India’s leading health care management & research institute, the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) Bangalore, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Netherland’s Maastricht University’s Faculty of Health, Medicine and life Sciences (FHMl). The scope of activities between the two will focus on innovative student-centred and outcome-based learning methodologies, research as well as exchange of faculty and students.
To provide higher education of the highest quality, the two partners will apply innovative student-centred and outcome-based learning methodologies. Both parties will share knowledge, experiences and educational research results and to support each other in further educational development.
Among other things this mutual support will include curriculum development, the development and application of innovative methodological approaches such as problem-based learning, student assessment, educational quality assurance, programme content development, internationalisation of the curriculum, student support service, and management of education.
Visits by academic staff members will be encouraged for the mutual benefit of both partners. Suitable arrangements will be made for the exchange of visiting scholars for collaboration in teaching and in research. The two institutes will seek opportunities to cooperate in research and will seek to facilitate student programmes.