Assoc. Prof. Rūta Vosyliūtė / © MF archive
Associate Professor Rūta Vosyliūtė started working as the head of the Education and Partnership Unit of the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University on 2 January 2024.
Vosyliūtė earned her doctoral degree from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) in 2015. Her thesis received the Academy of Sciences Award. She completed her fellowships in the United States of America and Spain.
Vosyliūtė worked at the LSMU for a decade and acquired managerial experience overseeing various projects and research and taking an active part in the activities of the Study and Research Centres at the LSMU.
She worked as deputy head for Innovation and Education at the LSMU Study Centre and was in charge of representing the LSMU in the field of distance learning, publication of the outcomes related to distance learning implementation and development, implementation of education projects, provision of analytical support in the study process, development of education and research and the implementation of best practices at the university, implementation of activities for improvement of educational competences of the university's lecturers, and ensuring enhancement and consistent development of the professional competences of the university’s lecturers and staff involved in the education process.
In June 2022, Vosyliūtė started working at the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University.
In addition, Vosyliūtė is a representative of the Faculty of Medicine in the Gender Equality Coordinators Network of Vilnius University. She is also a member of the Horizon Europe action group Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society and of the thematic groups of the European Research Council (ERC) at the Research Council of Lithuania.
Associate Professor Vosyliūtė maintains that her aim as head of the Education and Partnership Unit is ‘to inspire the faculty’s community to improve continuously’. This active, energetic researcher is full of new ideas and believes that ‘achievement of maximum professional benefit and success requires choosing your tools carefully’. ‘Professional development and collaboration are among the core guarantees of success at an educational organisation. This offers every opportunity for a continuously evolving professional, with the help of digital technologies, to achieve better results and to encourage the members of the educational community not only to teach, but also to learn,’ she said. According to her, critically assessing one’s own knowledge and performance and identifying the missing skills indicate directions for improvement. Collaboration allows for the sharing of ideas, experiences and resources that can be used for innovation: ‘Collaboration within an organisation helps build teams that can spearhead new research, projects and experiments. So, I wish for the members of the community to be open to collaboration, innovation and change.’