VITEBSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (BGMU)
VITEBSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (BGMU)
by Study in Belarus on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 8:41pm ·
VITEBSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (BGMU)
Medicine is the noblest profession and the ideal path for a clever, kind, talented and sympathizing person to enter.Vitebsk state medical university could become for you a perfect starting point in the beginning of a new prestigious career. It has a log history and profound traditions, huge strive for progress and significant creative and intellectual potential of the working staff. All this allows us to state confidently and without any doubt: in medical science and education of the 21st century we shall take a worthy and merited place.
The system of higher education in Belarus is well formulated, advanced and at par with the western countries. Its standard with progressive and sophisticated teaching methods and scientific approaches has gained global recognition and are considered to be a one of the best in the world.Education of a doctor and pharmacist demands many skills in self –education ,steady persistence and immutable aspiration to master higher levels of knowledge and skills in he indicated speciality.In this connection we give special attention to introduction of the new advance and effective educational technologies, improvement of information supply of educational process, development of postgraduate forms of medical education and to expansion of contacts between specialists and universities of the neighboring countries.Vitebsk State Medical University is rated high in the world-rating systems ,its degrees are recognized by world health organization(WHO),educational commission for foreign medical graduates(ECFMG,Philadelphia,US),Lithuanian Center for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Lithuania),Ministry Of Education and Higher Learning(Republic Of Lebanon),Federation Credentials,Verrification Service(FCVS,Dallas,US),Medical council Of India,Sri Lanka,Ireland etc
Belarus… If translated, the name means “White Russia’’. A tender and poetic name that befits this country in the best way .”White’’ in this case, means clean, air and innocent. Perhaps, this is one of the few remaining places on our planet where one can see the amazing miracle of the untouched nature. It is surprising that right here in the very center of Europe time seems to have considerably slowed down its pace. People remain human and values stay eternal. Belarus is an island of calmness in the swirl of seething time, a place of wise harmony of the body and soul.Quite, benevolent and very friendly city of Vitebsk gains your favor and attention from the very first sight. Vitebsk is one of the oldest and most ancient towns in Belarus, it stretches on both banks of the river Western Dvina and has a very picturesque and glamorous site. Vitebsk today is a major industrial, scientific and cultural centre of Belarus. It has a lot of colleges of different structure and type ,4 of them are establishment of higher education.
Educational processes are organized at 58 departments, where 60 doctors and 181 candidates of sciences, including 39 professors and 145 associates’ professors, work.The educational departments are equipped with modern automatic apparatuses for training, sets of plastic models and phantoms, complex medical-diagnostic equipments. The teaching is supported with skilled pedagogical experience, highly-qualified research activity and great academic means of training. Ratio and 3 –stage system of student’s knowledge assessment is used at the university,(computer testing, practical skills and interview).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 0f the universities are the majority of city clinics containing necessary modern medical-diagnostics equipment. Total bed fund of clinical department is 4 200 beds. The main clinical bases of the university the Regional clinical hospital, Regional Oncological Health Centre, Hospital of Emergency Medical Health, Regional Children Clinical Hospital, VSMU .Clinic and others .There is perfect library at the University, available to each student and having a large number of books in all branches of knowledge in Russian and foreign languages. The majority of books are educational and scientific-methodical literature, unique editions of lectures, recommendation, monographs, scientific works and materials of conferences issued by various chairs.The unique electronic library in the republic of Belarus was founded in VSMU in 2003.The center is equipped with new computer equipment high internet speed connections. Teaching staff and student are given access to materials of scientific medical department, data bases “Medicines’’(Russia), “Medline” (The USA) “international Pharmaceutical Abstracts”(the USA)etc.There are 14 scientific-pedagogical schools in medical-biological, clinical, pharmaceuticals disciplines at VSMU which make a valuable contribution in to contemporary medical and pharmaceutical science and practice development in the republic of Belarus and CIS countries .Students scientific society has rich tradition and wide experience in the field of young scientist preparation.The scientific activity of VSMU is carried out in the following perspective scientific directions: field and extreme medicine, surgical diseases, 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, Infect logy”, “Bulletin of VSMU”, “Maternity and Childhood Protection”, published in large addition newspaper “Medvuzovets .
OVERSEAS STUDENTS TRAINING FACULTYIn 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. With in 25 years of the Overseas Students Training Faculty existence 1250 doctors and pharmacist have been prepared and now they are working successfully in 110 countries of the world.
PROCESS OF TRAININGUNDERGRADUATE TRAININGThe time-frame of academic year are strictly regulated. It is divided into two semesters: Autumn semester: September –January Spring semester: February – July. The training process in each semester is carried out according to the certified program & includes the precisely established number of disciplines to other semester are not allowed.Foreign citizen 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 accept the language of instruction. Educational process is organized on the basis of traditional European curriculum which includes lectures, seminars, laboratory at practical classes. Studying clinical subjects is organized in the forms of cycles (1 -3 weeks each).
RUSSIAN MEDIUM.A foreign student will be admitted to the basic course of training after completing Preparatory Training Course in which he studies Russian and other basic subjects such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
ENGLISH +RUSSIAN MEDIUM.Preliminary testing is biology, chemistry and English is foreseen and the required result should be no less than 50% in each subject. All the disciplines are taught not in English. 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)in order to prepare students to pass qualification Test in their native countries.
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Knowledge of Russian is required. The graduates make continue there medical education in clinical residency or post graduate training course in large number of specialist (Surgery,Pediatrics, Cardiology, Urology,Oncology, Traumatology etc.) Training in clinical residency is carried out according to the educational programme approved by the ministry of Health and lasts 2-4 years. It includes theoretical and practical aspects. After completing the course a clinical resident received the certificate.
Post graduate training course lasts three years .Research work is conducted individually or in groups of young scientists from various university departments. A post- graduate student passes examination and after graduation defends a thesis.
ACCOMMODATION After being admitted to the University each student is provided with a place in comfortable hostel, consisting of dwelling blocks each of them includes 2 double occupancy rooms, an attached kitchen, bathroom and WC. The standard accommodation fee is 250 USD place/per year, but it may be increase depending on the size of the room. There are gyms, concerts of halls, international club, canteen, cafes, rooms for rest, computer clubs with high –speed internet connection, etc.in the hostels. The reading halls work through out the night. The atmosphere in the hostel is friendly and collegial, with the strong feeling of community and harmony.
CANTEEN During the educational day students may visit the canteen or the café where they can have a meal or a hot drink.Off course every nation has its particular national cuisine.And though one will hardly find here famous Indian sweets Gulab Jamun or appetizing KUS-KUS so much loved by the Arabs, there is a very richAssortment and choice of tasty and delicious from fish, flour and diary products at very reasonable prizes.
CULTURAL LIFECultural life in the university is multinational in character. Every year there are several sports programme organized: cricket tournament, chess competition, football championship and other sport events. The immense number of culture festivals and celebration, which take place all year long, demonstrate international cultural diversity. The feasts; faculty day’s national student union holidays with the wide range of cultural activities present a perfect chance for foreign students to display their skills and abilities.
The variety of Belarusian countryside and land scapes offer many intrusting excursion traveling tours around the country to all tastes (Braslav lakes, Mir and Nesvizh castle, etc.)Student may enjoy this kind of activities all year round.
The University maintains a strong partnership between parents and the collage. For parents’ convenience and peace of mind the administration staff communicates with parents whatever possible, by phone fax and e mail to keep them abreast of their children’s performance.
Medicine is the noblest profession and the ideal path for a clever, kind, talented and sympathizing person to enter.Vitebsk state medical university could become for you a perfect starting point in the beginning of a new prestigious career. It has a log history and profound traditions, huge strive for progress and significant creative and intellectual potential of the working staff. All this allows us to state confidently and without any doubt: in medical science and education of the 21st century we shall take a worthy and merited place.
The system of higher education in Belarus is well formulated, advanced and at par with the western countries. Its standard with progressive and sophisticated teaching methods and scientific approaches has gained global recognition and are considered to be a one of the best in the world.Education of a doctor and pharmacist demands many skills in self –education ,steady persistence and immutable aspiration to master higher levels of knowledge and skills in he indicated speciality.In this connection we give special attention to introduction of the new advance and effective educational technologies, improvement of information supply of educational process, development of postgraduate forms of medical education and to expansion of contacts between specialists and universities of the neighboring countries.Vitebsk State Medical University is rated high in the world-rating systems ,its degrees are recognized by world health organization(WHO),educational commission for foreign medical graduates(ECFMG,Philadelphia,US),Lithuanian Center for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Lithuania),Ministry Of Education and Higher Learning(Republic Of Lebanon),Federation Credentials,Verrification Service(FCVS,Dallas,US),Medical council Of India,Sri Lanka,Ireland etc
Belarus… If translated, the name means “White Russia’’. A tender and poetic name that befits this country in the best way .”White’’ in this case, means clean, air and innocent. Perhaps, this is one of the few remaining places on our planet where one can see the amazing miracle of the untouched nature. It is surprising that right here in the very center of Europe time seems to have considerably slowed down its pace. People remain human and values stay eternal. Belarus is an island of calmness in the swirl of seething time, a place of wise harmony of the body and soul.Quite, benevolent and very friendly city of Vitebsk gains your favor and attention from the very first sight. Vitebsk is one of the oldest and most ancient towns in Belarus, it stretches on both banks of the river Western Dvina and has a very picturesque and glamorous site. Vitebsk today is a major industrial, scientific and cultural centre of Belarus. It has a lot of colleges of different structure and type ,4 of them are establishment of higher education.
Educational processes are organized at 58 departments, where 60 doctors and 181 candidates of sciences, including 39 professors and 145 associates’ professors, work.The educational departments are equipped with modern automatic apparatuses for training, sets of plastic models and phantoms, complex medical-diagnostic equipments. The teaching is supported with skilled pedagogical experience, highly-qualified research activity and great academic means of training. Ratio and 3 –stage system of student’s knowledge assessment is used at the university,(computer testing, practical skills and interview).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 0f the universities are the majority of city clinics containing necessary modern medical-diagnostics equipment. Total bed fund of clinical department is 4 200 beds. The main clinical bases of the university the Regional clinical hospital, Regional Oncological Health Centre, Hospital of Emergency Medical Health, Regional Children Clinical Hospital, VSMU .Clinic and others .There is perfect library at the University, available to each student and having a large number of books in all branches of knowledge in Russian and foreign languages. The majority of books are educational and scientific-methodical literature, unique editions of lectures, recommendation, monographs, scientific works and materials of conferences issued by various chairs.The unique electronic library in the republic of Belarus was founded in VSMU in 2003.The center is equipped with new computer equipment high internet speed connections. Teaching staff and student are given access to materials of scientific medical department, data bases “Medicines’’(Russia), “Medline” (The USA) “international Pharmaceutical Abstracts”(the USA)etc.There are 14 scientific-pedagogical schools in medical-biological, clinical, pharmaceuticals disciplines at VSMU which make a valuable contribution in to contemporary medical and pharmaceutical science and practice development in the republic of Belarus and CIS countries .Students scientific society has rich tradition and wide experience in the field of young scientist preparation.The scientific activity of VSMU is carried out in the following perspective scientific directions: field and extreme medicine, surgical diseases, 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, Infect logy”, “Bulletin of VSMU”, “Maternity and Childhood Protection”, published in large addition newspaper “Medvuzovets .
OVERSEAS STUDENTS TRAINING FACULTYIn 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. With in 25 years of the Overseas Students Training Faculty existence 1250 doctors and pharmacist have been prepared and now they are working successfully in 110 countries of the world.
PROCESS OF TRAININGUNDERGRADUATE TRAININGThe time-frame of academic year are strictly regulated. It is divided into two semesters: Autumn semester: September –January Spring semester: February – July. The training process in each semester is carried out according to the certified program & includes the precisely established number of disciplines to other semester are not allowed.Foreign citizen 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 accept the language of instruction. Educational process is organized on the basis of traditional European curriculum which includes lectures, seminars, laboratory at practical classes. Studying clinical subjects is organized in the forms of cycles (1 -3 weeks each).
RUSSIAN MEDIUM.A foreign student will be admitted to the basic course of training after completing Preparatory Training Course in which he studies Russian and other basic subjects such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
ENGLISH +RUSSIAN MEDIUM.Preliminary testing is biology, chemistry and English is foreseen and the required result should be no less than 50% in each subject. All the disciplines are taught not in English. 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)in order to prepare students to pass qualification Test in their native countries.
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Knowledge of Russian is required. The graduates make continue there medical education in clinical residency or post graduate training course in large number of specialist (Surgery,Pediatrics, Cardiology, Urology,Oncology, Traumatology etc.) Training in clinical residency is carried out according to the educational programme approved by the ministry of Health and lasts 2-4 years. It includes theoretical and practical aspects. After completing the course a clinical resident received the certificate.
Post graduate training course lasts three years .Research work is conducted individually or in groups of young scientists from various university departments. A post- graduate student passes examination and after graduation defends a thesis.
ACCOMMODATION After being admitted to the University each student is provided with a place in comfortable hostel, consisting of dwelling blocks each of them includes 2 double occupancy rooms, an attached kitchen, bathroom and WC. The standard accommodation fee is 250 USD place/per year, but it may be increase depending on the size of the room. There are gyms, concerts of halls, international club, canteen, cafes, rooms for rest, computer clubs with high –speed internet connection, etc.in the hostels. The reading halls work through out the night. The atmosphere in the hostel is friendly and collegial, with the strong feeling of community and harmony.
CANTEEN During the educational day students may visit the canteen or the café where they can have a meal or a hot drink.Off course every nation has its particular national cuisine.And though one will hardly find here famous Indian sweets Gulab Jamun or appetizing KUS-KUS so much loved by the Arabs, there is a very richAssortment and choice of tasty and delicious from fish, flour and diary products at very reasonable prizes.
CULTURAL LIFECultural life in the university is multinational in character. Every year there are several sports programme organized: cricket tournament, chess competition, football championship and other sport events. The immense number of culture festivals and celebration, which take place all year long, demonstrate international cultural diversity. The feasts; faculty day’s national student union holidays with the wide range of cultural activities present a perfect chance for foreign students to display their skills and abilities.
The variety of Belarusian countryside and land scapes offer many intrusting excursion traveling tours around the country to all tastes (Braslav lakes, Mir and Nesvizh castle, etc.)Student may enjoy this kind of activities all year round.
The University maintains a strong partnership between parents and the collage. For parents’ convenience and peace of mind the administration staff communicates with parents whatever possible, by phone fax and e mail to keep them abreast of their children’s performance.
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