Far Eastern Medical University is one of the oldest higher educational institutions of the city of Khabarovsk, which was opened in 1929. Currently, several faculties operate on its basis (medical, pediatric, dental, biomedicine and pharmacy, medical and humanitarian), as well as the Institute of Continuing Professional Education and Accreditation. The university is headed by Acting Rector Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Zhmerenetsky.
University History
Far Eastern Medical University was a must. Due to the lack of professional medical personnel, the development of healthcare in this part of the country in the early years of Soviet power was problematic. Because of this, the development of infrastructure throughout the Far East was hindered. At that time, the country had relatively few medical faculties; they were not able to provide qualified personnel to the remote corners of the country, to which Khabarovsk also belonged.
Far Eastern Medical University was established in 1929. According to the decision of the Presidium, it was decided to start building a higher educational institution in this city. Initially, the institute was located in a two-story building of the former Lenin school, in which, before the revolution, there was a female gymnasium. Now one of the buildings of the Far Eastern Federal Medical University is working here.
Initially, a dormitory was located on the top floor. In 1935, two more floors were added. The first 106 students started classes five years earlier. They had to face a lot of difficulties initially. Student enrollment was difficult, as there were few among the local youth who had nine grades of education. In the early years, local authorities emphasized that the number of students is much lower than the need for doctors that the region is experiencing.
Therefore, since 1931 a working faculty was organized, one of the departments of which was even opened in the city of Artem. It held pre-university training for future students who initially did not have a completed secondary education, were not ready to immediately go to the Far Eastern Medical University. The need for a working faculty persisted until 1938, after which the situation improved somewhat.
Difficulties in the early years of the university were associated with a catastrophic lack of teaching aids and necessary equipment, and the lack of a reading room. The base for the institution was a railway, regional and psychiatric hospital, as well as a military hospital.
By 1935, most of the existing problems were resolved. By that time, 23 departments had already worked at the university, more than five hundred students were studying. In the same year, the very first graduation took place, 70 people received diplomas. The remaining 36 students who fell into the first stream graduated only to the third year, becoming holders of secondary medical specialties.
At present, the Far Eastern State Medical University FSBEI HPE recruits approximately two hundred applicants to one faculty each year. The university has a qualified staff of employees who are ready to transfer experience and knowledge to the younger generation. At the moment, there are three dormitories in the infrastructure of a higher educational institution in which visiting students settle.
Along with the Far Eastern Medical University in Vladivostok, the Pacific State Medical University operates . This is another major specialized educational institution in this part of the country, performing the task of providing the Far East with qualified medical personnel.
University leadership
At the moment, the university is headed by a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Zhmerenetsky. The rector of the Far Eastern State Medical University is 46 years old, he is a graduate of the medical faculty of this university.
In 2001, he began teaching, eventually became an assistant professor of faculty therapy. From 2006 to 2012 he was dean of the medical faculty of the Far Eastern State Medical University (Far Eastern State Medical University).
In 20098, Zhmerenetsky defended his doctoral dissertation on cardiovascular diseases. Until 2016, he worked as vice-rector for international relations and scientific work.
In the leadership of the Far Eastern Federal Medical University, he is assisted by the vice-rector for scientific work Elena Nikolaevna Sazonova, the vice-rector for educational work Tatyana Vladimirovna Chepel, the vice-rector for social partnership and medical work Marina Fyodorovna Rzyankina, the vice-rector for public relations and international activity Andrei Borisovich Petrenko, the vice-rector for purchases Tatyana Ivanovna Kroon and vice-rector for general issues Dmitry Ivanovich Kravchenko.
Medical Faculty
The Faculty of Medicine of the Far Eastern State Medical University in Khabarovsk is the oldest in the university. It was opened in 1930, the very first 106 applicants who laid the foundation for glorious university traditions entered it.
At that time, only 16 teachers were engaged in their training, among whom there were only three professors. All the necessary departments were formed by 1935, when the very first graduation of applicants from the medical faculty took place.
Its formation and development went in parallel with the university itself, which at that time was the only medical institution of higher education in the Far East.
If the very first students experienced serious difficulties, they did not even have enough teaching aids, today all these problems are behind. The library of the Far Eastern Medical University has more than 550 thousand books in its collections, of which about six thousand are published in foreign languages. The constantly updated fund of periodicals is about three hundred specialized publications. About 800 people become visitors to the library daily.
The dean of the Faculty of Medicine is Sergey Nikolaevich Kiselev, MD.
Faculty of Pediatrics
The pediatric faculty at the university was established in 1958. Its creation required a significant reorganization of student training. Currently, eight departments are open at it, three of which are specialized.
If the first graduation of pediatricians took place in 1963, then 122 qualified specialists received diplomas, then since then every year several hundred people learn the intricacies of treating childhood diseases. Currently, 741 students are studying at the faculty of pediatrics.
Teaching is conducted in close collaboration with the faculty of the Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health. The department is headed by Olga Viktorovna Kaplieva, candidate of medical sciences.
Faculty of Dentistry
This division of the university began its work in 1979, the faculty is considered one of the youngest. For five years they have been trained in the specialty "Dentistry". Then, a two-year clinical residency in orthopedic, therapeutic, surgical or pediatric dentistry is provided, another existing option is orthodontics.
The leadership of the university constantly notes that active scientific work is being conducted at the faculty. During its existence, already 35 graduates defended their thesis.
Future dentists undergo training at local clinics. The department is headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences Alexander Vladimirovich Yurkevich.
Faculty of Biomedicine and Pharmacy
The training of specialists at this faculty, which was originally called pharmaceutical, has been conducted since 1964. He became the first among all medical universities in the Far East, which began to graduate pharmacists with higher education.
The history of the faculty has overcome three stages of its development. In 1981, a pharmaceutical institute was opened at its base. It was decided to join him back to the Far Eastern Federal Medical University in 1995. This made it possible to significantly strengthen the personnel potential and material and technical base.
Since 2016, a new page has opened in the development of the faculty, it began to prepare students in the specialty "Medical Biochemistry". He got his current name quite recently - in 2017. Lists of applicants from the Far Eastern Medical University in the first year confirmed that the new specialty is very popular and in demand.
The educational process in the specialty "Pharmacy" consists of five cycles. The department is headed by Elena Vladimirovna Slobodenyuk, Doctor of Biological Sciences.
Faculty of Medicine and Humanities
This is the youngest faculty in the university, which earned only in 1998. Now his dean is candidate of medical sciences Evgeny Valentinovich Vitko.
It was originally called the “Faculty of Higher Nursing Education”.
Graduates are trained in the specialization “Pathopsychological Diagnostics and Psychotherapy”, among the areas of training are “Academic Nurse” and “Social Work in the Health Care System”.
College
The university has a medical and pharmaceutical college of the Far Eastern State Medical University, which is headed by the director, candidate of pharmaceutical sciences Svetlana Yurevna Meshalkina.
The college was opened in 2004. Currently, he is the official successor to the Faculty of Pharmacy that existed at the university.
For two years and ten months, students are trained here in the specialty "Pharmacy". This is the main profile of this institution. Graduates are trained to work in health facilities that manufacture drugs and pharmacies.
Dental trends remain popular. For example, a dental hygienist, a dental technician.
Medical Center
The real pride of the university is the medical center of the Far Eastern Federal University. This is a modern scientific and medical institution that works in full compliance with the highest world standards.
This medical center is a pilot project of the Federal Ministry of Education. It is noteworthy that the leadership of the center is directly subordinate to this federal structure, and not to the Ministry of Health. Officially, the medical center is part of the university as one of its units.
The medical center of the Far Eastern Federal University is equipped with unique and modern equipment, with the help of which its specialists have the opportunity to provide advisory, diagnostic, rehabilitation and medical care to patients. The medical center includes a rehabilitation center with a comfortable hotel, a biomedical school.
For full-fledged work, all the necessary licenses are available from the medical center of the Far Eastern Federal University. Among his main tasks is the provision of high-tech medical care to patients. They are also involved in the development of biomedical technologies, the introduction of existing and the development of new medical, diagnostic and rehabilitation techniques. Medical staff has the opportunity to regularly improve their skills.
Since 2014, several thousand high-tech operations have been carried out annually at the base of this medical center at the expense of the federal budget.
The center’s structure includes children's and adult polyclinics, which provide expert advisory services. Clinic specialists select patients who need high-tech care, conduct the necessary preliminary examinations and consultations.
Diagnostic and treatment centers based on this healthcare institution work in a variety of areas. Among them are surgery, traumatology, rehabilitation and restorative medicine, child health, anesthesiology, otorhinolaryngology, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery.
All the wards located in the hospital are multifunctional, which allows, if necessary, to transform them into intensive care wards to provide qualified emergency care.
Reviews
Students who study at this university leave conflicting reviews about this university. Some remain satisfied with what they have done, they are successfully studying, and in the future they will be ready to help people, save their lives and health.
Others note that the university is hopelessly behind. The teachers who work here have not heard about the modern methods of treatment and the innovations that modern medicine uses, but they are taught in the old way, having many outdated points of view.
The students of the Faculty of Biomedicine and Pharmacy who are engaged in extramural studies (according to an individual plan) remain mostly satisfied. The university provides such an opportunity. The training period in this case is divided into two parts - the training and examination session and the equally important independent work of students. If the corresponding schedule is drawn up for the first period, which is approved by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, then independent work by students is carried out in the form of preparation for exams and tests, completion of control works. Currently, training at this faculty is popular not only in the Khabarovsk Territory, but also far beyond its borders. In particular, students from the Irkutsk, Chita, Moscow regions, the Republic of Buryatia, as well as from the entire territory of the Far Eastern Federal District, study at the university. This confirms the high level of education provided to students here. Graduates find jobs without problems, find their place in life.
In their reviews, many graduates of past years respond with warmth and gratitude to this university, noting that it was here that their best years of youth passed. They came out of these walls by highly qualified specialists, ready to solve problems of any complexity.