REAVIZ SAMARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Medical Institute “REAVIZ” is one of the first non-state medical higher education institutions in our country. “REAVIZ” occupies an honorable place in the list of leading educational institutions of Samara. It substantially contributes into the development of science and into the education of health care manpower. Year after year “REAVIZ” lives up to its reputation of a notable, stable and competitive educational institution. Nowadays “REAVIZ” is recognized by the professional community not in Samara only but abroad as well. In April of 2003 Medical Institute “REAVIZ” was awarded the American Golden Certificate of Quality, which is considered to be an evidence of the international acknowledgement

HISTORY-: Medical Institute “REAVIZ” (this name is an abbreviation of Russian words meaning “Rehabilitation, Doctor and Health”) – was organized in 1993 at the initiative of the Samara State Medical University and some outstanding medical academicians of the Samara region: Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences A. F. Krasnov; Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Laureate of the State Prize of Russia, two-time Laureate of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government G. P. Kotelnikov and Professor I. P. Balmasova. Nowadays Medical Institute “REAVIZ” holds a license to perform educational activities and also possesses the state educational accreditation which allows it to issue state-recognized diplomas and certificates .

ACADEMICS: Great attention is paid to the Medical University’s educational services scope expanding by reference to the Healthcare practical needs of the republic. Therefore, in recent years there have been 2 new faculties opened in Dagestan State Medical University: medical-prophylactic and pharmaceutical faculties, in which the medical science is developing rapidly and scientific researchers are not only of practical importance, but also of fundamental one to obtain the international recognition. Dagestan University’s scientists work closely together with the leading research centers in Russia and abroad.
A protection system of intellectual activity results (IAR) successfully operates at the Medical University. There also an electronic database of IAR has been created in Dagestan State Medical University. As well, every year scientists of Dagestan State Medical University receive more than 80 patents for inventions and about the same number of the certificates for utility models, which have been successfully implemented in practical public healthcare of Dagestan Republic, and delivered to the Russian medical market. Annually more than 60 scientific innovations of our university staff workers are exhibited at the various exhibitions. Since 2001 the Internet classroom has been fruitfully worked, whereby researchers, teachers and students can conduct scientific research. Over the past years DSMU has become a real school of the Medical Art. Dagestan State Medical University has graduated more than 27 000 doctors who work in all parts of our country, and hold political office. Many of them are known far beyond the borders of the republic. DSMU graduates honestly fulfill their medical obligations, they contribute their knowledge and ability to the people health promotion, constantly improves their skills, keep gratitude to their teachers. .

FACULTY AND STAFF: The main aim of Medical Institute “REAVIZ” is to train professional medical staff according to the requirements of the state educational standard with specializations as follows:

060101 – General Medicine

060104 – Preventive Medicine

060105 – Dentistry

060108 – Pharmacy

060109 – Nursing care

Major tasks on the way of achieving this aim are: overall support of academic activities; preservation and development of scientific researches; selection of effective forms of collaboration with public health service in new economic environment; exploitation of the potential of the institute to the full in an effort to boost the health indicators of the population of the Samara region. A consistent gradual and well-defined system of training of medical staff is introduced nowadays in Samara Medical Institute: Pre-higher education training; Standard graduating education; Post-graduate and further education.

STUDENT LIFE :Institute of Medicine “REAVIZ” invites to be trained on a specialty “Medicine”. The program is made by state educational standards. The faculty training on general subjects (humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, etc.). The program also includes special and professional subjects. Training on specialty “General Medicine” will be held in the academic buildings of the university and on the basis of urban hospitals in Moscow. Classes are full-time and part-time forms. Also on the course “Medicine” provides individual training. In such form classes are alone with a teacher or in a small group of students, which allows students to gain a deeper understanding. As part of the training program on specialty “General Medicine”, students are required to attend practical training. The technique of manipulating students study for 4 weeks during practical work and procedural ward nurse in a hospital. 144 hours to practice a paramedic on an ambulance assistant. 216 hours each student gets practical skills of physician assistant in the hospital: in medicine, surgery, obstetrics ward. Upon completion of training theoretical and practical skills of graduates are assessed during the state certification.