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Degree: Specialist
Qualification: General practitioner
Duration: 6 years (12 semesters)
ECTS: 360
Fields of study: Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathologic Anatomy, Pathologic Physiology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Epidemiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics
Languages of instruction: Russian, English

DESCRIPTION

The Specialist’s degree programme provides training of students in the sphere of natural, medical and biological sciences and the Humanities. The graduates receive higher education enabling them to work in the public health and to develop competences of general practitioners that fosters social mobility and labour market security. In the course of the programme the students gain knowledge of theory and practice in medicine. The programme aims at developing students’ social skills and personal qualities such as motivation, self-discipline, diligence, communication, tolerance, mercy, ability to raise the overall level of culture.

AIMS

medical activity:
•    preventing disease emergence among the population through conducting preventive and anti-epidemic measures;
•    conducting preventive medical examinations;
•    conducting processing and medical and statistical analysis of information and health indicators of the population of various age and gender groups, which characterise the state of their health;
•    diagnosing diseases and pathological conditions in patients;
•    diagnosing emergency conditions;
•    diagnosing pregnancy;
•    assessing temporary disability and conducting other forms of medical examination;
•    providing first aid in outpatient settings and day hospitals;
•    providing first aid for spontaneous acute diseases and exacerbations of chronic diseases that are are not life-threatening and do not require emergency medical care;
•    providing emergency medical services for conditions requiring immediate medical intervention;
•    providing medical aid in emergencies, including medical evacuation;
•    participating in medical rehabilitation and health resort treatment;
•    shaping motivation among the population, patients and their families, aiming at maintaining and improving their health and the health of others;
•    teaching patients general hygienic measures of a healthcare nature that facilitate the prevention of disease emergence and health promotion.

organisation and management activity:
•    creating favourable conditions for patient accommodation and labour activities of medical staff in medical organisations;
•    keeping medical documentation in medical organisations;
•    organising medical examinations;
•    assessing the quality of providing medical care;
•    observing the main requirements of information security.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course the student should be able to:
•    provide medical aid to patients in emergencies;
•    examine patients to make a diagnosis;
•    prescribe and assess the efficacy and safety of drugs, non-drug treatments, medical products, therapeutic diets, and other treatments;
•    implement health care, make professional solutions in emergency situations at the pre-hospital stage, during epidemics and in outbreaks of mass destruction;
•    implement and control the medical rehabilitation of a patient, including individual rehabilitation and habilitation programmes for patients with disabilities, as well as to assess the patient’s ability to work;
•    conduct preventive measures for patients of various age groups and health conditions, as well as provide health education for the adult population to shape healthy lifestyles and monitor their effectiveness;
•    organise work activities of subordinate medical staff and keep medical documentation.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The graduates are employed in health care facilities proving outpatient care (outpatient clinics and health centres). On successful completion of residency the graduates are able to work in in-patient clinics, health and resort institutions, and research institutions.

More detailed description of the Degree Programme is given on the website.

If you would like to enter this degree programme, please follow the admission procedure.