Scholl of Public Health and Management

The mission of the school

Training of competitive specialists in accordance with established requirements and standards, whose field of activity is the protection of public health, ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being, improving the quality of preventive work and providing organizations with practical and scientific activities.

History of creation

The Faculty of Medical and Preventive Medicine was founded in 2003. From 2012 to 2019, the specialty "Public Health" was part of the Faculty of Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry, the dean of the faculty was PhD, Associate Professor A.A. Karibzhanov.

By the decision of the Board of the NAO "Astana Medical University" No. 7 dated 07/24/2019, the faculty was disbanded and a separate faculty "Public Health and Management" was established. Due to the change in the structure of the University, by the decision of the Board of Directors dated May 30, 2022 No. 17, the faculty was renamed the School of Public Health and Management.

Activity

The school's activities are regulated by the University's internal regulations and orders in the field of education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

At the scheduled meetings of the school, the issues of readiness of departments for the new academic year are considered; academic performance and attendance of students; analysis and results of examination sessions; performance of educational, educational work, curatorial and mentoring work, and others.

In the course of training, students get acquainted with the rights and obligations, current orders and instructions, Academic Policy and the Code of Ethics of Students.

Students of the school participate in national and international conferences, academic mobility programs, and engage in volunteer activities.

To date, the profile departments are actively introducing innovative teaching methods into the educational process, modern methods of disease prevention, expanding international cooperation with foreign partners in educational and scientific activities, actively involving students in research work.

The school provides training in three educational programs:

1. "Medical and preventive medicine" - the term of study is 5 years, at the end the graduate receives a diploma with the academic degree "Master of Health", with the award of the qualification "Hygienist, epidemiologist", also the educational program provides accelerated terms of study on the basis of secondary education in the specialty 09880100 "Hygiene and epidemiology".

2. "Public health" - the term of study is 5 years, upon graduation, the graduate receives a diploma with an academic degree "Bachelor of Health in the educational program "Public Health".

3. The joint educational program "Big Data in Healthcare" (Big data in healthcare).

According to the results of an independent assessment of educational programs of Kazakhstani universities, conducted by the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken" together with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the specialty "Public Health" of the NAO "Astana Medical University" has been in a leading position for recent years.