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Stomatology

The Stomatological faculty of Moscow medical academy started its functioning in 2000. There are more than 800 students studying now at this faculty. There are 38 departments at the faculty and 5 of them are special. The duration of the Doctor of Stomatology degree program is 5 years (ten semesters). International students of the I.M.Sechenov Moscow Medical academy can choose the medium of instruction:
1. On completion of the Preparatory Russian language course to start medical, stomatological or pharmaceutical education in Russian.
2. English medium departments of the Stomatological faculty (starting from 2007/2008 academic year) provide the instruction of the full course, including pre-clinical and clinical subjects and practical training, in English. Degree offered at the faculty is Doctor of Stomatology.

Course structure and curriculum.

N	Subjects	Credits ECTS	Hours	Contr.	Semestr	Final exam
Course of humanitarian, social-economic disciplines		47.5	1300
1.	Russian Language (for foreign students)	12.0	324	Exam	4	4
2.	History of Medicine	2.0	60	Test	1	2
3.	Philosophy, Sociology	5.0	171	exam	2	4
4.	Economics	3.5	40	Test	1	1
5.	Law Fundamentals	2.0	57	Test	1	8
6.	Latin Language with Medical Terminology	3.0	111	Exam	1	1
7.	Medical Psychology and Pedagogics	4.0	141	Test	2	2
8.	Physical Training	12.0	285	Test	4	4
9.	Bioethics	2.0	57	Test	1	10
	Elective courses	2.5	298
Course of natural sciences and medical-biological disciplines		77.5	2950
10	Medical Physics, Biophysics	4.0	147	Exam	2	2
11	Higher Mathematics	3.0	89	Test	1	1
12	Medical Informatics	3.0	85	Test	1	2
13	General and Bioorganic Chemistry with the course of dental materials chemistry	6.0	205	Exam	2	2
14	Medical Biology and Ecology	5.0	177	Exam	2	2
	Elective courses
Medical-biological disciplines
15	Human Anatomy	7.5	264	Exam	2	3
16	Anatomy of Head and Neck	3.0	114	Exam	1	3
17	Histology, Embryology and Cytology	3.5	114	Exam	1	3
18	Histology of Mouth Cavity Organs	2.5	86	Exam	1	4
19	Normal Physiology	6.5	228	Exam	3	4
20	Physiology of Maxillofacial Area	1.0	29	Test	1	4
21	Microbiology, Immunology and Virology	4.0	142	Exam	2	5
22	Microbiology of Mouth Cavity	1.5	57	Test	1	5
23	Biological Chemistry	6.0	200	Exam	2	3
24	Biochemistry of Mouth Cavity	1.5	57	Test	1	3
25	Pharmacology	5.0	171	Exam	2	5
26	Pathological Physiology	4.0	228	Exam	2	5
27	Pathophysiology of Maxillofacial Area	2.0	54	Test	1	5
28	Pathological Anatomy	4.0	142	Exam	2	5
29	Pathoanatomy of Head and Neck	2.0	63	Test	1	5
Professional disciplines		172.0	5319
Course of medical prophylaxis disciplines		12.5	432
30	General Hygiene, Human Ecology	3.0	108	Test	1	6
31	Public Health, Medical Administration and Economics	3.5	108	Exam	2	9
32	Epidemiology and Prevention of Stomatological Diseases	6.0	216	Test	3	6
33	Elective courses
Сlinical course		59.5	4887
34	Internal Diseases	6.5	231	Exam	3	8
35	Propedeutics of Internal Diseases	3.0	142	Test	2	5
36	General Physiotherapy	1.0	30	Test	1	6
37	Clinical Pharmacology	3.0	54	Test	1	9
38	Surgical Diseases	4.0	144	Exam	2	7
39	General Surgery	3.0	114	Test	2	5
40	Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery	2.0	57	Test	1	4
41	Radiodiagnostics and Radiotherapy	3.0	90	Test	1	7
42	Traumatology and Disaster medicine	10.0	374	Exam	4	8
43	Infectious Diseases, Tropical Diseases, Epidemiology and Phtysiopulmonology	3.0	81	Test	1	7
44	Skin and Venereal Diseases	3.0	85	Test	1	8
45	Neurology	3.0	84	Test	2	8
46	Otorhynolaryngology	3.0	81	Test	1	9
47	Psychiatry and Narcology	2.0	67	Test	1	8
48	Ophthalmology	2.0	57	Test	1	8
49	Forensic Medicine (Stomatology)	2.0	54	Test	1	9
50	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	3.0	81	Test	1	7
51	Paediatrics	3.0	108	Test	1	9
Special Stomatological disciplines		100.0	3506
52	Preclinic Dentistry	10.5	428	Exam	2	5
53	Conservative Dentistry	25.0	901	Exam	1	10
54	Physiotherapy of Dental Diseases	2.0	54	Test	1	9
55	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rehabilitation	22.5	695	Test, Exam	6	9,10
56	Orthodontics	22.5	812	Test, Exam	6	5,10
57	Children`s Stomatology	17.5	616	Test, Exam	5	6,10
58	Children`s Oral Surgery
59	Children`s Prosthodontics
60	Elective courses	20.5
Total		315	10122	exams- 24, tests– 35

Elective disciplines:
1. Physical Training (Sections)
2. Aesthetics
3. Clinical Immunology
4. Geriatrics in Stomatology
5. Modern Composits
6. Systems of Tooth Enamel Protection
7. Double Cast technique
8. Modern Orthodontic and OrthopaedicMethods
9. Neurostomatology

Summer Practical Training:
1. Nursing Practice - 4 weeks
2. Preventive Dentistry - 4 weeks
3. Dentist`s Assistant (Concervative Dentistry) - 4 weeks
4. Dentist`s Assistant (Oral Surgery) - 4 weeks
5. Dentist`s Assistant (Prosthodontics) - 4 weeks

Medical faculty

Medical Faculty is the main division of I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, consolidating training, research and medical services. Medical Faculty incorporates about 40 chairs, clinics, laboratories and departments. Supreme body of Medical Faculty is Academic Council.

The instruction is conducted in English. The duration of the training course is 6 years. The students, who have chosen this Division of the Faculty (English Medium Department) do not have to study at the Preparatory Faculty, they are admitted to the 1st year on the tests results. On successful completion of the academic program the students receive the State Diploma and are awarded with the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Degree offered on Medical Faculty graduation – Doctor of Medicine Qualification in Medicine – Physician Degree offered on Medical Faculty graduation – Doctor of Medicine.

Departments:
1) Dep. of obstetrics and gynecology 1
2) Dep. of obstetrics and gynecology 2
3) Dep. of human anatomy
4) Dep. of anesthesiology and reanimatology
5) Dep. of biology and genetics
6) Dep. of biological chemistry
7) Dep. of othtolaryngology
8) Dep of histology, cytology and embryology
9) Dep of hospital therapy №1
10) Dep of hospital therapy №2
11) Dep of hospital surgery №2
12) Dep of hospital surgery №2
13) Dep of children diseases
14) Dep of clinical pharmacology and propedeutics of internal diseses
15) Dep. of skin and
16) Dep.of radiodiagnostics
17) Dep. of diseases of nervous system
18) Dep. of normal physiology
19) Dep.of general medical practice
20) Dep. of general surgery
21) Dep. of operative surgery and topographic anatomy
22) Dep. of pathological anatomy
23) Dep. of pathological physiology
24) Dep. of propedeuvtics of internal diseases
25) Dep. of psychiatry
26) Dep. of forensic medicine
27) Dep. of urology
28) Dep. of faculty therapy 1
29) Dep. of faculty therapy 2
30) Dep. of faculty surgery 1
31) Dep. of faculty surgery 2
32) Dep. of pharmacology
33) Dep. of philosophy and political science

№	Subjects	Hours	Contr	Sem	Exam.
Course of humanitarian, social-economic disciplines		1634
1	Language (for foreign students)	540	Exam	7 (1-7)	7
2	History of World Culture and History of Medicine	220	Exam	2 (3-4)	4
3	Philosophy	140	Exam	2 (3-4)	4
4	Sociology, Politology(1-2 sem), Economics (11)	90	Test	2 (1-2,11)	2,11
5	Law Fundamentals	68	Test	1 (11)	11
6	Latin Language with Medical Terminology	120	Exam	2 (1-2)	2
7	Medical Psychology and Pedagogics	172	Test	2 (3,11)	3,11
8	Physical Training	212	Test	4 (1-4)	4
9	Therapeutic Physical Training and Medical Monitoring	72	Test	1 (12)	12
Course of natural sciences		603
10	Medical Physics, Biophysics	195	Exam	2 (1-2)	2
11	Higher Mathematics	72	Test	1 (1)	1
12	Medical Informatics	36	Test	1 (4)	4
13	Bioorganic Chemistry	105	Exam	1 (1)	1
14	Bioinorganic Chemistry	195	Exam	2 (1-2)	2
Course of medical biological disciplines		2599
15	Medical Biology, Parasitology and Genetics	222	Exam	2 (1-2)	2
16	Human Anatomy	433	Exam	3 (1-3)	3
17	Histology, Embryology and Cytology	270	Exam	2 (2-3)	3
18	Normal Physiology	360	Exam	2 (3-4)	4
19	Microbiology, Immunology and Virology	274	Exam	2 (4-5)	5
20	Biological Chemistry	274	Exam	2 (3-4)	4
21	Pathological Physiology	245	Exam	2 (5-6)	6
22	Pathological Anatomy, Dissection course	245 31	Exam,Test	2 (5-6),1 (10)	6, 10
23	Pharmacology	245	Exam	2 (5-6)	6
Course of medical preventive disciplines		558
24	General Hygiene, Ecology	286	Exam	2 (6-7)	7
25	Public Health, Medical Administration and Economics	160	Exam	2 (8-9)	9
26	Epidemiology	112	Test	2 (8-9)	9
General clinical course
Therapy		1837
27	General Care of Therapeutical Patients	58	Test	1 (3)	3
28	Propedeutics of Internal Diseases	324	Exam	2 (5-6)	6
29	Internal Diseases	1169	Exam	6 (7-12)	8,10
30	Physiotherapy	38	Test	1 (9)	9
31	Occupational Diseases	58	Test	1 (9)	9
32	Endocrinology	72	Test	1 (7)	7
33	Phtysiopulmonology	138	Test	1 (12)	12
Surgery		1915
34	General Care of Surgical Patients	54	Test	1 (4)	4
35	General Surgery, Anesthesiology	244	Exam	2 (5-6)	6
36	Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery	190	Exam	2 (6-7)	7
37	Resuscitation and Intensive Therapy	57	Exam	1 (9)	9
38	Surgerical Diseases	675	Exam	6 (7-12)	8,10
39	Urology	57	Test	1 (7)	7
40	Stomatology, Maxillofacial Surgery	52	Test	1 (8)	8
41	Traumatology and Orthopedics, Disaster medicine	190	Exam	2 (9-10)	10
42	Oncology	96	Test	1 (10)	10
Clinical disciplines		2376
43	Obstetrics	323	Exam	6 (7-12)	8
44	Gynaecology	258	Exam	4 (9-12)	10
45	Paediatrics	321	Exam	2 (9-10)	10
46	Skin and Venereal Diseases	136	Exam	2 (7-8)	8
47	Clinical Pharmacology	76	Test	1 (10)	10
48	Infectious Diseases and Tropical Diseases	350	Exam	3 (9-11)	10,11
49	Radiodiagnostics and Radiotherapy	108	Test	2 (6-7)	6,7
50	Medical Genetics	57	Test	1 (7)	7
51	Neurology and Neurosurgery	187	Exam	2 (7-8)	8
52	Otorhynolaryngology	102	Exam	1 (9)	9
53	Ophthalmology	114	Exam	1 (10)	10
54	Psychiatry and Narcology	134	Exam	1 (10)	10
55	Forensic Medicine	126	Test	1 (11)	11
56	Medical Ecology	84	Test	1 (11)	11

Summer Practical training:
1. Care of Therapeutic Patients (3rd term) - 2 weeks
2. Care of Surgical Patients (4th term) - 2 weeks
3. Nursing Practice (4th term) - 4 weeks
4. Medical-Assistant Practice (6th term) - 4 weeks
5. Medical Practice (8th term) - 6 weeks
6. Medical Practice (10th term) - 4 weeks

Many chairs of MMA Medical faculty function on the basis of research centres and institutes. Among them there are:
• Russia`s Academy of Medical Sciences` Research Centre of Surgery;
• RAMS Oncological Research Centre, RAMS Cardiological Research Centre;
• P.A.Priorov Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics;
• RAMS Research Institute of Eye Diseases;
• P.A.Herzen Moscow Institute of Oncology;
• P.K.Anokhin Institute of Human Physiology;
• Research Institute of Forensic Medicine;
• RAMS Research Centre of Endocrinology;
• Research Institute of Phtysiopulmonology;
• Research Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.

Pharmacy

Physical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry faculty started functioning in 1765. Now there are above 2000 students at the faculty. The entrance competition is traditionally high.

There are 13 departments at the faculty headed by members of the Academy of Science, professors - Doctors of Science in Pharmacy and Chemistry. During five years of study the students learn different subjects from fundamental to narrow special such as pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacy organization and economics, pharmacognosy, and pharmaceutics. At the pharmaceutical faculty, the general purpose pharmacists majoring in pharmacy are trained in the day and evening departments.

The Pharmaceutical faculty has 8 buildings reserved for studies, 11 research laboratories, the botanical garden and a special library. Duration of training is five years, ten terms.

The credit system is being implemented at the pharmaceutical faculty. The new system is in accordance with the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).

Departments:
1) Dep.of analytical, physical and colloid chemistry
2) Dep.of botanics
3) Dep.of general pharmaceutical and biomedical technology
4) Dep.of medical and biological physics
5) Dep.of pharmacy management
6) Dep.of organic chemistry
7) Dep.of thechnology of officinal forms
8) Dep.of toxicchemistry
9) Dep. of pharmacognosy
10) Dep. of pharmacology
11) Dep.of pharmaceutical chemistry

The training is conducted in Russian. The duration of the training course is 5 years. Those students who did not study at the Preparatory Faculty are tested in Russian, Biology and Chemistry and according to the results achieved are admitted to the 1st year of the Pharmaceutical Faculty. On successful completion of the training course of the Pharmaceutical Faculty the students receive the State Diploma and are a warded with the degree of Master of Pharmacy.

№	Subjects	Credits	Total hours	Practical hours	Semesters	Control
Course of humanitarian, social-economic disciplines		48,0	1728
1	Russian	10	324	324	1 – 4th	exam
2	Philosophy	6,7	216	144	3 - 4th	exam
3	Culturology, Politology, Sociology,	3	108	72	1 - 2nd	test
4	Economics (Principles of Economic Theory) and Marketing	3,5	108	72	6th	exam
5	National history, History of world art culture	2,0	54	36	1st	test
6	History of Pharmacy	3,3	108	72	3 - 4th	test
7	Latin and Pharmaceutical terms	6	189	126	1 - 2nd	exam
8	Law Fundamentals	2	54	36	1st	test
9	Medical Psychology and Pedagogics	2	54	36	6th	test
10	Physical Training	11	378	252	1- 4th	test
11	Bioethics	2	54	36	2nd	test
	Elective courses	2,5	81	54
Course of natural sciences disciplines
12	Higher Mathematics	3,5	108	72	1st	exam
13	Informatics (Basic Computer Science)	3,5	108	72	2nd	exam
14	Physics and Biological Physics	7	216	144	2 - 3rd	exam
15	General and Inorganic Chemistry	5	162	108	1st	test
16	Physical and Colloidal Chemistry	8,5	270	180	2 - 3rd	exam
17	Analytical Chemistry	11,5	378	252	3 - 4th	exam
18	Organic Chemistry	11,5	378	252	3 - 4th	exam
19	Botany	6,5	216	144	3 - 4th	exam
20	Ecology	3	108	72	7th	test
Course of medical-biological disciplines
21	Biological Chemistry	7,5	243	162	4 - 5th	exam
22	Physiology, General and Biological Morphology	6,5	189	126	1 - 2nd	exam
23	Biology	3	81	54	1st	exam
24	Pathology	6,5	189	126	4 – 5th	exam
25	Microbiology	5	162	108	2 – 3rd	exam
Professional training course
26	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	22	756	504	5 – 9th	exam
27	Toxicological Chemistry	6,5	216	144	8 – 9th	exam
28	Pharmaceutical Technology:	22	756	504	6 – 9th	exam
29	Biotechnology	5	162	108	6-7th, 10	exam
30	Pharmacognosy	11,5	378	252	2 – 3rd	exam
31	Pharmaceutical Administration and Economics	18	594	396	7 – 9th	exam
32	Medical Study of Merchandise	5,5	180	126	8 - 9th	exam
33	Pharmacology	11,5	405	270	5 - 7th	exam
34	Pharmacotherapy	4,0	135	90	8th	exam
35	General Hygiene	3,0	81	54	5th	test
36	The First Prephysicianal Aid	3,0	81	54	5th	test
37	Disaster medicine	12,0	378	252	6- 8th	exam
	Elective courses	2,5	81	54
	TOTAL	303,5	8739	5832

The Pharmaceutical faculty collaborates on contractual terms with Research Pharmacological institute of Academy of Medical Sciences, All-Russian Research Institute of medical plants, pharmaceutical companies “Akrichin” and “Ferrein”, Perm State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute.

Some chairs of MMA Pharmaceutical faculty function on the basis of research centres and laboratories.