Medical Institute n.a. Chkalov (now «The Orenburg State Medical Academy») was established in 1944. Classes began at the Department of General Medicine (4 course years). Official founders of the Institute are considered to be Lazarenko F.M., histologist, professor; Olifson L.E., chemist, associate professor; Silantyev A.K, associate professor, surgeon; the first director of the Institute was Fetisov N.V., surgeon-dentist. Department of Pediatrics was opened in 1970, a scientific-research laboratory was opened for exploration of mechanisms of natural immune system. Doctors Improvement Faculty was opened (now it is called Department of post-graduate training for specialists), student’s hostel № 3 and canteen were built in 1985. The institute continued its development in 1990-s, new departments, such as Department of higher nursing care and Department of preventive care, were opened. The Orenburg State Medical Academy opened 3 new departments in 2002 (Dental, Pharmaceutical, Department of clinical psychology) and became a higher educational institution with 8 departments.
Nowadays 555 members of scientific and research staff work at the Academy, there are 93 Doctors of Medicine and 298 Associates of Medicine among them. The Academy unites 8 departments in the following directions: General Medicine, Pediatrics, Preventive care, Clinical psychology, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing care and Department of post-graduate training for specialists, 56 chairs, preliminary courses for entering the Academy, internship, residency, post-graduate training and higher doctorate, 4 dissertation committees, scientific and innovative center of research coordination, the clinic, the laboratory of digital educational technologies, educational simulation center and other structural subdivisions.
There are the following programs of post-graduate professional education:
More than 3000 students and 1000 listeners at the Department of post-graduate training for specialist’s study at the Academy, about 500 professionals in Medicine graduate from the Academy every year. Leading national and foreign clinics are very interested in graduates of the Academy because of their high qualification.
The Academy has great influence on education, science, economy and social sphere of Orenburg and the Orenburg region.
Faculties of Orenburg State Medical Academy:
Department of General Medicine
Duration and mode of study – 6 years, full-time course of study.
Qualification after graduation from this department – “General medicine”.
Academic program. Curriculum for 6 years includes 21600 class hours; major subjects are studied for 6948 class hours.
Regular personnel. 26 Doctors of Medicine and 88 Candidates of Medicine teach at the department.
Clinical trials – more than 15 trials.
Practical training.
Post-graduate training. Internship in 18 specialities – 1 year of study. Residency training in 28 specialities – 2 years of study.
Department of Pediatrics
Duration and mode of study – 6 years, full-time course of study.
Qualification after graduation from this department – “Pediatrics”.
Academic program. Curriculum for 6 years includes 12960 class hours, major subjects are studied for 7596 class hours.
Regular personnel. 3 Doctors of Medicine and 17 Candidates of Medicine teach at the department.
Clinical trials – 6 trials.
Practical training.
Post-graduate training. Internship in specialty “Pediatrics” – 1 year of study. Residency training (2 years of study) in the following specialties: “Pediatrics”, “Neonatology”.
Dental Department
Duration and mode of study – 5 years, full-time course of study.
Qualification after graduation from this department – “Dentistry”.
Academic program. Curriculum for 5 years includes 10800 class hours; major subjects are studied for 3888 class hours.
Regular personnel. 17 Doctors of Medicine and 41 Candidates of Medicine teach at the department.
Clinical trials – 6 trials.
Practical training.
Post-graduate training. Internship in specialty “Dentist – general practitioner” – 1 year of study. Residency training is allowed only after post-graduate training, it takes 2 years of study in the following specialties: “Therapeutic dentistry”, “Surgical dentistry”, “Maxillo-facial surgery”, “Orthodontology”, “Prosthetic dentistry”, “Children’s dentistry”.
Department of preventive care
Duration and mode of study – 6 years, full-time course of study.
Qualification after graduation from this department – “Medical and preventative care”.
Academic program. Curriculum for 6 years includes 12960 class hours, major subjects are studied for 2443 class hours.
Regular personnel. 12 Doctors of Medicine and 30 Candidates of Medicine teach at the department.
Clinical trials – Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service in Orenburg region, Federal State-Funded Healthcare Institution “The center of hygiene and epidemiology in Orenburg region” and its affiliations.
Practical training.
Assistant of a physician at the Federal State-Funded Healthcare Institution “The center of hygiene and epidemiology” or a specialist at the Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service (after the 5th year of study).
Post-graduate training. Internship (1 year of study) and residency training (2 years of study) in the following specialties: “General hygiene”, “Epidemiology”.
Pharmaceutical Department
Duration and mode of study – 5 years, intra-extramural form of study and low residence education.
Qualification after graduation from this department – “Pharmacy, pharmaceutist”.
Academic program. Curriculum for 6 years includes 10800 class hours; major subjects are studied for 4104 class hours.
Regular personnel. 5 Doctors of Medicine and 9 Candidates of Medicine teach at the department.
Clinical trials – municipal and private drug-stores in Orenburg.
Practical training.
Post-graduate training. Internship (1 year of study) and residency training (2 years of study) in the following specialties: “Management and economy of pharmacy”, “Pharmaceutical technology”.
Department of Clinical Psychology
Duration and mode of study – 5,5 years, full-time course of study.
Qualification after graduation from this department – “Clinical psychology”.
Academic program. Curriculum for 5 years includes 11880 class hours; major subjects are studied for 6012 class hours.
Regular personnel. 3 Doctors of Medicine and 8 Candidates of Medicine teach at the department.
Clinical trials – more than 11 trials.
Practical training.
Post-graduate training. Upgrade qualifications once in 5 years or study of thematic courses for improvement.
Student Accommodation
There are three hostels at the Academy: no.1, no.2 and no.3. They were opened in 1961, 1964 and 1981 correspondingly. They became the second home for young people who came from different places.
All favorable conditions are created in the hostels: rooms for organization and running of events, sports areas, household rooms with all necessary equipment, personal hygiene rooms, libraries, Internet, cloak-rooms.
Main directions of work are:
Orenburg City
Orenburg is a city in the south of the Urals in Russia, the capital of the Orenburg region. The city stands on the Ural (former Yaik) River, near the mouth of the Sakmara River, 1,458 km south-east of Moscow. The unofficial name of Orenburg is “Asian capital” of Russia.
Orenburg features
The climate in Orenburg is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is minus 11.8 degrees Celsius, in July – plus 22.3 degrees Celsius.
Orenburg main industries are natural gas extracting, oil processing, machine-building and light industries.
On a pedestrian bridge across the Ural River there is a symbolic sign – a border between Europe and Asia. But this border is defined in different ways in various sources.
There is an international airport, Orenburg-Central named after Gagarin (IATA: REN, ICAO: UWOO), located 19 km east of the city. Flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Kazan, Ufa, Yekaterinburg are available.
Today, Orenburg has more than 30 hotels. The four-star hotels: business-hotel “Rostoshi”, “La Vie de Chateau”, “Steppe Palmira,” “Don Quixote”, “Orenburg”, “Fakel”. The three-star hotels: “Armada Comfort Hotel”, hotel “Rostoshi”, “Mia”, “Breeze”, “Victoria”, “Yuzhniye Vorota”, “Niva”.
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