| Samarkand State Medical University | |
| City: | Samarkand |
| Country: | Uzbekistan |
| Native Name: | Samarqand davlat tibbiyot universiteti |
| Native Name Lang: | Uzbek |
| Other Name: | Самаркандский государственный медицинский университет |
| Former Name: | Samarkand State Medical Institute |
| Students: | 10,880 |
| Address: | Samarkand, Amir Temur Street, 18 |
| Province: | Samarkand |
| Postalcode: | 140100 |
| Logo Alt: | Logo of Samarkand State Medical University |
Samarkand State Medical University (Samarkand State Medical Institute before April 1, 2022),[1] or SSMU, is a higher educational institution in Uzbekistan.[2] The University is located in the city of Samarkand.
Samarkand State Medical University was founded in May 1930 as the initiative of the Council of People's Commissars of the Uzbek SSR.
Rectors of the university from its inception are:
During the Second World War from 1942-1944, the Samarkand State Medical University (SamSMU), played a role in training medical personnel, providing medical assistance, and contributing to the war effort. It also helped in evacuating the Leningrad Military Medical Academy and Kuibyshev Military Medical Academy. It was under a military colonel at that time.
There are 10 SSMU faculties:
Since 2020, the Institute has launched 6 joint educational programs in the following fields:
In the departments of magistracy and clinical residency, specialists are trained in the following areas: obstetrics and gynecology; therapy (by directions) - Endocrinology, Cardiology, Neurology, Phthisiology, Narcology; otorhinolaryngology; ophthalmology; general oncology; surgery (by directions); anesthesiology and resuscitation; Traumatology and Orthopedics; forensic examination; pediatrics (by directions); pediatric surgery; dentistry (by directions); infectious diseases (by direction); pediatric neurology; functional and instrumental diagnostic methods (medical radiology); urology; neonatology; neurosurgery; dermatovenereology.
It is one of the main structural units of the university, which operates in accordance with the charter and organizes its activities on the basis of orders and orders of the rector, as well as the Academic Council of the university. In recent years, the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel at the highest level of the education system has begun to acquire significantly different scales and goals: specialists of the highest scientific qualification today need not only scientific and educational universities, but also the healthcare sector, as well as knowledge-intensive industries that determine the success of the development of an innovative economy. Scientific councils for awarding the academic degree of candidate and doctor of sciences have been created and are effectively functioning at SSMU.
In order to increase knowledge among young people in the field of innovative developments, the development of scientific thinking, independent work skills, and the development of creative abilities, the course "Fundamentals of Scientific Research and Innovative Activity", designed for 6 hours of training, has been introduced into the educational process of 4th year students in all areas of education. All conditions have been created for holding competitions for startup projects, an IT incubation center for startup projects has been opened, where favorable conditions will be reflected in the effective operation of small innovative projects, increasing their quality, quantity and implementation of original scientific and technical ideas among talented young people.
In Samarkand State Medical University there are 83 departments, including courses where 624 scientists and teachers conduct scientific and pedagogical activities. Of these, 85 are doctors of science, and 265 are candidates of science.
A modern information and resource center was commissioned for the students. The information and resource center created conditions for the provision of bibliographic information, and information and resource services to users of the scientific, methodological and information department. There is a separate hall for book exhibitions. The training hall is designed for 80 seats. The center's fund is currently filled with more than 300,000 copies of literature. In particular, over the past three years, more than 17,000 books have been received by the university library. Also in the library, there are 9,000 copies of educational literature in the amount of 344 pieces, created by the university teachers. The fund of the center also has rare scientific literature in the field of medicine, both domestic and imported from abroad.
SamSMU has a clinic No. 1, designed for 375 beds, and a clinic No. 2, designed for 200 beds. Clinical bases for students are also all medical and diagnostic institutions of the city of Samarkand, where in the future they undergo practical training. According to the resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev dated April 1, 2022 "On the establishment of Samarkand State Medical University and further improvement of the system of personnel training in this area", the following were established: Research Institute of Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Research Institute of Microbiology, Virology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases named after L. M. Isaev, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Specialized Scientific and Practical Center for Neurosurgery and Neurorehabilitation, Scientific Center for Immunology, Allergology and Human Genomics.