Kyrgyz State Medical Academy
Encyclopedia
The Kyrgyz State Medical Institute was opened on the 1st September 1939 in city of Bishkek (formerly Frunze) with recruitment of 200 students. The establishment of the Institute was invaluably contributed to by the 1-st Moscow Medical Institute, high medical school
s of Saint-Petersburg
, Almaty, Tashkent and other medical institutions as well. They provided expertise and organizational assistance, medical guidelines and training books as well as faculty staff to do a full-time job for the Institute.
from more than thirty countries. At present more than 12000 students are studying at the Medical Institute, including 1735 students from other countries such as USA, Israel, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Instruction is in both English and Russian.
The Medical Institute awards the degree of M.D. It is accredited, recognised and listed with the World Health Organization
(WHO), Medical Council of Nepal,Medical Council of India (MCI) Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG
) in the USA, IIME and the International Medical Education Directory
(IMED), so its degree is recognized all over the world.
This gives Medical Institute graduates the ability to continue postgraduate education
in other countries in America and Europe.
All clinical hospitals at the Medical Institute are equipped to train students. In particular, all types of diagnostics, thermovision, angiography, endoscopic technique
, highly effective means of treatment by hyperbaric oxygenation
, laser therapy, modern efferent methods of de-toxication and many others are widely.
website Kyrgyz State Medical Academy http://www.ksma.edu.kg
1. Training of teachers and development of educational programs for managers in the public health system, policymakers in public health system and practitioners, family physicians and nurses with higher education
degree.
2. Implementation of two modeling family clinics (one city, another rural) that will form educational base for the КSМА and its curricula. Creation of conditions for programs implementation of healthy communities on sites of service of two modeling clinics.
3. Implementation on the clinical bases of clinical and administrative reports and programs, and also modeling strategy on strengthening health and diseases' prevention.
Under this partnership cooperation was launched between the КSМА and University of South Florida
, which successfully develops in the field of Public Health.
Between the КSМА and Clinic of Manual, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
of the Zurich University
the agreement was concluded on cooperation, which envisages joint scientific and clinical researches, an exchange of experts, organization of joint discussions, international conferences and trainings.
During several years there's been a Plastination Centre in Medical Academy, which was established under cooperation of the KSMA with Institute of Plastination of the Heidelberg University
(Germany). On the basis of the Institute of Plastination, КSМА opened its museum of plastination
, analogues of which can be found only in Germany and China. Pursuing the goal of the subsequent intensification and expansion of cooperation in the field of higher education the Medical Academy has signed agreements on cooperation with Mudonzjan Medical Institute (the People's Republic of China), with Novosibirsk State Medical Academy
(Russia), with Turkmen State Medical Institute (Turkmenistan) and the second Tashkent State Medical Institute (Uzbekistan).
Partners of KSMA:
American International Healthcare Union, USA
Minnesota University
, USA
University of West Florida
, USA
University of Nevada
, USA
DAAD
, Germany
Martin College, UK
School of Biology, University of Salford
, UK
University of Pirkanma Polytechnic, Finland
Zurich University, Switzerland
Moscow Medical University, Russia
General medicine - 6 years, Pediatrics - 6 years
Faculties of "General medicine" and "Pediatrics" are involved in production of highly skilled medical experts for systems of public health
services of Kyrgyzstan and foreign countries in the highest priority areas of medical activities.
The program of "General medicine" is aimed at training of the doctor (MD) with the subsequent post diploma specialization. The program is constructed according to standards of medical universities of the CIS and countries of Europe. The Institute offers both government supported training and that on a contractual basis.
Training in Institute is conducted by the best teachers of the Kyrgyz Republic
in groups with a small number of students.
Since 2001 the КSМА uses a new method of training under the curriculum "General medicine" in English with simultaneous deeper learning of Russian.
Curricula of "General medicine" programs authorized by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic are designed according to the state educational standards, programs of leading world educational centers, in view of own methodical development which include the following disciplines:
• general educational;
• medical and biological;
• clinical; and
• the major subjects:
- surgery - pediatrics - therapy - microsurgery - ophthalmology
- neurosurgery - gynecology - vascular surgery
- venerealogy
- cardiology - oncology - allergology etc.
Program of pediatric faculty alongside with studying of fundamental and major medical subjects is focused on studying of features of children bodies, its preventive maintenance
, diagnostics and treatment of children diseases.
Curricula of pediatrics faculty include the following disciplines:
• general educational;
• medical and biological;
• clinical; and
• the specialized subjects:
- surgery - children's surgery - therapy - neonatology - ophthalmology - endocrinology - obstetrics and gynecology
- cardiology - venerealogy - allergology - oncology - hematology - pediatrics
- phthisiology etc.
The library is organized in 1939 together with KSMA. Today there are more than 400 000 books, 16 branches of the library, 5 reading halls.
Apart from conventional books and journals, a CD-ROM
facility having exhaustive electronic medical literature
is also available.
A number of magazines and newspapers are subscribed for the patients. Numerous books from all over the world provide a lot of information in drug services and clinical medicine. Medical library
also provides knowledge-based information to employees. Medical staff and resident physicians to aid in-patient care excellence and operational efficiency. The library staff that is overseen by a library Committee looks after the day-to-day affairs of the library.
In 2005, the electronic library
in KSMA was established. There are two reading halls with computers with medical education materials.
and billiard parlor, working as a cafe in the evening. Connection to the Internet is also available in every room.
There is also mess system near the hostel but mostly foreign student's do self-cooking in the hostel. There is separate upper floor for female students.
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
s of Saint-Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Almaty, Tashkent and other medical institutions as well. They provided expertise and organizational assistance, medical guidelines and training books as well as faculty staff to do a full-time job for the Institute.
About KSMA
During the years of its existence, the Medical Academy has trained foreign studentsInternational student
According to Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development , international students are those who travel to a country different from their own for the purpose of tertiary study. Despite that, the definition of international students varies in each country in accordance to their own national...
from more than thirty countries. At present more than 12000 students are studying at the Medical Institute, including 1735 students from other countries such as USA, Israel, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Instruction is in both English and Russian.
The Medical Institute awards the degree of M.D. It is accredited, recognised and listed with the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO), Medical Council of Nepal,Medical Council of India (MCI) Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
Through its program of certification, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates assesses the readiness of international medical graduates to enter residency or fellowship programs in the United States that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education...
) in the USA, IIME and the International Medical Education Directory
International Medical Education Directory
The International Medical Education Directory is a public database of worldwide medical schools. The IMED is published as a joint collaboration of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research...
(IMED), so its degree is recognized all over the world.
This gives Medical Institute graduates the ability to continue postgraduate education
Postgraduate education
Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...
in other countries in America and Europe.
All clinical hospitals at the Medical Institute are equipped to train students. In particular, all types of diagnostics, thermovision, angiography, endoscopic technique
Endoscopy
Endoscopy means looking inside and typically refers to looking inside the body for medical reasons using an endoscope , an instrument used to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike most other medical imaging devices, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ...
, highly effective means of treatment by hyperbaric oxygenation
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Hyperbaric medicine, also known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy , is the medical use of oxygen at a level higher than atmospheric pressure. The equipment required consists of a pressure chamber, which may be of rigid or flexible construction, and a means of delivering 100% oxygen...
, laser therapy, modern efferent methods of de-toxication and many others are widely.
website Kyrgyz State Medical Academy http://www.ksma.edu.kg
Foreign Relations
Basic goals of the partnership1. Training of teachers and development of educational programs for managers in the public health system, policymakers in public health system and practitioners, family physicians and nurses with higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
degree.
2. Implementation of two modeling family clinics (one city, another rural) that will form educational base for the КSМА and its curricula. Creation of conditions for programs implementation of healthy communities on sites of service of two modeling clinics.
3. Implementation on the clinical bases of clinical and administrative reports and programs, and also modeling strategy on strengthening health and diseases' prevention.
Under this partnership cooperation was launched between the КSМА and University of South Florida
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
, which successfully develops in the field of Public Health.
Between the КSМА and Clinic of Manual, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Reconstructive surgery
Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body, although Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons and Otolaryngologists do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer.Other...
of the Zurich University
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....
the agreement was concluded on cooperation, which envisages joint scientific and clinical researches, an exchange of experts, organization of joint discussions, international conferences and trainings.
During several years there's been a Plastination Centre in Medical Academy, which was established under cooperation of the KSMA with Institute of Plastination of the Heidelberg University
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
The Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg is a public research university located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386, it is the oldest university in Germany and was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire. Heidelberg has been a coeducational institution...
(Germany). On the basis of the Institute of Plastination, КSМА opened its museum of plastination
Plastination
Plastination is a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample....
, analogues of which can be found only in Germany and China. Pursuing the goal of the subsequent intensification and expansion of cooperation in the field of higher education the Medical Academy has signed agreements on cooperation with Mudonzjan Medical Institute (the People's Republic of China), with Novosibirsk State Medical Academy
Novosibirsk State Medical Academy
Novosibirsk State Medical Academy - a medical academy in Novosibirsk, Russia for training qualified doctors.It was organized in 1935 when the medical faculty was opened. Until 1999 it was known as the Novosibirsk medical institute. From 2005 it is the Novosibirsk medical academy. From 1996 to...
(Russia), with Turkmen State Medical Institute (Turkmenistan) and the second Tashkent State Medical Institute (Uzbekistan).
Partners of KSMA:
American International Healthcare Union, USA
Minnesota University
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, USA
University of West Florida
University of West Florida
The University of West Florida, also known as West Florida and UWF, is a mid-sized public university located in Pensacola, Florida, United States. UWF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. The University of West Florida is a Research University, which specializes in...
, USA
University of Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...
, USA
DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
, Germany
Martin College, UK
School of Biology, University of Salford
University of Salford
The University of Salford is a campus university based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England with approximately 20,000 registered students. The main campus is about west of Manchester city centre, on the A6, opposite the former home of the physicist, James Prescott Joule and the Working Class...
, UK
University of Pirkanma Polytechnic, Finland
Zurich University, Switzerland
Moscow Medical University, Russia
Faculties
Institute of Medicine prepares experts in two specialtiesGeneral medicine - 6 years, Pediatrics - 6 years
Faculties of "General medicine" and "Pediatrics" are involved in production of highly skilled medical experts for systems of public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
services of Kyrgyzstan and foreign countries in the highest priority areas of medical activities.
The program of "General medicine" is aimed at training of the doctor (MD) with the subsequent post diploma specialization. The program is constructed according to standards of medical universities of the CIS and countries of Europe. The Institute offers both government supported training and that on a contractual basis.
Training in Institute is conducted by the best teachers of the Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
in groups with a small number of students.
Since 2001 the КSМА uses a new method of training under the curriculum "General medicine" in English with simultaneous deeper learning of Russian.
Curricula of "General medicine" programs authorized by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic are designed according to the state educational standards, programs of leading world educational centers, in view of own methodical development which include the following disciplines:
• general educational;
• medical and biological;
• clinical; and
• the major subjects:
- surgery - pediatrics - therapy - microsurgery - ophthalmology
- neurosurgery - gynecology - vascular surgery
Vascular surgery
Vascular surgery is a specialty of surgery in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction. The specialty evolved from general and cardiac surgery...
- venerealogy
- cardiology - oncology - allergology etc.
Program of pediatric faculty alongside with studying of fundamental and major medical subjects is focused on studying of features of children bodies, its preventive maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Preventive maintenance has the following meanings:#The care and servicing by personnel for the purpose of maintaining equipment and facilities in satisfactory operating condition by providing for systematic inspection, detection, and correction of incipient failures either before they occur or...
, diagnostics and treatment of children diseases.
Curricula of pediatrics faculty include the following disciplines:
• general educational;
• medical and biological;
• clinical; and
• the specialized subjects:
- surgery - children's surgery - therapy - neonatology - ophthalmology - endocrinology - obstetrics and gynecology
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Obstetrics and gynaecology are the two surgical–medical specialties dealing with the female reproductive organs in their pregnant and non-pregnant state, respectively, and as such are often combined to form a single medical specialty and postgraduate training programme...
- cardiology - venerealogy - allergology - oncology - hematology - pediatrics
- phthisiology etc.
The library is organized in 1939 together with KSMA. Today there are more than 400 000 books, 16 branches of the library, 5 reading halls.
Apart from conventional books and journals, a CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
facility having exhaustive electronic medical literature
Medical journal
A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...
is also available.
A number of magazines and newspapers are subscribed for the patients. Numerous books from all over the world provide a lot of information in drug services and clinical medicine. Medical library
Medical library
A health or medical library is designed to assist physicians, health professionals, students, patients, consumers and medical researchers in finding health and scientific information to improve, update, assess or evaluate health care. Medical libraries are typically found in hospitals, medical...
also provides knowledge-based information to employees. Medical staff and resident physicians to aid in-patient care excellence and operational efficiency. The library staff that is overseen by a library Committee looks after the day-to-day affairs of the library.
In 2005, the electronic library
Digital library
A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks...
in KSMA was established. There are two reading halls with computers with medical education materials.
Hostel accommodation
International students live in the student’s hostel, located close to the institution, in well arranged and furnished single or double rooms. In the building of the hostel there is the student’s canteen with a snack barSnack food
A snack is a portion of food oftentimes smaller than that of a regular meal, that is generally eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home....
and billiard parlor, working as a cafe in the evening. Connection to the Internet is also available in every room.
There is also mess system near the hostel but mostly foreign student's do self-cooking in the hostel. There is separate upper floor for female students.