The George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology (UMFST) of Targu Mures launched on Tuesday, as part of the University Days, the Helios programme, designed to restore competition and excellence among students with a strong mentoring component.
'Helios is one of the important elements in the UMFST Days, but a different one because it actually comes to fill a need. Students come to university, many of them former olympiad pupils who took part in competitions during their secondary school years but not at university. This type of competition seems to diminish a little, referring to individual expertise, and for this reason we are coming forward with a new programme that aims to bring competition and excellence back to students, to give them motivation, to show them where they stand and where they are heading because this programme also includes a mentoring component. This year we will implement it at university level, next year we will give it a national dimension. There will be competitions in medicine, medical thinking, clinical reasoning simulation and understanding mechanisms presented differently from how students find them in lectures or in their practical work,' said UMFST Rector Professor Leonard Azamfirei, PhD.
According to the rector, the Helios programme is a message to students and pupils who excel in secondary schools that they are not forgotten and that the aim is to shape the university's graduates into true professionals.
Professor Alina Scridon, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and coordinator of the Helios programme, said that it is not 'a lovely programme' or a 'festive' one but seeks to be a drive, a source of inspiration and a place where all those who feel an inner spark can find themselves.
Through this project, the dean said, the intention is to return to thinking, debating, building arguments and working in teams.
Associate Professor Cristian Boeriu said that the Helios project is an ambitious and necessary endeavour to support, guide and inspire future generations of professionals in medicine, life sciences and related fields.
Also attending the launch event were President of the Targu Mures Students' League Andra-Daniela Balan and President of the Hungarian Students' Association of Targu Mures Jankó-Szép Ákos.
Student representatives said that the programme has been developed in line with UMFST Targu Mures strategic direction and responds to a real need, particularly as students and pupils are facing an increasingly complex professional environment with high demands and constant performance pressure. Moreover it provides structure, clarity and concrete opportunities helping the best to discover their path, understand their own development and connect with genuine professional role models.
UMFST George Emil Palade is celebrating 80 years of activity during this period through a series of events under the banner of University Days.
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