{"id":21828,"date":"2020-07-08T00:24:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T22:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=21828"},"modified":"2022-10-19T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T08:41:09","slug":"the-faculty-of-health-sciences-is-my-mission-at-heart-dr-gabriella-dornyei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2020\/07\/the-faculty-of-health-sciences-is-my-mission-at-heart-dr-gabriella-dornyei\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Faculty of Health Sciences is my mission at heart” \u2013 Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei had been Deputy Dean of Scientific Affairs at the Faculty of Health Sciences before she was appointed dean on 1st<\/sup> July. She still considers the scientific life of the faculty of great importance and she has set the goal to restructure the faculty\u2019s wide-ranging educational activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThe Faculty of Health Sciences is the second largest at Semmelweis University and we are responsible for the training of nearly 3,500 students. Therefore, our primary goal is to keep providing them with high quality education.\u201d, said Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei, newly elected Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

She considers the biggest challenge to be the management of the faculty\u2019s wide-ranging training activities: there are 27 courses at the faculty including Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s courses, and numerous additional further training courses. The new dean believes it is important to review the faculty\u2019s courses from professional, economic and labour market point of view. After such review they would decide which courses need to be restructured or regrouped, what type of new courses could be introduced.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently there are three BSc courses in English; Physiotherapy, Midwifery and Nursing and an off-campus international Physiotherapy course in Switzerland. I believe, it is worth developing the existing English language and off-campus programmes and launching new ones because they are not only very successful, but generate significant revenue as well. Ten years ago the English language programme started with only 6 students and today 12% of all the faculty\u2019s students participate in foreign language training. \u201c, explained Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei.<\/p>\n

The Faculty of Health Sciences is well-known for its outstanding international relations and the new dean would like to further strengthen this position. Recently fruitful partnerships have been developed with the faculties of nursing and health sciences at George Washington University in the US. In addition, there are collaborative ties with several European and Chinese universities and new off-campus programmes are to be launched. Promoting and developing international relations are also important because significant tenders can be won in consortia.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo this end, in 2018, I as a Deputy Dean initiated the revision of the faculty\u2019s research activities based on which we created a scientific portfolio. This helps us not only in reaching out to new, potential partners but in the development of scientific collaborations.\u201d, said \u00a0Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei.<\/p>\n

Prior to her appointment as dean, she was Deputy Dean for Scientific Affairs and this area is still important in her programme as dean.\u00a0She believes research to be extremely important, therefore moving the Behavioural Physiology Research Laboratory physically to the facility of the Faculty of Health Sciences is of utmost importance. This change is crucial for the research carried out here and she also aims at creating researcher job positions for the professionals focusing on scientific research at the Faculty of Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevelopment of Health Sciences<\/em>, an English language journal of the faculty founded in 2017 is a priority area in the life of the faculty. My aim is to turn this successful publication into a journal with an impact factor and to launch the newly accredited Doctoral School of Health Sciences.\u201d, Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei said.<\/p>\n

The Faculty of Health Sciences joined Semmelweis University\u2019s curriculum reform introduced in the 250th<\/sup> anniversary year. The changes had already been introduced in several steps: since 2006 training has been carried out according to the Bologna process and after 2015 corrections were made based on the examination of the Hungarian Accreditation Board. In the past few years the curriculum requirements had to be changed due to the changes in the legislation affecting the courses. The new dean tries to keep in mind not only the situation of the students but that of the faculty\u2019s staff: her plans include the expansion of the recently introduced career model to administrative workers in addition to the academic staff.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the faculty has had problems with the lack of space due to the large number of courses and students and the building in Vas street is no longer spacious enough. However, the situation may be solved shortly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur dream of extending our current location may come true by the realization of a new five-story building in Vas street on a property currently used as a car park. The project is aided by a significant governmental support and will accommodate the Central and Eastern European Regional Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine.\u201d, said Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei.<\/p>\n

The new dean of the faculty has an excellent work relationship with the outgoing dean, Dr. Zolt\u00e1n Zsolt Nagy. She believes that good relationship with colleagues is as essential in achieving objectives as a professional approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honoured to be appointed dean and I know it means the coordination of a serious team work. I am convinced that we can only be effective if there is active and regular discourse between the members of the team and the atmosphere is supportive. I personally try to keep this in mind in the future as well.\u201d, said Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei.<\/p>\n

\u00c1d\u00e1m Szab\u00f3
\nPhoto: Bettina G\u00e1l \u2013 Semmelweis University
\nTranslation: \u00c1gnes Raubinek<\/p>\n

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