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Departament of Tuberculosis

Teaching Staff:

History Data:

The considerable prevalence of tuberculosis in the first years of the existence of the Soviet Union became a reason for creation of lecture courses devoted to treatment of tuberculosis. The first courses were conducted on the basis of the Kyiv Institute of Tuberculosis, lectures and seminars were given by famous scientists: Academician F.G.Yanovsky, Professor L.Ya.Epshtein. Since 1934, the course of lectures in phthisiology was given by the scientific supervisor of the Institute of Tuberculosis Professor N.S. Morozovsky, on whose initiative in 1935, the course of tuberculosis was reorganized into an independent Department of Tuberculosis that he had been heading for almost 20 years (till 1953).With the participation of research workers of the Department, not only training of physicians, but also a considerable work aimed at the creation of antitubercular service in Ukraine was carried out. In addition, a substantial scientific work on the problems of clinical presentation, diagnosis and therapy of tuberculosis was accomplished at the Department. In the next years such well-known scientists as Professor F.A. Myhailov, Professor I.P. Lerner, Professor M.M. Amosov, Professor G.G. Horovenko, and Professor I.M. Slipuha conducted their teaching there. Professor O.S. Mamolat, an eminent organizer of the struggle against tuberculosis, a permanent, during 43 years, Director of the Institute of Tuberculosis had been at the head of Department for a certain period of time. In 1966-1988, a well-known scientist and talented teacher Professor B.P. Yashchenko was the head of the Department. In this period, much attention was given to elaborations of problems of diagnostics and treatment of persons of elderly and senile age, 20 Candidates’ and one Doctoral theses were defended. Since 1989, the Department is headed by an eminent scientist, organizer and teacher Professor V.G. Myasnikov, who combines the work at the Department with the duties of Vice-Rector of the Kyiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, at first in scientific work and since 1991 – in teaching and methodological work. The staff of the Department consists of highly trained specialists with a great length of pedagogic service, medical and scientific experience who conduct pedagogic process at a high methodological and scientific level, leading specialists of the Institute of Phthisiology and Pulmonology of the AMSU: Academician Yu.I. Feshchenko, Corresponding Member K.F. Chernushenko, etc. also took part in educational process. The training of teachers is realized through post-graduate course, clinical residency. The Department remains one of the main teaching and methodological institutions, dealing with postgraduate training in Ukraine. From 1921, the Department is working on the clinical basis of the F.G. Yanovsky Institute of Phthisiology and Pulmonology, AMSU.

Teaching and Methodological Work:

The following courses are conducted at the Department:

Specialization (4 months) — Specialization in Phthisiology;

Pre-certification (1 month) — Pre-certification course in Phthisiology;

Topical Advanced Training (1 month) — Information and probation course “Modern Methods of Treating Tuberculosis of Respiratory Ways”.

Internship: course in Phthisiology.

The issues of diagnosing, preventing and treating tuberculosis (6–36 academic hours) are taught as well to interns and trainees-doctors of 32 chairs of the NMAPE (family medicine. therapeutics, neurology, pulmonology, dentistry, etc.).

During the years of the Department’s existence, a considerable attention was always given to training of specialists. The youth of the Department (post-graduate students, clinical residents) are actively involved into the teaching process, they give lectures on scientific subjects, take part in conferences and carry out therapeutic work. The training at clinical residency is limited to two years and post-graduate course lasts three years. The physicians educated at the Department continue their creative way in scientific and practical work.

The NMAPE staff members of the chair of tuberculosis in collaboration with the Kharkov Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education basic chair are the coauthors of state (branch) curricula and syllabi for intership, specialized training, Pre-certification Training, information and traineeship courses. In addition, a sullabus for informaation and traineeship course, designed for the professional and teaching staff of the chairs of tuberculosis of higher medical schools of Ukraine, of the subject “DOT strategy as a tool of liquidating tuberculosis epidemic in Ukraine” was worked out. From 2001 to 2005, 1 textbook copmpising a section on tuberculosis, 3 educational manuals, 3 works of teaching-methodological trend were published. The chair took part in 4 scientific-methodological, conferences, 2 of which ere consecrated to the issues of postgraduate education: training family physicians and imlementing European credit-module system (ECTS) in physician and pharmaceutists’ education.

Scientific Research Activities:

Scientific-research works deal with the issues of pathogenetic treatment and chemotherapy of patients with multiresistant tuberculosis. All of them have a state registration. The staff members of the Department participated in 4 Congresses of Ukraine: of oncologists, allergologists, physiotherapists and phthisiologists where they presented their scientific reports and they have published abstracts. During the period of 5 years, 3 patients on inventions and on 2 priority resolutions were obtained, 69 scientific articles and abstracts were published. From 2001 to 2005 4 Candidate theses were defenoled. The Department has a fruitful scientific collaboration with the department of reflexotherapy and neurology (Head of the Dept. - Prof. Ye.L.Macheret) and with the department of rehabilitation, physiotherapy and health resort therapy (Head of the Dept. - Prof. I.Z.Samosyuk). Associate Professor O.D.Nikolaeva’ Doctorate Thesis performance on the subject: “Laserpuncture in complex treatment of patient with lung tuberculosis associated with concominant diseases” is in progress.

Clinical work:

For many years, the 1^st Department of Therapy (55 beds) of the IPP of the AMSU remains a clinical base of the Department, therapeutic and research work is conducted in close collaboration with it. The scientific workers of the Department are also engaged in consultative activities at the polyclinic of IPP and other medical institutions of Kyiv and Ukraine. During training of specialists, specialized departments of the Institute are also involved, and this warrants a qualitative training of future physicians-phthisiologists.

International activities:

During a long period of its existence, the Department used to provide training of the physicians from Sudan, Yemen, Tadjikistan, who have passed training and have finished clinical residency.

Address:

Institute of Phthisiology and Pulmonology
Department of Tuberculosis of NMAPE
7, Protasiv Yar uzviz,
Kyiv
Telephone (044) 275-55-00