The main goal of the educational program provided for in the speci alty "General Medicine" is the training of doctors that meets the standard requirements of higher professional education. A graduate of the faculty receives the qualification of a specialist - a general practitioner, which gives him the opportunity to take a position in the primary link in the provision of comprehensive medical care. To obtain a certificate for the implementation of their professional activities, they also undergo specialization in residency or internship.
What is being taught
For the preparation of students in the speci alty "General Medicine" 6 years of study are provided. In the future, they pass the next specialization in an internship in one of the presented areas. Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine are given the choice of the type of profession from a fairly wide list of practical speci alties: endocrinology, therapy, neurology, surgery, otorhinolaryngology, urology,obstetrics and gynecology, dermatovenereology, rehabilitation, occupational diseases and others. They also have a real chance to become scientists in such fundamental and theoretical areas of science as normal and pathological physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology and others.
Medics have a pretty busy curriculum. They master many medical disciplines, including psychiatry, hygiene, neuroscience, he alth economics and others.
Learning process
The process of training in the speci alty "General Medicine" includes two stages: preclinical (1-3 courses) and clinical training (4-6 courses). At the first stage, the theoretical foundations of the future profession are studied, and familiarization with the clinic is also carried out (courses for caring for therapeutic and surgical patients, courses in general surgery and an introductory course in internal medicine, clinical practice). The second stage provides for the transition to a cyclic form of education, the so-called clinical departments.
The learning process is based on the principles of continuity, requiring the most complete knowledge at each level of consistent mastering of the form of student activity, close to the professional activity of a doctor. Much attention is paid to increasing the activity of students. To do this, when building the educational process, emphasis is placed on the personal supervision of patients in a clinical setting. The training provides for several types of practice, which takes place not only on the basis of an educational institution, but also in hospitals.
The "General Medicine" program includes the following main training objectives: the formation of universal and professional competencies in students in accordance with the general educational requirements in the chosen direction.
The title of doctor is assigned to a graduate upon completion of the training "General Medicine". The speci alty also provides for the assignment of a degree or classification of the level of higher education - specialist after all stages of training.
Professional area
Graduates begin their treatment and preventive activities initially under the supervision of doctors who already have certificates. When mastering the speci alty "General Medicine", they can carry out such types of professional activities as medical, preventive, diagnostic, organizational and managerial, educational, research.
Having received an education in the speci alty and having completed an internship or residency, graduates can find employment in general hospitals and specialized medical institutions, clinics, dispensaries, outpatient clinics, and ambulance stations. They can also work in the medical and sanitary departments of large enterprises, medical consultations, perinatal, diagnostic centers, social service institutions, research institutes, universities.
Positions for which a specialist of the postgraduate stage of education can apply according to the chosen direction are a general practitioner, an obstetrician-gynecologist,surgeon, laboratory assistant in a clinical laboratory, anesthesiologist-resuscitator, traumatologist-orthopedist, psychiatrist-narcologist, immunologist, family doctor and others.
Prospects
In private and public clinics, general practitioners, specialists in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and cardiology are most in demand. Often, doctors practice combining work in specialized clinics with consultations in private medical centers.
