1. October 2008 The CHarME Project: Challenges of Harmonizing Medical Education in Europe Coordinator: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin October 2008 – September 2010

2. October 2008 Project Presentation: Intro The CHARME Project envisages developing joint strategies for the modernisation of the medical curriculum in order to make them more transparent, more comparable, more compatible and (most importantly!) more responsive to the needs of the 21st labour market and society in general.

3. October 2008 Project Presentation: Context Shared concern about employability. Medical profession undergoes constant change. CHARME will investigate different methods of curriculum reform, identify appropriate practice, suggest measures for improvement and widely disseminate results and outcome. All this will materialise through a benchmarking exercise on medical education curriculum reform and employability!

4. October 2008 Project Presentation: Outputs Questionnaire + handbook (Benchmarking) Assessment Reports Assessment Workshop I (Antwerp) Best Practice Publication Assessment Workshop II (Stockholm) Valorisation Conference Series of Articles

5. October 2008 Project Presentation: Impact Improved comparability,... Improved mobility facilities, Capacity building, Creation of a Community for Curr. Reform, Valorisation, National Policies, Extrapolation, Stakeholders dialogue, Better prepared professionals!

6. October 2008 Project Partners (1)

7. October 2008 Project Partners (2) Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (coordination) ESMU (European Center for Strategic Management of Universities), Brussels University of Antwerp Leiden University Medical Center Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris Università Cattolica di Sacro Cuore, Rome Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Semmelweis University, Budapest BVMD (German Medical Students’ Association) UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists), Brussels Basel University, Faculty of Medicine

8. October 2008 Calendar of Activities (1) Pre-Kick-Off Meeting – Berlin 9 Oct. 2008 Kick-Off Meeting – Berlin Oct./Nov. 2008 Benchmarking Questionnaire Development Oct. 08 - Jan. 09 Steering Committee Meeting – BXL Jan. 2009 Questionnaire Completion Jan. - March 2009 Drafting Assessment Reports April - June 2009 Assessment Workshop I (Antwerp) July 2009 Drafting WS I Report July - Sept. 2009

9. October 2008 Calendar of Activities (2) Drafting Best Practice Publication Sept. – Dec.2009 Assessment Workshop II April 2010 Drafting WS II Report April - May 2010 Validation Conference Berlin July 2010 End Contract September 2010

10. October 2008 Role of each partner (1) Project Coordinator: Berlin Benchmarking Exercise Coordinator: ESMU Benchmarking Group: ESMU, Berlin, Antwerp, Paris, Rome, Basel, BVMD & UEMS Assessment Report (+ Scores): ESMU Assessment Workshop I: Antwerp/ESMU Assessment Workshop II: Stockholm/ESMU Best Practice Publication: Leiden

11. October 2008 Role of each partner (2) Final Conference Documentation: Semmelweis Final Conference: Berlin All university partners: take part in benchmarking exercise All partners: management, dissemination and valorisation (as steering committee members!) ESMU: Quality Assurance

12. October 2008 Steering Committee Ulrike Arnold (Berlin) Jan Bolk (Leiden) Nadine Burquel (ESMU) Robert Langer (Budapest) Claire LeJeunne (Paris) Jonas Nordquist (Stockholm) Karl van Liempt (Antwerp) Marco Westkemper (BVMD) Federica Wolf (Rome)

13. October 2008 More Information www.charite.de/charme