Program overview

General Medicine

Field of study: Clinical Medicine

Level: Specialist's Degree

Code within the Russian education system: 31.05.01

Certificate, degree or qualification: Medical Doctor

Language of study: Russian, English

Mode of study: full-time

Duration: 6 years

Program Overview

The specialist’s degree program in General Medicine (hereinafter “the Program”) is designed to prepare a qualified physician, M.D. possessing a system of universal professional competencies, capable and ready for independent occupational practice.

An objective and qualification tasks of the Program are based on the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education for the specialty General Medicine (FSES GM) and the Professional Standard for a Physician, M.D.

The Federal State Education Standard of Higher Education for the specialty General Medicine (hereinafter “the Standard”) is developed with due regard to the results of international medical research and current trends in global healthcare. It states that the field of professional activity of graduates who have mastered the Program includes the protection of health of citizens by ensuring the provision of medical care in accordance with the established requirements and standards in the field of health care. The Standard is a complex of requirements imposed on the relevant educational level – specialist’s degree. The Standard provides equality of educational system in Russia, the continuity and variability of the main education programmes. It ensures the possession of a set of competencies established by the state as a result of education.

The Program will develop general cultural, general professional and professional competencies which will allow a graduate to carry out independent practice as a physician, M.D. Successful graduates will be able to solve the following professional tasks:

Medical activities:

prevention of the occurrence of diseases among the population through preventive and anti-epidemic measures;

conducting preventive medical examinations, periodic health examination, dispensary observation;

the collection and medical-statistical analysis of information on the health indicators of the population of different age and sex groups, characterizing their health status;

diagnosis of diseases and pathological conditions of patients;

diagnosis of emergency conditions;

pregnancy diagnosis;

examination of temporary disability and participation in other types of medical expertise;

provision of primary medical and sanitary care in outpatient and day care settings;

rendering primary medical and health care in case of sudden acute diseases, conditions, exacerbation of chronic diseases that are not accompanied by a threat to the patient’s life and do not require emergency medical care;

participation in the provision of emergency medical care in conditions requiring urgent medical intervention;

emergency medical care, including participation in medical evacuation;

participation in the conduct of medical rehabilitation and sanatorium-resort treatment;

formation of motivation among the population, patients and their family members, aimed at preserving and strengthening their health and the health of those around them;

patient education on basic hygiene measures of a health-improving nature, contributing to the prevention of the onset of diseases and health promotion;

organizational and management activities:

application of the basic principles of the organization of medical care in medical organizations and their structural units;

creation in medical organizations of favorable conditions for the stay of patients and the work of medical personnel;

keeping medical records in medical organizations;

organization of medical expert consultation;

participation in the organization of the assessment of the quality of care for patients;

compliance with basic information security requirements;

Research activities:

analysis of scientific literature and official statistical reviews, participation in the conduct of statistical analysis and public presentation of the results;

participation in solving individual research, scientific and applied tasks in the field of health care for diagnosis, treatment, medical rehabilitation and prevention.

Responsible Departments and Individuals

Department for International Students (Head - Ass. Prof. Elena V. Taptygina) - responsible for departments and academic staff implementing the programme and supervising international students.

Faculty of General Medicine (Dean – Ass. Prof. Andrey A. Gazenkampf)