{"id":13522,"date":"2020-03-16T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/?p=13522"},"modified":"2020-03-24T10:45:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T08:45:51","slug":"order-by-the-rector-on-the-organization-of-the-educational-and-working-process-at-the-medical-university-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/order-by-the-rector-on-the-organization-of-the-educational-and-working-process-at-the-medical-university-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"Order by the Rector on the organization of the educational and working process at the Medical University-Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Order by the Rector No. RK – 36-437\/16.03.2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pursuant to Art. 32, para 1, item 1 of the HEA, orders by the Minister of Health No RD 9104-27 \/ 25.02.2020, No RD 01-122 \/ 11.03.2020 and No RD 01-124 \/ 13.03.2020. , and in addition to a previous order by the Rector of MU-Sofia (No RK 36-395 \/ 09.03.2020)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I HEREBY ORDER THAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The suspension of the attendance to classes and practices of all trainees at the Medical University – Sofia\nshould be extended up to 29.03.2020. In cases where postponements, announcements and\nscheduling cannot be postponed,\nsuch as exams, competitions for academic posts (juries)\nand defenses (non-public), they will\nbe held after consultation with the management of the\nrespective faculty, affiliate, college or department in securing and implementing of all necessary\nanti-epidemic measures recommended by the Ministry of Health, the National\nOperational Headquarters, the Metropolitan\nRegional Health Inspectorate (MRHI)\nand other competent authorities.<\/li>
  2. For the period prior to the resumption of\nattendance, the course of studies should be conducted through the gradual introduction of e-training, distance-electronic,\nvoice or\nwritten training, in accordance with the capabilities of each academic unit and the specifics of the\nindividual non-clinical and clinical specialties, and subjects of the training\ncurriculum of the trainees.<\/li>
  3. The management of the respective faculty, affiliate, college or department must create the necessary\norganization for implementation and control, by preparing forms for registration and report on\nthe distance learning activity carried out during the period – by students,\npostgraduates, doctoral students and teachers.<\/li>
  4. The collection of the necessary documents for the\naward of scholarships under Decree 90\/2000 for students for the summer semester\nshould be organized in the units of the MU-Sofia electronically from 03.2020 to\n27.03.2020 incl., providing opportunities for submission of\nscanned documents for income taxes etc. Keeping the\ndeadline is desirable in order to timely prepare and pay the scholarships.<\/li>
  5. To suspend the admission of the preliminary\napplicant documents for pre-student exams as of 16.03.2020.<\/li>
  6. To cancel the preliminary examinations announced\nfor 22.03.2020 and 04.04.2020, and in addition, after discussion with the\nRector-Dean’s Council, to decide whether they will be postponed or finally\ncanceled. In both cases, registration and fees will retain the rights of the\napplicant students if they wish to attend a postponed or regular session and\nadditional information on the subject will be published on the University’s\nwebsite in due time.<\/li>
  7. I prolong the ban on business trips, internships and business trips of academic\nstaff, administration and students for the period up to 31.03.2020, by recommending that plans for similar\nfuture travel, including those related to mobility projects, internships and\nresearch engagements in the country to be delayed and comply with the recommendations of the Ministry of Foreign\nAffairs, the National Operational Headquarters and the health authorities.<\/li>
  8. I recommend that foreign teachers, researchers,\nscientists and guests who are already in Bulgaria not to leave the country. The\nagreed mobility, internship or visit is terminated if a foreign teacher,\nscientist or guest leaves Bulgaria during his \/ her stay in the country.<\/li>
  9. I recommend that all members of the academic\nstaff, administration and students who have returned from abroad after 01.03.2020 be subject to\nvoluntary 14-day self-quarantine at home.<\/li>
  10. I continue to prohibit the suspension of all mass\nevents, scientific congresses, conferences, sports and any other events for the\nperiod specified in the order, with the postponement of the planned events not\nearlier than the beginning of May 2020. In this connection, I support the\nproposal of the ICMS to postpone helding the XIX International Congress of Medical Sciences for Students and Young\nProfessionals of Medical Students up\nto the end of September.<\/li>
  11. During the term of the order, and in accordance with the\norder by the\nMinister of Health, the work of the student canteens in Sofia and Vratsa shall\nbe terminated, as well as the visits of students and members of the academic\nstaff at the Central Medical Library and other medical libraries to the\nrespective units of the Medical University-Sofia.<\/li>
  12. For the same period, I prohibit the access of\nexternal visitors to the study buildings and dormitories of MU-Sofia. I\nrecommend that staff and students communicate with outsiders by telephone and \/\nor electronic devices. In case of urgent need, outside persons should be admitted to the\nUniversity buildings after the security officer has received a confirmation by\ntelephone from the respective employee \/ teacher and after all necessary\nanti-epidemic measures have been implemented.<\/li>
  13. I prohibit the admission of persons in quarantine\nor with symptoms of acute infectious and respiratory diseases in the study buildings, administration\nand hostels, as well as those coming from countries with high epidemiological\nrisk, such as China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Spain, France, Germany and\nothers, as\nrecommended by the MFA and the National Operational Headquarters.<\/li>
  14. Access to the administration of the Rectorate,\ndeans and other training and support structures should be restricted in\ncompliance with all anti-epidemic measures and standards, as recommended by the\nMoH, the National Operations Headquarters, the MRHI and other competent authorities.<\/li>
  15. To limit the attendance of the administration of\nthe Medical University – Sofia. In this regard, the heads of the relevant\nfaculty, affiliate, college or department should provide the minimum required\nof staff to maintain the unit’s operations, as well as the operation of\ncomputer and information systems and other activities whose terms cannot be\nchanged. Employees who are not included in the schedule and \/ or belong to\npersons from a risky health or social group may perform their duties remotely,\naccording to the organization of work proposed by the manager, as well as\nreceive paid annual or unpaid leave.<\/li>
  16. I propose that the Rector’s Dean’s Council allow\nthe time in which all volunteers (students, postgraduates and PhD students) of Medical\nUniversity – Sofia, participating in the campaign for limitation and care of\npatients suspected or infected\nby Covid-2019, should be considered as educational workload .<\/li>
  17. I set a permanent time limit for the provision of\npersonal protective equipment, disinfection materials and hygiene materials.\nThe organization of disinfection and placement of these materials in\nappropriate places should be carried out by designated persons for each\nacademic or other structure of the university.<\/li>
  18. I oblige the academic staff, the administration\nand the students to stay informed\nabout the orders and recommendations of the WHO, the Ministry of\nHealth, the National Operations Headquarters, the MRHI and all other\ncompetent authorities and organizations, and to observe all anti-epidemic measures\nand standards, as well as to use personal protective equipment.<\/li>
  19. If necessary, additional measures and decisions\nwill be announced in a timely manner in the event of a change in the situation\nand recommendation of the competent authorities.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    For timely information, check the website of Medical\nUniversity – Sofia.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Order by the Rector No. RK – 36-437\/16.03.2020 Pursuant to Art. 32, para 1, item 1 of the HEA, orders by the Minister of Health No RD 9104-27 \/ 25.02.2020, No RD 01-122 \/ 11.03.2020 and No RD 01-124 \/ 13.03.2020. , and in addition to a previous order by the Rector of MU-Sofia (No […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpbf-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}