В086 General medicine  

Description of the educational program

The educational program is based on a competency-based approach. The final learning outcomes are formulated in accordance with the recommendations of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the standards of the World Federation of Medical Education - WFME (World Federation of Medical Education) - Global Standards for Quality Improvement in Medical Education.

The teaching strategy is based on the use of active teaching methods, clinical teaching at the University Clinic and other clinical sites, project-based teaching, and creative assignments. The use of active teaching methods made it possible to completely rebuild the curriculum according to a modular principle with integrated teaching aimed at the practical application of knowledge and effective clinical training. An assessment system is provided with an increase in the proportion of the practical component from course to course using the most valid methods according to the final results of each discipline and each course of study, in accordance with the options of the International Foundations of Medicine (IFOM - International foundations of Medicine).

When developing the Educational Program in order to introduce the best practices of recognized international medical schools into the educational process, the programs of Doctor of Medicine of the School of Medicine of Harvard University, Oxford University, National University of Singapore (NUS) were analyzed and taken into account.

Duration of training

5 years

Mission: to provide training of competitive specialists, with a high level of professional and human competence, with sufficient knowledge, able to absorb new knowledge objects, as well as generate new knowledge in the health care system, formulate production tasks in a professional language and solve them using modern technologies;

competitive in the domestic and international labor market in accordance with their needs and prospects for the development of the country and region with an active citizenship based on the ideas of peace, goodness and justice

Purpose (goal) of the educational program - provide training highly skilled and competitive health care professionals with the knowledge and skills that can learn new objects of knowledge and generate new knowledge in the field of health, able to provide individual primary and continuous health care for individuals, families and the general public.  

Graduate model

1. To apply detailed knowledge of the typical structure and functions of the human body at the level from molecules to cells organs and the whole organism; apply knowledge of the main pathological process and biological damage that they cause.
2. Collect information from patients and other sources related to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of common and emergency conditions, including the performance of diagnostic procedures;
3. Identify and interpret the clinical symptoms and syndromes, the data of laboratory and instrumental methods of research of patients with the most common diseases in their typical manifestation and course in the age aspect, interpret, analyze, evaluate and prioritize relevant data for developing a plan for diagnosing and managing a disease, including initiating appropriate interventions. 
4. Integrate clinical skills and knowledge to provide indivilualized approach in the treatment of a specific patient and the strengthening of health in accordance with it needs, ,ake professional desicions based the analysis of the rationality of diagnosis and applying the principles of evidence-based and personalised medicine.
5. Apply knowledge of the basic principles of human behavior for effective communication and treatment and diagnostic process in compliance with the principles of ethics and deontology; apply knowledge of the patient's psychology, taking into account cultural characteristics and race; demonstrate skills in teamwork, organization and management of the diagnostic and treatment process; effectively build a dynamic doctor-patient relationship that occurs before, during and after medical treatment; effectively communicate oral and written medical information to provide safe and effective patient care; work effectively in an interprofessional / multidisciplinary team with other healthcare professionals;
6. Provide medical care for the most common diseases in patients of all age groups, for urgent and life-threatening conditions;
7. To apply knowledge of the rights, duties and ways of protecting the rightsof the physician and the patient, including the child as a patient, in their professional activities; apply medical knowledge, clinical skills and professional attitude to the patient regardless of his age, culture, faith, traditions, nationality, lifestyle.
8. Analyze and maintain the necessary documentation and organisation of documents in health care organization; the use of modern information and digital technology and health information systems for professional applications. 
9. Apply knowledge of the priciples and methods of formation a healthy human and family life, population health, apply kniwledge of a set factors that determine health and disease for the purpose of prevention

10. Demonstrate adherence to the highest standards of professional responsibility and integrity; comply with ethical principles in all professional interactions with patients, families, colleagues and society at large, regardless of ethnicity, culture, gender, economic status or sexual orientation;

11. demonstrate the need for continuous professional training and improvement of their knowledge and skills throughout their professional life;

12. demonstrate the skills of conducting scientific research, the desire for new knowledge and the transfer of knowledge to others

academic mobility

Features of the educational program

The form of study is daytime,

Language of instruction: Kazakh, Russian, English