The competent bodies for the operation of the IPPS MP-RP, are:
1. IPPS MP-RP Study Program Committee (SPC): consists of seven (7) members:
- One (1) representative of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the University of Ioannina
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the University of Crete
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the Democritus University of Thrace,
which are faculty members and are elected by the Assemblies of the Collaborating Medical Schools/ Departments
- One (1) representative of the National Center for Natural Sciences “Demokritos”,
- One (1) representative of the Greek Atomic Energy Commission,
The President of the Study Program Committee (SPC), as well as the Director of the IPPS, come from the Medical School, which has the administrative support of the IPPS MP-RP.
2. IPPS MP-RP Coordination Committee (CC): consists of five (5) faculty members of the collaborating Medical Schools/Departments:
- One (1) representative of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the University of Ioannina
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the University of Crete
- One (1) representative of the Department of Medicine of the Democritus University of Thrace,
which have undertaken postgraduate work and are elected by the SPC for a two-year term. CC members are not entitled to any additional remuneration or compensation for their participation in the Committee. President of CC is the Director of IPPS MP-RP. The term of the President of CC can be renewable once. The CC is responsible for monitoring and coordinating the operation of the program and:
- It recommends to the SPC the distribution of the teaching work among the teachers of the IPPS MP-RP
- It appoints the supervisor and the members of the three-member committee for the examination of dissertations
- It examines student issues such as applications for the suspension of the studies, extension of studies, etc., and makes recommendations to the SPC.
- It decides with the authorization of the SPC, on the financial management and in particular on the approval of the program’s expenses and it certifies the relation between the training needs of the specific program and the requested expenses. According to this, the CC with relevant decision will approve an expense or a set of expenses and will justify the feasibility of their implementation according to the respective educational needs of the program.
3. Director of the IPPS MP-RP and his/her Deputy: is a member of the first level faculty or the level of associate professor, of the same or the related subject as the subject of the IPPS MP-RP. The Director of the IPPS MP-RP is a member and President of the CC. The Director of the IPPS MP-RP is appointed together with his/her Deputy, by decision of the SPC.
The Director of the IPPS MP-RP makes recommendations to the competent bodies of the Foundation on any issue related to the effective operation of the program. The Director may not have more than two (2) consecutive terms and is not entitled to any additional remuneration for his administrative work as Director. The Director has the following responsibilities:
a) He/She convenes a meeting of the CC
b) He/She prepares the agenda of these meetings, taking into account suggestions of the members and bodies of the IPPS MP-RP
c) He/She appoints elections to replace committee members due to vacancies
d) He/She is responsible for the preparation of the budget and the report of the Program, which he/she submits to the SPC for approval
e) He/She is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the budget and issuing payment orders for the expenditure concerned
f) At the end of his/her term, as well as at the end of the term of CC, he/she prepares a detailed report of the research and educational work of the IPPS MP-RP, as well as of its other activities, with the aim of upgrading studies, making better uses of human resources, optimizing existing infrastructure and making socially beneficial use of the available resources of the IPPS MP-RP.
The Deputy Director of the IPPS MP-RP is a Professor or Associate Professor and fulfills the duties of the Director in case of his/her absence.
The IPPS MP-RP is supported by the Secretariat of the Program which is located at the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is under the supervision of the Secretariat of the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The Secretariat of the IPPS MP-RP has as its task the secretarial support of the Program, such as the preparation of the admission process for the candidates, the maintenance of the financial data of the Program, the secretarial support of the SPC and CC, the registration of scores, etc.
