Supplement 8 a brief review of kirov state medical academy: facts and figures

• Foundation as an Affiliation of Perm State Medical Academy: April 2, 1987.

• Status of Kirov State Medical Institute : May 3, 1994.

• Status of Kirov State Medical Academy : 1999.

• The latest certification and accreditation by the Education Ministry and Health Ministry of the Russian Federation: February 2004.

• Rating : 16, of 51 higher medical schools of Russia (est.2004)

• Faculties: 7 :

1. the Faculty of Internal Medicine 

2. the Faculty of Pediatrics

3. the Faculty of Pre-College Education

4. the Faculty of Social Work

5. the Faculty of Professional Postgraduate Education

6. the Faculty of Higher Medical Nursing Education 

7. the Faculty of Expertise and Economics.

• Pre-clinical majors: Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Data Processing, Mathematics, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathological Anatomy, Pathological Physiology, Microbiology, General and social Hygiene, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, History of Medicine, Social disciplines, etc.

• Clinical majors: Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Surgical Diseases, Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology, Otorhinolaryngology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Public Health, etc.

• Two-year clinical residencies: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, etc.

• Three-year research post graduate courses: Physiology, Pathological Physiology, Pathological Anatomy, Biophysics, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Gynecology and Obstetrics, etc.

• Electives: over 100.

• Students: over 4,500.

• Graduates: over 4,000.

• Graduates with Diplomas with Honors: over 300.

• Origin and/or citizenship of KSMA’s students:  residents of Kirov region, residents of Kirov region’s neighbors, residents of federal areas of Russia, citizens of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Middle East and African countries.

• Educational departments : 46.

• Location of educational clinical departments : 23 teaching hospitals of the city of Kirov.

• Educators and clinical instructors : 269. Professors : over 40. Associate Professors : 144.

• Senior Instructors and Assistant Professors : over 80.

• Percentage of Professors and Associate Professors: about 80%.

• Affiliations : Komi Affiliation of Kirov State Medical Academy. Foundation : 1996. Courses : first-, second-, third-, fourth-, and fifth-year students.

• Hospital beds : 7,300

• the Faculty of Further Professional Postgraduate Education : Educational Departments : 4 : the Department of Internal Medicine ; the Department of Surgery ; the Department of Anesthesiology ; the Department of Pediatrics and Gynecology.

• Educational Curricula of the Faculty of Further Professional Postgraduate Education : 26.

• Physicians certified by the Faculty of Further Professional Postgraduate Education (est. 2003) : 1594.

• Up-to-date computers : over 300.

• Regular access to the Internet and free electronic resources.

• Data processing centers : 4.

• Library : 130,000 books and text books.

• CD-ROM banks: over 300 foreign CD-ROMs of 1999-2007.

• Student hostels: 4.

• Surgical operations performed by KSMA’s surgeons in 2007: over 5,000.

• Consultations of patients performed by KSMA’s clinical instructors in 2007: over 10,000.

• Scientific practical conferences (2007): 95.

• Scientific practical conferences organized by KSMA’s educational departments (1987 - 2004): over 600.

• Monographs (1987-2004): over 120.

• Methodological books and booklets (1987-2004): over 550.

• Articles in central scientific journals and collections of scientific works (1987-2007): over 1,700.

• Abstracts of reports at national and international scientific meetings: over 4,200.

• Patents: over 140.

• Introduction of new diagnostic and treatment methods and techniques: over 100.

• Methodological newsletters under the supervision of the Health and Social Development Ministry: over 20.

• Methodological text books: over 100.

• Participation in student research work: over 400 students annually.

• Long-term international programs : « Hannover – Vyatka », « Alabama – Vyatka », « Oklahoma – Vyatka », « Atlanta – Vyatka », « London – Vyatka ».

• Visits of KSMA’s students and educators to foreign countries : over 500 (from 1992 to 2007).

• Visits of foreign students, educators, researchers and scientists to KSMA : over 700 (from 1992 to 2007).

• International conferences held at KSMA (1993-2007): over 90.

• Major medical and research areas of the above international conferences : Family Medicine, Surgery, Endosurgery, Hepatosurgery, Transplantation, Ophthalmology and Ophthalmosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, Oncology, Hematology, Leukemias, Non-Hodgekin’s Lymphomas, Experimental Medicine, Management of Research Institutions, Perspectives of International Collaboration, Medical Education, etc.

• Pre-college courses for foreign students : Russian; Biology ; Chemistry.

• Payment for the above pre-college courses: $ 1,500 per year excluding accommodation and visa expenditures. Accommodation : $ 800.

• Payment for the main undergraduate courses : $ 1,800 per year excluding accommodation and visa expenditures. Accommodation : $ 700.

• Payment for the postgraduate residency: $ 3,000 per year excluding accommodation and visa expenditures. Accommodation : $ 700.

• Location of KSMA : the city of Kirov, the capital of Kirov region, 896 km northeast of Moscow