Ural Federal University: 100 Percent of Medical Graduates Have Passed Professional Accreditation

All graduates of the UrFU Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics successfully passed the accreditation. A total of 37 graduates of the university passed the professional examination for medical specialists – 25 in Biochemistry and 12 in Biophysics.

“The examination is an independent assessment by practicing physicians, some of whom are also engaged in scientific activities. The commissions include heads of departments and practicing physicians of the Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1, the chief freelance specialist in clinical laboratory diagnostics of the Sverdlovsk Regional Ministry of Health, a resuscitation doctor, the head of the resuscitation and anesthesiology department, and other specialists. The exams are as transparent as possible, all the graduates’ actions are recorded by a video camera,” says Angelia Milashchenko, head of the UrFU Accreditation and Simulation Center.

The commission assessed the professional aptitude of biophysics graduates and their skills: functional study of cardiovascular system (ECG), respiratory system (spirography), nervous system (electroencephalography with functional tests), emergency care of patients. Biochemistry students performed immunological, biochemical, hematological and microbiological studies, demonstrated cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills.

“Our graduates can and do work as doctors of laboratory diagnostics, geneticists, criminalists or forensic experts, doctors of functional diagnostics, ultrasound. In other words, we graduate full-fledged specialists who, after six years of study with us, go to work as doctors with a medical diploma,” emphasizes Irina Danilova, Head of the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at UrFU.

Medical Biochemistry and Medical Biophysics are new areas of training. The training of specialists in this field began several years ago. This year’s graduates are the third ones. The faculty also trains specialists in Medical Cybernetics, the first of whom will graduate in two years.