Evaluation of the education process at the Faculty of Medicine

The authors deal with the problem of evaluation of undergraduate education at universities and tasks of university teachers and students. The quality of education determines the success of teachers and graduates in their future medical practice. The evaluation of education carried out by teachers, students and graduates in practice can provide a useful informational feedback as to the quality of education. The evaluation of undergraduate medical education has changed significantly--from simple to combined methods of evaluation, from evaluation of knowledge to evaluation of competence, from written tests to performance tests, from normative "passed or failed" to standard evaluation, from examination of knowledge to examination of its reflection in practice. The main mutual task of education at medical faculties should reside in the preparation of a generally educated graduate with an internationally accepted medical diploma. After obtaining the license, the graduates of all universities should be able to continue the process of their postgraduate specialisation in compliance with traditions of the appropriate institution. The students represent their "Alma Mater" and their knowledges represent the level of tuition.