4 Nauki Avenue Kharkiv, 61022 UKRAINE

Faculty of Pediatrics

Duration: 6 years

Degree Awarded: MBBS/MD ( Doctor- Pediatrician)
The language of Instruction: English, Russian, Ukrainian.
   Dean of the Faculty: Olkhovsky Vasiliy O. (Professor)

Introduction to Faculty:

Teaching staff includes 135 teachers, among them 27 doctors and 104 candidates of science.

Every year the faculty issued about 30 faculty manuals on various subjects published in the central staff of over 140 journals articles. The staff of faculty participates in scientific conferences at the international, national and regional level.

In 2008/2009, the members of the faculty received 25 patents of Ukraine and certificates of the invention. The staff of the faculty presented 29 innovations, among them hospital care – 8, pathology Department of Anatomy and topographic anatomy – 4, general surgery number 2 – 1 and others.

The syllabuses of fundamental sciences are very close to those of the “General Medicine”, however much attention is paid to the peculiarities of the vitality of infantile organism. Of the multitude of clinical subjects, students study pediatrics and surgery of a child’s age. Those, who successfully complete their education, acquire the diploma of pediatrician and can be engaged in treating patients at children hospitals, continue their study and be involved in research work.

A doctor-pediatrician must be a high-educated person, possess wide knowledge in the field of biological, medical and special sciences and be not only a doctor but also an educator. A student receives general biological and medical education at first courses; the pediatrics education starts from the third course to the sixth course. Students of the pediatrics faculty master knowledge at many chairs during 6 years of study, where they study anatomy, physiology, pathology, and hygiene of childish age.

After passing state exams all the students with diplomas of doctors-pediatrician go to children’s medical and prophylactic establishments for passing the internship during one year. The internship gives an opportunity to specialize in the earlier chosen pediatrician profession.

Graduates of the pediatrics faculty the doctors-pediatricians work in all parts of our country. Some of them became scientists, others – practical doctors.

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