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DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.15219/em76.1379

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Purandare, B., Stawczyk-Eder, K. & Pawlaczyk, M. (2018). The organization of the 'Little Medic' project in the opinions of teachers - group tutors. e-mentor, 4(76), 59-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15219/em76.1379

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The organization of the 'Little Medic' project in the opinions of teachers - group tutors

Barbara Purandare, Kamila Stawczyk-Eder, Mariola Pawlaczyk

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Abstract

The ‘Little Medic’ project has been carried out at Poznan University of Medical Sciences for six years. It enjoys great popularity. Every year, about 400 pupils from primary schools from Poznan and the surrounding area in the age of 6–12 participate in it. The study aims to present the organizational specificity of the ‘Little Medic’ project, and the opinions about it expressed by teachers participating in the project with their students. At the end of each academic year, teachers take part in an anonymous survey summarizing and assessing the project. The first part of the article presents the method of the ‘Little Medic’ project organization. In particular, it describes the elements distinguishing the project from other children’s universities in Poland. The second part presents the analysis of evaluation data collected during the six years of the project. Long experience in running classes for children as part of the ‘Little Medic’ project allows for conclusions about the usefulness and innovativeness of this form of lesson conduct, and the survey results confirm the high level of teachers’ satisfaction with the proposed way of organizing classes.

Keywords: children’s university, children’s education, health education

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Barbara Purandare

The Author is a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, works as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Poznan University of Medical Sciences. She is a pedagogue, a hippo therapist, a coach of cognitive and emotional development of children and teenagers. She graduated from the Faculty of Educational Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. She obtained her Ph.D. in public health in 2014 at the Faculty of Medicine I of Poznan University of Medical Sciences. She is a coordinator of the 'Little Medic' project being a part of the Polish Academy of Children at Poznan University of Medical Sciences since 2012.

Kamila Stawczyk-Eder

The Author has Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, she is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Medicine of Poznan University of Medical Sciences, and a senior assistant at the Heliodor Święcicki Clinical Hospital in Poznan. She is a specialist in internal medicine, preparing for specialization in gastroenterology. She graduated in Medicine from Poznan University of Medical Sciences. She is a coordinator of the 'Little Medic' project, being a part of the Polish Academy of Children at Poznan University of Medical Sciences since 2012.

Mariola Pawlaczyk

The Author, a Ph.D. (hab.) in Medical Sciences, is a graduate of Poznan University of Medical Sciences. She has been a specialist in the field of dermatology and venereology since 1991. She is the Head of the Faculty of Geriatrics and Gerontology of Poznan University of Medical Sciences, a member of the Polish Dermatological Society, the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and the European Society for Dermatological Research.