General Medicine in Samara State Medical University

Specialist’s program

Faculty of General Medicine

Dmitrii Iu. KONSTANTINOV,

Dean

Tel. + 7 846 332-35-79

E-mail: info@samsmu.ru

Achievements and awards. 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.

Teaching staff. The academic degree holders ratio is 85%, 35% have an academic degree of Doctor of Sciences. The teaching staff includes 1 Academician of the RAS, 5 Honored Science Workers, 22 Honored Doctors of the RF, 7 Honored Workers of Higher Education of the RF, 2 Honored Healthcare Workers, Excellent Workers of Public Health. There are 19 academic schools.

Facilities and resources. Training is provided at 53 departments, in seven academic buildings, at the university clinics, 85 clinical facilities and the multidisciplinary accreditation and simulation center. All classrooms are equipped with multimedia. There is an extensive library collection, two reading halls, two e-learning rooms.

Research. The most promising research areas: brain function research, a brain-machine interface, minimally invasive surgery with monitor visualization, prevention methods aimed at early detection of oncological diseases, modern methods of X-ray diagnostics, rehabilitation and physiotherapy.

Education. Advantages: strengthening vertical integration of basic and clinical disciplines, 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 Center for Breakthrough Studies of SamSMU, the Technopark, RECs.

Strategic partners. University of Greifswald and Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf (Germany), Goce Delcev University of Stip (Macedonia), Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne, University François-Rabelais of Tours (France).

International projects and programs. Thanks to cooperation with International Federation of Medical Students, students from 20 countries annually share their experience.

Assistance and support for foreign students and teachers. The Department of International Relations carries out international scientific and educational activities of the university, implements joint international projects.