At the 2nd Department of Pediatrics of the Pediatric Faculty, in the 2023-2024 academic year, 23 undergraduate students were accepted as members of the student scientific society (SSS) “Young Pediatricians”, and all of them actively participate in club meetings held at the department. Each member of the SSS was assigned to a specific teacher of the department and they conducted scientific research according to the “Teacher-student” traditions.
The activities of the SSS in the 2023-2024 academic year were organized and carried out on the basis of a plan approved on August 28, 2023.
Under the leadership of the head. Department Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor N.I. Akhmedzhanova and the person responsible for the department, candidate of medical sciences, associate professor Akhmatov A., meetings of the SSS were held 2 times a month, on Saturdays, in total 14 meetings of the scientific circle were held over the past period.
At the first meeting, members of the SSS were informed of the annual research plan. Master classes were held on the collection of primary documents, their recording and storage, on the preparation of scientific articles, on the rules of working with scientific literature, methods of collecting materials and working on them, the results and discussion of research, and the rules for their publication.
Also, the circle participants enriched their practical knowledge in the process of examining patients in the somatic departments of the Samarkand Regional Children's Multidisciplinary Medical Center.
Groups of pulmonologists, cardiologists, and nephrologists were formed among students, who conducted scientific research on topical problems of the above departments. At the meetings, reports were organized in English, Russian and Uzbek languages, taking into account the participation of students from the Faculty of International Medical Education of the university and the interests of local students.
Members of the student scientific society “Young Pediatricians” of the department actively took part in the international Olympiad for students of medical institutions of higher education “Samarkand-2020”, held at our university on December 15-16, 2023 in the field of “Pediatrics”. At the end of the year, 1 first degree diploma and 1 second degree diploma were awarded, and the rest of the students were awarded certificates in various categories.
For the period of the 2024-2025 academic year, on November 4, 2023, 5 members of the SSS took part in the “Master Class” held between 5 pediatric departments of SamSMU and were awarded 5 diplomas of I-III degrees.
Members of the student scientific society “Young Pediatricians” of the department took an active part in the “78th International Scientific and Practical
Conference of Students and Young Scientists of Medical Universities”, held at our university on May 16-17, 2024. The scientific works of 13 of our students were published in the program, 3 members of the SSS presented reports in the conference program and, following the results of the conference, received 2 II degree diplomas and 1 III degree diploma.
