ВИТЕБСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ МЕДИЦИНСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ,
БЕЛАРУСЬ
VITEBSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (VSMU)
Today educational process is carried out at 7 faculties:
 Preparatory Training Course
 General Medicine
 Pharmaceutical Faculty
 Stomatological Faculty
 Overseas Students Training Faculty
 Post-graduate Training Faculty
 Faculty of Pedagogics and Psychology of Higher School
Educational process is organized at 60 departments, where 57 doctors and 225
candidates of sciences, including 45 professors and 170 assistant professors, work. The
educational departments are equipped with modern automatic apparatuses for training,
sets of plastic models and phantoms, complex medical-diagnostic equipment. The
teaching is supported with skilled pedagogical experience, highly - qualified research
activity and great academic means of training.
Ratio and 3-stage system of students’ knowledge assessment is used at the
university (computer testing, practical skills and interview).
Clinical Bases of the University
To improve the quality of teaching educative-industrial pharmacy, dental clinic, and
control-analytic laboratory were created where students are able to put the accepted
knowledge into practice.
Clinical bases of the University are the majority of city clinics containing necessary
modern medical-diagnostic equipment. Total bed fund of clinical departments is 4 200
beds. The main clinical bases of the university are Regional Clinical Hospital, Regional
Oncological Heath Centre, Hospital of Emergency Medical Help, Regional Children
Clinical Hospital, VSMU Clinic and others.
Scientific research
There are 14 scientific-pedagogical schools in medical-biological, clinical,
pharmaceutical disciplines at VSMU which make a valuable contribution into
contemporary medical and pharmaceutical science and practice development in the
Republic of Belarus and CIS countries. Students scientific society has rich traditions and
wide experience in the field of young scientists preparation. The scientific activity of
VSMU is carried out in the following perspective scientific directions: field and extremal
medicine, surgical diseases, medical aids, infection, prophylaxis and treatment of heartvascular system, traumas, oncology, healthy mother – healthy child, prophylaxis of
alcoholism, drug addiction and psychosomatic diseases, internal diseases; organization,
management and economy of health care system.
The University edits scientific practical magazines “News of Surgery”, “Bulletin of
Pharmacy”, “Immunology, Allergology, Infectology”, “Bulletin of VSMU”, “Maternity and
Childhood Protection”, published in large editions newspaper “Medvuzovets”.
Overseas Students Training Faculty
In 1981 by the decision of Ministry of Education and Ministry of Public Health
Services of the USSR Vitebsk State Medical Institute was the first in Belarus to receive
the right of training medical staff for foreign countries. During the work of the Overseas
Students Training Faculty existence 1500 doctors and pharmacists have been prepared
and now they are working successfully in 110 countries of the world.
Undergraduate Training
Foreign citizens are offered two forms of training: Russian Medium and English +
Russian Medium (General Medicine only). The curriculum of both forms of training is the
same except the language of instruction. Educational process is organized on the basis
of traditional European curriculum which includes lectures, seminars, laboratory and
practical classes. Studying clinical subjects is organized in the form of cycles (1-3
weeks each). Starting from the 5th course additional elective courses are conducted in
English (Hospital Surgery, Hospital Therapy, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics,
Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Infectious Diseases).
Postgraduate Training
The graduates may continue their medical education in clinical residency or
postgraduate training course in a large number of specialities (Surgery, Pediatrics,
Cardiology, Urology, Oncology, Traumatology etc.) Training in clinical residency is
carried out according to the Educational Program approved by the Ministry of Health
and lasts 2-4 years. It includes theoretical and practical aspects. After completing the
course a clinical resident receives the Certificate. Postgraduate Training Course lasts 34 years. Research work is conducted individually or in groups of young scientists from
various University departments. A post-graduate student passes examinations and after
graduation defends a thesis.
Information about the intended TEMPUS project
We are interested in wide number of themes concerning the improvement of higher
education in general or just education in the sphere of medical science. Topics we are
interested in are creating models improving the quality of high education, working out
ways of improving student mobility, developing new educational programmes,
standardization of education, education process of the I and II stages and so on.
Project proposal/description
Right now we have no finally developed project but we are ready to realize our ideas
in the sphere of higher medical education and higher education in general. We are
intended to become an effective member of consortium in multi-country or national joint
projects.
Previous international experience:
It’s our first attempt in TEMPUS Programme therefore all possible help is highly
appreciated.
Please contact:
Goncharova Alina Vladimirovna
Inspector of International Department of VSMU
+375-212-241791
interdep.vitmed@gmai.com