Chair of Forensic Medicine

Objectives

Training of highly specialized, competitive specialists of the new generation with a high level of professional competence, based on the principles of continuous development and the trinity of education, practice and science.

Tasks

History of creation

The Department of Forensic Medicine at the Tselinograd State Medical Institute was organized in the autumn of 1967. It was headed for a short period of time by one of the leading representatives of the forensic medical intelligentsia, a prominent scientist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, and historiographer of forensic medicine Shershavkin Sergey Vladimirovich. In subsequent years, the department was headed by: Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor Zaitseva E.I. (1969–1980), Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor Isaev Yu.S. (1980–1986), Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor Zhakenov A.S. (1986–1996), and D. Sci. (Med.), Professor Galitsky F.A. (1996–2010).

Main activity

The activities of the department are aimed at implementing educational programs of the State Compulsory Higher Professional and Postgraduate Education for the training of forensic medical experts. The teaching staff of the department develops skills and competencies in students using innovative technologies in training. The teachers of the department combine pedagogical work with expert activities in the Scientific and Practical Center for Forensic Examinations of the Branch of the State Enterprise "Forensic Examination Center of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan", actively involving students in the process. They cooperate with practical healthcare, provide advisory assistance to law enforcement officers on forensic issues.

Achievements

During its existence, the department staff has published over 500 scientific articles, including those with an impact factor, issued 3 monographs, an electronic textbook, a number of teaching aids, received over 30 copyright certificates, patents and provisional patents for inventions, and published collections of scientific works of forensic doctors from Kazakhstan and other CIS countries. The department has a degree rate of over 70%, and the staff includes: 1 Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, 2 Candidates of Medical Sciences, Associate Professors, and 2 PhDs. Every year, the department graduate’s forensic doctors who are successfully integrated into the country's forensic service. During the implementation of additional education programs, over 500 young specialists in forensic medicine and pathological anatomy were trained, over 1,000 forensic experts, pathologists, and mid-level medical workers of the forensic service were trained. Since 2013, the department has successfully implemented distance learning technologies for additional education programs. The staff of the department are the developers of educational programs in the forensic medical field, professional standards in the specialty "Forensic Medical Examination", a number of methods of forensic examination studies included in the State Register. They are members of the working groups of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan in various areas of educational and clinical activities, members of the Association of Forensic Medical Experts of the Russian Federation, Moscow. The partners of our department are: the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Medicine named after Yu.V. Pruglo NAO "Semey Medical University" and the Department of Forensic Medicine Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.

Contact information

Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Abay Ave. 47, 8th floor.