The 6th Annual Congress of the European Society for Translational Medicine (EUSTM-2019) passed from 18 to 20 October 2019 in Vienna, Austria. Prof Kurmanova participated Congress with poster presentations.

EUSTM-2019 unites world leaders and experts from industry, academia, research institutions, service providers, SMEs, regulatory agencies and policy makers to discuss translational approaches and tools designed to accelerate research and develop novel diagnostics and therapeutics thereby reducing high cost budgets and attrition rates. Moreover, EUSTM Expert Panels will discuss and showcase latest developments in specific areas of disease modeling, biomarkers, orphan/rare diseases, clinical epidemiology, novel diagnostics and public health.

Unique exclusively to this congress will be our consensus building discussions on standardization of Preventive Medicine definition and elaboration of significance of Preventive Medicine tools and approaches including vaccines, clinical epidemiology, health promotion and others.

EUSTM provides the key to future success in translational medicine by offering an interdisciplinary forum to address current challenges and highlight novel solutions. The conference represents a unique opportunity for global networking with key opinion leaders and service providers. Participants will also include practicing physicians with clinical experience in various therapeutic areas and members of patient organizations. Pharma and biotech industries, medtech and medical instruments companies, consultancy firms, clinical research organizations and data management companies will showcase and exhibit their products and services.

As part of solving a strategic task to improve the quality of medical education and improve the pedagogical skills of medical education teachers, the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University begins work on the creation of the International Center for the preparation of licensed medical exams (IFOM and USMLE). As part of the creation of this center, the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University , together with Western Consulting and WOLFPACC (Florida, US), held a training seminar on preparation for the IFOM (International Foundation of Medicine) and the USMLE (United State Medical Licensing Exam) for teachers of medical schools, students, interns, residents and graduates of medical universities from 8 to 12 October 2018.

More than 200 students, interns, residents and teachers of medical universities of Kazakhstan took part in the seminar.

The lead lecturer, Dr. Hans Peter Wolf, is the author of the unique WOLFPACC method that helps students quickly and effectively in understanding the systems approach to standardized USMLE tests. In contrast to the classical approach with the study of each discipline separately, training is conducted on systems of organs, which allows integrating pharmacology, biochemistry, genetics and microbiology with pathophysiology and clinical manifestations.

The seminar included an introductory course of lectures in all disciplines. Dr. Wolf also answered all the organizational questions related to the preparation for the IFOM and the USMLE.