Concrete consortium results for pupils and students: robotical arm and modern medicine knowledge

Croatian project partners' meeting  was held at the Rectorate with topics of project management and work on the second intellectual output. Representatives of the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula were  the Vice-Rector for Cooperation, Innovation and Technology Transfer, Assoc. Prof. Valter Boljunčić, project manager Assoc.Prof.  Sven Maričić, Head of the Office for Partnerships and Projects Ivona Peternel, PhD and Kristina Hlavati Bertoncelj, mag.oecc. Professors Ana Krelja and Sanja Benazić Kliba participated on behalf of the Medical School Pula, as well as the headmaster Dragan Radovanović and professor Dragan Pantić on behalf of the Industrial and Craft School Pula.

In the afternoon, a meeting was held regarding the future cooperation of the two partners, attended by the Rector of the University of Pula, prof. dr. sc. Alfio Barbieri, Vice-Rector for Research, Arts and Cooperation prof. dr. sc. Marinko Škare, Director of the VISIO Institute Assoc. Prof. Sven Maričić and the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Pula, Assoc. Prof. Mauro Štifanić. Along with the representatives of MediLS in Pula, academician Miroslav Radman also joined the talks via Google Meet.

„In the second part of the project "3D and Virtual Reality Technologies for VET" we will make a robotical arm for students enrolling in an elective course in „Robotics“ at the Faculty of Informatics in Pula. In this way, we will directly contribute to raising the quality of our teaching process. The robotic arm will be produced in Pula, and it will be an important contribution for the scientific staff ", said Assoc.Prof. Sven Maričić.

"The intention is to continue talks and further cooperation with the University of Pula. For now, we are participating in the implementation of educational projects, and the key role in this cooperation will be the engagement of Professor Miroslav Radman and scientists from the University of Pula. In the near future, I hope that we will organize a gathering of scientific staff in order to develop common scientific ideas“, said the director of MediLS Jelena Ružić. Scientist Branka Bernard agreed with that, pointing out that coming to Pula is important for the continuation of cooperation.

- "Cooperation works excellently in terms of educational content for medical schools that can be easily transferred to medical students. The aim is to contribute to the recognition of the new medical program, and to introduce the Medical and Technical School to current events in the field of science and research. We hope that it will encourage them to further their education in some of these directions ", said Branka Bernard.

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