General Medicine in Samara State Medical University

Specialist’s program

Institute of Clinical Medicine

Dmitrii Konstantinov, Director
+7 (846) 374-10-04, ext.4694
general@samsmu.ru

Accreditation. State accreditation.

Awards and achievements. In 2016 the program underwent international external expert evaluation according to the standards and criteria established by the National Centre for Public Accreditation in accordance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG-ENQA). Since 2013 the program has been recognized as the best as part of the annual project Best Educational Programs of Innovative Russia.

Admission requirements. Applicants who have at least secondary general education are admitted to the program if they successfully pass entrance exams in chemistry and biology.

Education. Training is provided in Russian and English. Practice-oriented and modular training, project activities, new information disciplines, a competency-based approach with active and interactive teaching methods, simulation technologies (computer-aided dummy
robots, virtual simulators of the 7th level of realism), the modern assessment system (multiple-choice questions-MCQ, a mini-clinical examination, an objective structured clinical examination-OSCE), collaboration with the Breakthrough Research Center, the research and production technology park, research and education centers.

Foreign nationals are taught by the most experienced teachers. Students are socialized so that they can adapt to Russia and learn Russian, familiarize themselves with Russian culture, traditions and lifestyle.

Each international student group has a tutor who helps students solve their social, everyday and other problems. International students take an active part in the university and interuniversity sports competitions, student springs, national evening parties and festivals.

Scholarships and grants. Students can get over 10 personal scholarships for their academic achievements.

Competitive advantages. Individual learning paths for students, development of international cooperation and academic student mobility, internships at foreign clinics as part of the IFMSA program. Most of the research is conducted to benefit applied medicine.

Employers and employment. The university actively cooperates with the leading medical organizations in Russia and foreign medical centers that provide recruiting services, which facilitates rapid and high-quality graduate employment.