, Babatsikos E, Nigdelis V, Bamidis P, Biosensor Real-Time Affective Analytics in Virtual and Mixed Reality Medical Education Serious Games: Cohort Study, JMIR Serious Games 2020;8(3):e17823, doi: 10.2196/17823 PMID: 32876575 PMCID: 7495262 • Antoniou, P., Arfaras, G., Pandria, N., Ntakakis, G., Bambatsikos, E., Athanasiou, A. (2020). Real-Time Affective Measurements in Medical Education, Using Virtual and Mixed Reality. In: Frasson, C., Bamidis, P., Vlamos, P. (eds) Brain Function Assessment in Learning. BFAL 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12462. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60735-7_9 • Pandria N, Bamidis PD. Technology-based solutions for behavior monitoring: lessons learned. Front Educ [Internet]. 2023 Jun 1;8. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1150239/full • Reppou S, Tsoupouroglou I, Pandria N, Bamidis PD. Enhancing Transitional Care for Geriatric Patients and Caregivers: A Study on Mobile Application for Disease Self-Management. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments [Internet]. New York, NY, USA: ACM; 2024. p. 542–7. Available from: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3652037.3663927 • PD Bamidis, T. Poulton, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1st INT. CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION INFORMATICS, 2012 • PD Bamidis, S. Konstantinidis, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2nd INT. CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION INFORMATICS, 2015. • PD Bamidis, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3rd INT. CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION INFORMATICS, 2018. • PD Bamidis, S. Konstantinidis, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4th INT. CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION INFORMATICS, 2021. • PD Bamidis, S. Konstantinidis, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5th INT. CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION INFORMATICS, 2024. • Bamidis P, Anastasov V, Despotova-Toleva L (eds.) E-education & E-science. Medical Publishing VAP; Plovdiv, Bulgaria: 2011 (ISBN 978-960-243-682-0) 2011. • Fides-Valero A, Bray L, Dieckmann P, Antoniou P, Lahtinen P, Bamidis P, Nikolaidou M. Creating and running an escape room for healthcare curricula: AMEE Guide No. 168. Med Teach. 2024 Mar 31:1-12. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2024.2330575. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38555874.
Last Update
09-07-2025