Volgograd State Medical University

Stalingrad Medical Institute was founded in 1935. There was only one faculty then. It was the faculty of General Medicine. In 1985 the Institute was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. In 1993 it was granted the status of Academy, in 2003 - the status of University.

Nowadays Volgograd state medical university has thirteen faculties and affiliated medical, scientific and educational establishments:

- Faculty of General Medicine

- Faculty of Dentistry/Stomatology

- Pharmaceutical Faculty

- Faculty of Pediatrics

- Faculty of Biomedicine

- Faculty of Clinical Psychology and Social Work

- Faculty of Management

- Faculty of Biology

- Faculty of Preventive Medicine

- Faculty of Bioengineering Systems and Technologies

- Faculty of Post-Diploma Probation

- Faculty of Refresher Training

- Foundation Course for International Students

The medical university infrastructure comprises a number of research centres: the Centre for clinical and experimental rheumatology, the Centre for clinical and experimental pharmacology, the Federal centre for acupuncture, the Centre for licensing health care professionals, the Central research laboratory. There is also a medical college training dental technicians, pharmacists, nurses. Postgraduate training includes an internship, a clinical residency and a postgraduate course.

Four educational buildings and many multi-profile hospitals for 7000 patients are also at the disposal of the university.

At present about 5000 Russian and 1000 international students do courses at the university. The university is included into the WHO's List of the World medical schools. The Diploma granted by VolgSMU is recognized in over 80 countries and by the World Health Organization.

Today the staff of the university includes 3 academicians of the National Academy for Medical Sciences, about 100 professors, more than 100 assistant professors, and about 1000 faculty members.

The medical university has established numerous links with scientific research institutes of the Russian Academy for Medical Sciences, medical and pharmaceutical higher educational institutions of Russia, as well as strong international links. One of the partner universities of VolSMU is Leeds University (Great Britain) implementing exchange programmes.

Task 2. Match the English and Russian equivalents.

1. educational establishment	A. сертификация
2. post-diploma probation	B. аспирантура
3. refresher training	C. клиническая ординатура (практика в качестве ассистента врача)
4. infrastructure	D. филиал
5. internship	E. образовательное учреждение
6. clinical residency	F. повышение квалификации
7. postgraduate course	G. факультет
8. faculty (Am.)	H. инфраструктура, производственно-техническая база
9. faculty (Br.)	I. интернатура (1 год последипломного образования
10. affiliated establishment	J. последипломное образование
11. licensing	K. профессорско-преподавательский состав

Task 3. Describe the facilities students of your university have at its disposal. Use the pattern and the prompts below:

Our students have educational buildings and many multi-profile hospitals at their disposal.

Prompts: spacious lecture halls; well-equipped laboratories; many classrooms; university clinics; up-to-date equipment; well-stocked library; Internet facilities; sport facilities; sport grounds; gymnasium; many textbooks and journals; computer classes.

Task 4. Use the nouns below to derive:

a) nouns naming an expert/specialist working in this field/setting;

b) adjectives.

Science, therapy, dentistry, stomatology, pharmacy, pediatrics, biology, psychology, research, rheumatology, pharmacology, clinic.

Task 5. Complete the sentences using the words from the list below: post-graduate student; faculty; dean; clinical psychology; intern; clinical psychologist; resident; assistant professor; applicant; lecturer.

1. A person wishing to become a student and participating in the entrance competition is a …

2. A person who studies at the faculty of ………. is a future ………

3. The head of a …….. is a ………… .

4. The one who delivers lectures is a ………….

5. The one who gives practical classes is a ……………

6. A graduate who does an internship course becomes an …………

7. A graduate who does a clinical residency course becomes a ………….

8. A person who starts a post-graduate course becomes a …………….