The public debate around health care and the provision of health and social services in Europe has become increasingly controversial and has revealed an urgent need for change and reform. In response to this debate the European Forum Alpbach in August 2010 conducted the third Summer School “Health Care & Social System” in collaboration with the Vienna School of Clinical Research.

This professional training course was scheduled to run in tandem with the Forum Alpbach 2010 and was aimed at future decision-makers in the health care sector. The curriculum consisted of lectures, formal and informal discussions, brain-storming sessions, shared-learning, as well as practical exercises in working groups.

Dr. Elena Lunina of the Tver Sate Medical Academy, department of general medical practice, preventive medicine and evidence-based medicine successfully participated in the forum.

As a part of the state certification exam students of the Faculty of Advanced Nursing Education had their theses defense on June 14, 2010.

Selected topics of the theses this year:

• The attitude towards healthy lifestyle of students in Tver
• Quality of life of students of the Faculty of Advanced Nursing Education
• Socio-economic content and development prospects of voluntary health insurance in the region of Tver
• Quality of life and mental health of patients with hypertonic disease
• The introduction of new technologies for prevention of nosocomial infection in surgical inpatient department
• Organization of work of nurses in prevention of complications in patients of the ICU department of the Tver municipal hospital №7
• Study of the labor time expenditures in the operative unit of the Central District Hospital of the Kalininskiy region

Tver State Medical Academy congratulates graduates of the Faculty of Advance Nursing Education!

Graduation ceremony at the International Faculty of Medical Education of Tver State Medical Academy took place on June 11, 2010. 

187 students from 21 countries received the desired degree on that day.

Distribution of graduates by country of origin

The annual EFNS Academy took place in Stare Splave, Czech Republic on May 13-16, 2010. The course offered lectures and workshops on movement disorders, autoimmune diseases, spinal cord disorders, and perspectives of neurology for 120 international participants. This year Tver State Medical Academy was represented by fellow of the EFNS Dr. Abramenko Y.V. form TSMA department of neurology and rehabilitation, faculty of postgraduate education.

Photo: meeting of neurologists from Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Latvia.

In the context of cooperation between Tver State Medical Academy and Bicon (USA) assоciate professor of Tver State Medical Academy Dr. Olga B. Davydova (department of dental medicine, faculty of postgraduate education) participated in international conference on implantology in Kiev, Ukraine on May 28-29, 2010.

Presentation of Dr. Davydova covered issues of clinical experience of surgery of short implants and use of opportunities of telemedicne in dental practice.

Our congratulations to Dr. Andrei A. Rodionov from department of general practice, preventive medicine and evidence based medicine of Tver State Medical Academy on his appointment as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology (www.academicjournals. org/JPHE/Archive.htm)   

The emphasis on the meritorious qualities of higher education in Russian universities and other institutions, particularly beneficial to Indian students, was reiterated by a visiting delegation at an Educational Fair, jointly organized by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) and the Russian Centre of International Education (RCIE), at 24, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi, on May 14.

Welcoming the visiting Russian delegation and students, Mr. Gadzhi M. Akhmedov, Deputy Director, RCSC, underlined the unique features regarding Russian higher education. The most advanced one standard-wise and comparably cheaper one cost-wise, the degrees and diplomas recognized abroad, coupled with English apart from Russian, as medium of instruction, are the major highlights with reference to Russian higher studies, Mr. Akhmedov added.

The eight-member Russian delegation was led by Prof. Bazhenov D. V., Vice Chancellor, Tver State Medical Academy. Underscoring the steadily-growing popularity of higher education in Russia, Prof. Bazhenov of Tver State Medical Academy, said that Russian universities attract a large number of foreign students from all over the world every year. So far, over 90, 000 foreign students, among them 40, 000 Indian students, have successfully completed higher educational courses in Russia. He added that medicine, engineering, Russian language and humanities are the subjects mainly chosen by foreign students. Apart from having highly qualified scientists and professors, the institutions offer much cheaper cost of higher education than in countries such as the US, the UK, etc.