International relations of Samarkand State Medical University are based on the concept of development of the university and are aimed at strengthening its place in the world of interethnic education. The main advantages of such cooperation are an increase in the number of students from foreign countries, the development of joint international projects with higher education institutions and research centers, an increase in the number of researchers and teachers teaching in foreign educational institutions, an increase in the number of joint programs and academic mobility with foreign universities.
Samarkand State Medical University has close ties with more than 60 state and international organizations, foreign universities and research centers in the field of education and science based on the principle of equality adopted within the framework of international cooperation. The development of cooperative dialogues with universities in Europe, Asia, North America and the CIS is based on joint programs and educational mobility. Every year the number of highly qualified specialists, teaching staff, researchers and students from abroad who visit SamSMU increases in order to establish cooperative dialogues, study, improve their skills, and participate in scientific conferences. SamSMU is ready to establish contacts with educational and scientific centers, universities and public organizations around the world, and our doors are also open to all foreign applicants, students, graduate students and doctors.
Geography of cooperation: The Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology has established relationships and cooperation with more than 10 higher educational institutions and research centers in the CIS countries.
In particular, the Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology of Samarkand State Medical University cooperates with leading scientific institutions of Uzbekistan and the world: the Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology of the Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent Medical Pediatric Medical Institute, Yaroslavl, Tver and Astrakhan State Medical University of the Russian Federation, Tajik State Medical University. The department works closely together with the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Center for Phthisiology and Pulmonology, and the Scientific and Practical Center “Mother and Child” of the Republic of Belarus.
The department regularly organizes and conducts seminars, international online webinars, round tables with the participation of leading foreign phthisiatricians and pulmonologists, phthisiopediatricians, phthisiosurgeons with the aim of exchanging experience in solving current problems of phthisiology and pulmonology. In particular, in April 2022, the department organized a webinar on the topic “Modern aspects of latent tuberculosis infection”, the speaker at which was Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Phthisiology of the Yaroslavl State Medical University of the Russian Federation O.G. Chelnokova. Round table on the topic “Current problems of tuberculosis and Covid-19” with the participation of the scientific secretary of the scientific and practical center “Mother and Child” of the Republic of Belarus L.A. Gorbach took place in May 2021. We discussed current problems of drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and ways to overcome it with the departments of phthisiology and pharmacology of Smolensk Medical University. Academic mobility with employees of the Department of Phthisiology of Tver State Medical University took place in the form of an online webinar on the topic “Bleeding from the lungs in phthisiology: main causes and methods of treatment”, for doctors and students, the speaker was Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department Phthisiology A.V. Aseev.
In the 2022-2023 academic year, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Phthisiology of the Yaroslavl State Medical University of the Russian Federation O.G. Chelnokova, by order of the rector of SamSMU, was an associate professor in our department. During this academic year, Doctor of Medical Sciences. Chelnokova conducted a course of lectures and practical classes for 4th year students of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Medical Pedagogy.
Currently, the Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology plans to further expand the relations and international cooperation of the department.
