MediTec is a European Erasmus+ project that may be enhanced in a way that benefits the growth of medical care while also helping the entire community. The long-term strategy of medical faculties should be based on commitment to the local community and social responsiveness, and this defines the importance of stakeholders for this project to produce the theoretical and practical foundation for future strategic development in Medical Education based on academic outcomes, the healthcare system, and direct consumers of healthcare - the patients.

The University of Duhok participated actively in co-funding the project by:

• Refurbishing the lab for the equipment. 

• Furniture for the lab: desks, chairs… etc.

• Local transport for equipment from Erbil and back multiple times due to mistakes done by the providing company and all the paperwork for tax exemptions.

• Assigned to be responsible for the equipment as part of their job at our university.

• Co-fund every and each travel of every participant through local transport, visas, and beyond or co-funding in airfare. 

Our achievements at MediTec

• Training of trainers, training our staff on innovative technologies in EU universities, Masaryk University, and Brno University in Check Republic, the University of Malta in Malta and University of Leipzig in Germany. The Trained Staff are from College of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry.

• Training of Students, on new Technologies in different universities from different partners countries, Brno University, Masaryk University and University of Jordan. The participants are from the College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy. 

• The University of Duhok adopted the continuous training on innovative technology in teaching process.

• Participants enhanced their different teaching methodologies after receiving the equipment.

• Development of practical courses, especially for this new learning environment (after receiving the equipments).

• Enhancement of the curriculum in some subjects.

• Strengthening the quality of our graduate students through the implementation of new technologies.

• A new lab with new equipment has been established.

• A conference was conducted at our university with the presence of almost 70 participants of our medical academic staff from different medical colleges.

• Dissemination of MediTec among our university community and beyond, like the Directorate General of Health in Duhok and its professional staff.

Dissemination of MediTec on Campus and Beyond

• Several posters were distributed in different places on campus 

• College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, College of Pharmacy, 

• Student Center and President's Office. 

• Poster for the conference at the University of Duhok, conducted by our partner from Slovakia. 

• For dissemination also, MedTec was added to the official presentation of the University

• MediTec and the opportunity from the EU were mentioned in every meeting or with every delegation we had.