THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN QUALITY OF TEACHING AND STUDENT'S SUCCESS AT THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE IN KOSOVO

High-quality education, research and innovation have a crucial role in the social cohesion support, economic development and global competition. Additionally, education development is crucial for the socio- economic and cultural development of a particular country. The most significant mission of the educational institutions is to ensure qualitative education for their students, and to guarantee them a qualitative degree. This study is a quantitative analysis grounded in a questionnaire survey, and aims to evaluate the quality of teaching at the departments of Physiotherapy and Nursery in the Faculty of Medicine in Kosovo, as well as to evaluate the correlation between the teaching quality and students' achievements. This study includes 175 students. Out of this cohort, 90 students are from the Nursery department, and 85 students from the Physiotherapy department. Data were collected through a questionnaire, which contains 27 closed-ended questions. 72.6% (n=127) of the study respondents, confirmed that various teaching methods were used. Additionally, 71.4% (n=125) confirmed that lecturers encouraged critical thinking, and that they were attractive and creative during the class. Further, 81.7% of the study participants verified that the knowledge gained was in the accordance with the syllabus, and the theoretical knowledge was adequate in relation to practical skills acquired for the job market demand. Most of the students affirmed that there were provided adequate literature, had access to comfortable classrooms equipped with auto-visual, laboratories well supplied with the necessary equipment, tools and reagents. To conclude, students' opinion on the study program were mostly positive, but they emphasized the great need for a better interconnection between theory to practical skills, and improving laboratories with newest equipment is needed.