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State Educational Establishment “Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education” is the successor of the Belarusian State Institute of Advanced Medical Training, organized in October 1931. Current and the time courses at medical schools and research institutes and major health facilities were a form of training and professional development of health care practitioners prior to the official opening of the Belarusian State Institute of Advanced Medical Training in Belarus.
First director of the Belarusian State Institute of Advanced Medical Training was Professor Khazanov Moisey Anisimovich (1931 – 1934), who worked as an assistant professor of the Department of Nervous Diseases and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs of the Belarusian Medical Institute. In November 1934, Associate Professor Dobruskin V.E. was approved to the post of Director. From 1938 to 1941, the Belarusian State Institute of Advanced Medical Training was headed by Nisenbaum I.M., who worked as assistant in the Department of epidemiology of Minsk Medical Institute and in other leadership positions.
During the Great Patriotic War the institute was not functioning, its property and records were destroyed and plundered by fascist invaders. Belarusian State Institute of Advanced Medical Training resumed its activities with the April 1, 1945. The first post-war director was Schulz F.Y. (1945-1946) – a prominent organizer of public health, in the pre-war years headed the Belarusian Medical Institute.
From 1946 to 1949 a surgeon Professor V.V. Babuk was a director of the Institute, he organized their own clinical bases of the institute. In July 1947, the Departments of Surgery, of Internal Medicine, of Obstetrics and Gynecology, of Tuberculosis were organized. Department of Nervous Diseases, Department of Hygiene and professorial course in orthopedics and reconstructive surgery started their functioning.
In 1949-1953 the Institute was headed by the surgeon, Professor V.O. Morzon. In 1953-1958 the Institute was headed by Zhukov M.N., MD, and Professor. From 1958 to 1960 Pavlov N.F. was appointed as rector of the institute (prior to 1950 he was a director of the Institute of leprosy in the city of Astrakhan). In the period from 1960 to 1966 the Institute was led by Savchenko N.E., MD, Professor, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR and the Byelorussian SSR, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR.
In 1963, due to the increase in capacity at the Institute there were organized two faculties – therapeutic and surgical.
From 1966 to 1998 the Institute was headed by Rutskii A.V. – Doctor of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic, Honored Scientist, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus.
From 1998 to 2004 the Institute was headed by professor, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus Mroczek A.G., and now – Director of RSPC “Cardiology”.
In June 2000, the status of the Belarusian State Institute of Advanced Medical Training has been changed into the Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.
From 2004 to 2009 BelMAPGE was headed by Professor Khulup G.Y., who has made a significant contribution to the development of a modern system of medical postgraduate education in the Republic of Belarus. The main activities were Health Organization; scientific work in the field of stem cells; clinical laboratory diagnostics.
With his direct participation for the first time there were established the optimal conditions for the functioning of the Academy, a modern material and technical base, modern clinical base (11 RSPC, 10 Republican Clinical Hospital, 39 clinical urban hospitals) were organized and the scientific basis Scientific Research Laboratory. For the first time in the Republic of Belarus there were established two new Faculties: Pediatrics and Dental; 15 new departments were opened in the system of postgraduate education; 75 well-known scientists, teachers and doctors were invited and arranged for the positions of the teaching staff .
In order to increase the availability of providing high quality medical care to the population of the Republic of Belarus for the first time the Professor state medical consulting centre was created.
From June 2009 to October 2014 Academy was headed by Demidchik Yury Evgenievich, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and Professor.
From October 2014 to 2018, the academy was headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Mikhail Alexandrovich Herasimenko.
From September 2020 to 2023, the academy was headed by Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Alexey Nikolaevich Chukanov.
Since October 1, 2023, BelMAPO has been reorganized into the Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Healthcare Personnel at the Belarusian State Medical University.
The structure of BelMAPGE consists of 4 faculties, including 54 Departments: Surgery – 18 departments, Therapy- 15 departments, Pediatrics – 14 departments, Public health and health care – 7 departments.
The IATRHP BSU has extensive experience in clinical residency and postgraduate education for foreign citizens. Training is provided in more than 50 medical specialties. International cooperation includes countries such as Russia, Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, Estonia, Iran, Jordan, Sweden, Nepal, Lebanon, Venezuela, Zambia, Libya, India, and China.
More than 17,000 doctors annually improve their qualifications and undergo retraining at the institute’s departments.
Categories: BELARUSIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES
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