UNIVERSITY of ZAGREB the FACULTY of VETERINARY MEDICINE Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Phone: ++ 385 1 2390111; Fax: ++ 385 1 2441390 E-Mail: [email protected]
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A D D R E S S UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB THE FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Phone: ++ 385 1 2390111; Fax: ++ 385 1 2441390 E-mail: [email protected] Dean: Professor Zdenko Makek, DVM, PhD Vice Dean for education: Professor Josip Kos, DVM, PhD Vice Dean for science and international co-operation: Associate Professor Ljiljana Pinter, DVM, PhD Vice Dean for finances: Professor Zdenko Biđin, DVM, PhD, Secretary: Dubravka Bobinac, LL.B This paper has been written during the period of intensive preparation for introduction of many changes in the process of graduate and postgraduate educational system. Recognising the importance of achieving an international credibility and promoting its identity, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb has applied for the evaluation process by EAEVE. This application was submitted during the period of intensive multilateral collaboration with other faculties and institutions and students' awareness of an importance of being a part of European Community educational system. We do hope that our efforts evident from the following pages of the Self–evaluation Report will result in our becoming a recognised member of EAEVE. Professor Zdenko Makek, DVM, PhD, Dean Present Self-evaluation Report was prepared by a special Committee for Preparation of Self-evaluation Report appointed by the Faculty Senate: Chairlady: Associate Professor Ljiljana Pinter, DVM, PhD Members: Professor Vesna Gjurčević Kantura, DVM, PhD Professor Josip Kos, DVM, PhD Professor Josip Madić, DVM, PhD Associate Professor Velimir Sušić, DVM, PhD Assistant Professor Ivica Harapin, DVM, PhD Junior Assistant Anamaria Ekert Kabalin, DVM Edited by: Professor Ivo Karadjole, DVM, PhD Technical support: Iva Rački English language editor: Dubravka Vilke Pinter, B.A. We would like to thank members of the Faculty staff as well as students and all those who have helped us in preparing the Self-evaluation Report. C O N T E N T S p a g e INTRODUCTION - A short historical review of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb 1 Chapter 1 OBJECTIVES 8 Chapter 2 ORGANISATION 13 Chapter 3 FINANCES 20 Chapter 4 CURRICULUM 27 Chapter 5 TEACHING: QUALITY AND EVALUATION 50 Chapter 6 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 58 Chapter 7 ANIMALS AND TEACHING MATERIAL OF ANIMAL ORIGIN 71 Chapter 8 LIBRARY AND LEARNING RESOURCES 82 Chapter 9 ADMISSION AND ENROLMENT 89 Chapter 10 ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT STAFF 97 Chapter 11 CONTINUING EDUCATION 103 Chapter 12 POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION 110 Chapter 13 RESEARCH 117 1 Introduction INTRODUCTION A SHORT HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB The first initiative for the foundation of a school of veterinary medicine in Zagreb was given as early as in 1844 by the Croatian-Slavonian Economic Society, founded in 1841. Veterinary service was at the time the domain of doctors, who, after having obtained a degree from the Faculty of Medicine, also completed the studies of veterinary medicine. In 1850 the General Assembly of Doctors of Croatia and Slavonia put forth a proposal for the foundation of a theoretical and practical school for veterinarians. Six years later, in 1856, the districts of Zagreb, Požega, Osijek and Varaždin as well as the municipality of Zagreb sent their representatives to the Regency in Zagreb to seek the foundation of a “veterinary school” in Zagreb. The Ministry in Vienna rejected their request. In 1861 Croatian Parliament asked for the revitalisation the Croatian university. The program that resulted from the initiative also included provisions for the foundation of a “veterinary institute”. Unfortunately, the royal chancellery did not approve the parliamentary initiative. In 1869 the King sanctioned 2 Introduction the “Legal Act on the Foundation of the University in the State Capitol Zagreb”. According to the Act, the Faculty of Medicine was supposed to “found chairs for obstetrics and veterinary medicine”. In spite of the resolution quoted, the University, which was opened in 1874, did not include the faculties of medicine and veterinary medicine. In 1888 the academic senate of the University of Zagreb submitted a request to Croatian Parliament for the foundation of the Faculty of medicine, which would include “the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases and Veterinary Inspection”. On August 27, 1888 Croatian Parliament passed the “Law on the Organisation of Veterinary Service in the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia, proposed by Dr Radoslav Krištof, the first head of the veterinary staff in Croatia. The accompanying regulations were passed on December 20, 1888. This was the first veterinary law in Croatia whose provisions had an impact on the promotion of stockbreeding and provided a basis for the creation of Croatian veterinary service and its development. Furthermore, the law provided separation of veterinary service from health service and its organisation as an independent service. The law also provided financial resources for the foundation of the school of veterinary medicine. Croatian veterinarians gradually realised that the education in veterinary medicine had better opportunities of development as an independent branch of public education. Consequently, demands for the foundation of a professional school of veterinary medicine began to be voiced even in the daily press. After the disintegration of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy in 1918, the School of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna expelled all its Slavic students. Such an action only added urgency to requests of Croatian veterinarians. Led by the headmaster of the State Furriers' School, Eugen Podaubsky, a group of veterinarians submitted a proposal for the foundation of Croatian school of veterinary medicine in Zagreb. Podaubsky drafted the proposal for the foundation of the school of veterinary medicine and submitted it to the Board of the Croatian-Slavonian Veterinary Society at the meeting held on November 25, 1918. The proposal was then forwarded to the General Assembly of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, with the seat in Zagreb, which had at the time taken over the functions of the Croatian government. After the General Assembly received the proposal, the Board entrusted veterinarian Stjepan Plasaj with the writing of the “Draft of the Legal Basis for the Foundation of the School of Veterinary Medicine in the State of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes”. The Board discussed the draft on the board meeting of December 15, 1918. The draft was accepted on the main annual meeting, after which it was submitted to the Committee of Education and Religion for the final decision. The 3 Introduction Croatian-Slavonian Veterinary Society appointed on December 21, 1918 E Podaubsky, Dr F Gabrek and S Plasaj as representatives of the Society to the government in the matter of the foundation of the School of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb. The General Assembly returned the Draft of the Legal Basis for the Foundation of the School of Veterinary Medicine to the chairman of the Society on February 12, 1919. The Croatian-Slavonian government made several corrections in the draft, which was in its corrected form again discussed by the Board on February 25, 1919. The draft was subsequently re-submitted to the government. Regent Alexander signed on August 31, 1919 the “Decree” which until further notice legally regulated the foundation of the School of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb. The decree was published in the issue of September 11, 1919 of the Official Paper of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Among the most important parts of the decree was article 50, which set the opening of the School of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb for the year 1919, and defined employment requirements for the faculty. On the basis of the decree, which provided for the foundation of the School of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb (August 31, 1919), a draft of the order which regulated educational basics and the administration of state examinations at the School of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb was prepared. New school adhered to the draft until the Division of Education and Religion of the Regional government of Croatia and Slavonia issued an order, which temporarily regulated the system of degrees, so-called educational basics, as well as the examination requirements for state and strict examinations. Educational basics included a short outline of the programme of obligatory and optional disciplines, as well as regulations on state examinations. They also defined the extent of the literature required for each course of the veterinary studies and included the text of the oath to be given by veterinarians before they received their diplomas. Furthermore they included the text of the diploma written in Croatian language, as well as the requirements for the doctoral degree. On the basis of the new university law, which provided transformation of high schools into faculties, the Board of Teachers of the High School of Veterinary Medicine sent on April 1, 1921 a letter to the Minister of Education proposing the School's transformation into independent Veterinary Faculty of the University of Zagreb and asking for teachers to be appointed university professors. On December 12, 1924, after numerous debates, King Alexander finally decreed that School be transformed into the Veterinary Faculty. By the second decree of May 8, 1925 Prof E Podaubsky, Prof P Gjurić and Prof M Rajčević were named provosts. After 4 Introduction the election of the dean E Podaubsky, the associate dean M Rajčević had been confirmed and the first meeting of the professors of the Veterinary Faculty was held on May 16, 1925. The meeting resulted in the decision that the former teachers at the High School of Veterinary Medicine be appointed full professors of the newly founded Faculty. As already mentioned, the Law on the Organisation of Veterinary Service in the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia of August 27, 1888, and the Instructions for the Implementation of the above - mentioned Law, of December 20, 1888, provided for the creation of the Veterinary Foundation of the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia, which served for various veterinary purposes.