Prof. Univ. Dr. Nicolae Constantin Balica is the Vice-Dean responsible for the organization and development of the educational process of the Faculty of Medicine since April 2020, university professor in the ENT Clinic, IXth Department, Ist Surgery and PhD supervisor at the Doctoral School of Medicine of IOSUD UMF “Victor Babeș” in Timișoara.

As Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Univ. Dr. Nicolae Constantin Balica has as main responsibilities the coordination of the schedules preparation for all the study programs of the faculty; coordinating the distribution of university spaces for the educational process, according to the study schedules; preparing the proposal for commissions and managing the activities related to the admission and residency exams, respectively the bachelor’s/dissertation thesis; monitoring and proposing the themes, bibliography and collection of questions for the bachelor’s and dissertation exams.

An algorithm has been created to organize the timetable, as well as to maximize the degree of use of amphitheaters and seminar rooms, internships and practical works and we will consider, in a continuous manner, the identification of new spaces that can be used for the development of the teaching process in optimal conditions.

Also, a common database of questions for the admission and bachelor’s exam was created, at subject level, specifying the source of the question, which has an equivalent in the single bibliography, the exam questions were selected through a random, automated and traceable mechanism from the available questions database, the test correction procedure was made transparent, by posting the corrective solutions on the university’s website.

The vice-dean of the Faculty of Medicine responsible for the organization and conduct of the educational process, Prof. Univ. Dr. Nicolae Constantin Balica can be contacted at the email address: balica@umft.ro