The Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy

A The curriculum includes all the basic and clinical subjects that are necessary for the training of highly qualified physicians, surgeons and nurses. At the end of each term students take examinations. The students have all the facilities to carry on their research work under the supervision of their professors. The undergraduates have practical training at the clinics and hospitals. Young doctors, graduates of the Academy, will use all their knowledge and abilities to improve the people’s health, and to prevent and cure diseases.			B The Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, one of the oldest and biggest medical schools in Russia, was formerly the Medical Faculty of Moscow University. It was founded in 1758 by the great Russian scientist M.V. Lomonosov. The university had three faculties: Philosophical, Law and Medical and only thirty students studied at these faculties. The students were taught by three professors of Natural History, Anatomy and Chemistry. At that time the majority of the staff were foreign professors. The professors and students of the Medical Faculty took an active part in the political and social life of that time.
	C At present The Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy is an independent higher training institution. There are many more faculties at the academy: the Medical Faculty, the Faculty of Preventive Medicine, the Pharmaceutical Faculty, the Nursing Faculty, the Stomatological Faculty, the Military Medicine Faculty, as well as the Post-Graduate Health Care Management Faculty and the Faculty for Advanced Training of Doctors and Pharmacists. Over 9,000 students study at these faculties. The head of each faculty is the Dean. The course of study at the Academy is six years. The Academy has more than eighty departments in various theoretical and clinical specialties.
	D By the 19^th century there were six departments at the Medical Faculty: the departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Surgery, Internal Medicine and Midwifery. The first clinical hospitals were opened in 1805. They were the hospitals of Surgery and Obstetrics. By the end of the 19^th century 26 departments and 12 clinical hospitals had been founded and new departments added: the departments of Hygiene and Anatomic Pathology. At that time many outstanding doctors worked at the Faculty. They were: A.A Ostroumov, a physician; N.V. Sklifosovsky, a surgeon; A.U. Kozhevnikov, a neurologist; S.S. Korsakov, a psychiatrist; I.M. Sechenov, a physiologist, N.F. Filatov, a pediatrician, and others.

Active Words and Word Combinations

course of study курс обучения

curriculum (curricula) учебный план

dean / dean’s office / декан / деканат

department кафедра, отделение, (факультет)

facilities возможности, условия

faculty факультет

Faculty for Advanced Training факультет повышения квалификации

Faculty of Health Care Management факультет управления здравоохранением

Faculty of Preventive Medicine медико-профилактический факультет

foreign иностранный

highly qualified высоко квалифицированный

independent независимый

Internal Medicine внутренние болезни, терапия

institution of higher education высшее учебное заведение

institution of higher medical training высшее медицинское учебное заведение

Medical Faculty лечебный факультет

midwife / Midwifery / акушерка / акушерство

Military Medicine Faculty факультет военной медицины

Nursing Faculty факультет высшего сестринского образования

Obstetrics / obstetric / obstetrician / акушерство / акушерский / акушер

outstanding выдающийся

pediatrician педиатр

Pharmaceutical Faculty фармацевтический факультет

physician терапевт; врач, доктор, медик

psychiatrist психиатр

research work научно-исследовательская работа

to carry on research work вести (проводить) научно-исследовательскую работу

staff / staff member штат, сотрудник

Stomatological Faculty стоматологический факультет

Surgery / surgical / surgeon / хирургия / хирургический / хирург

term семестр

therapy / therapeutic лечение / лечебный

to cure diseases / cure (n) for smth / to cure smb of smth лечить болезни

to have practical training проходить практику

to graduate from smth / a graduate окончить / выпускник

to found основывать

to include включать

to prevent предотвращать, предупреждать

to take an active part in smth принимать активное участие в чем-то

under the supervision под руководством

Ex.5 Find the answers to the questions in the text.

1. What faculties were (there) at the Moscow University in 1758? 2. What departments were there at the Medical Faculty in the 19^th century? 3. When were the first clinical hospitals opened?

4. What outstanding doctors worked at the Medical Faculty in the 19^th century? 5. When do the students take exams?

Ex.6 Read the following statements and express your agreement or disagreement.

1. By the end of the 19^th century there were 26 departments and 12 clinics at the Medical Faculty of the Moscow University. 2. I.M. Sechenov founded Moscow Medical Academy in 1758. 3. The students have all the facilities to carry on their research work. 4. The undergraduates have practical training at the clinics and hospitals. 5. The dean is a head of the department. 6. The Academy has more than 80 departments in various theoretical and clinical specialties.

Ex. 7 Give some information about Moscow Medical Academy.

when it was founded;

who was the founder;

what famous scientists worked there;

how many faculties were there;

how many faculties are there now;

how many students study there.

to be founded, to be one of the oldest institutions of higher medical learning, independent institution of higher learning, departments, medical students, to open a clinical hospital, staff members of the faculty, outstanding scientist, to graduate from the Academy

Ex.8 Give some information about you. The questions may help.

1. How many faculties are there in your University? What faculty do you study at?

2. How many students study at the faculty? 3. What specialists are trained at the faculty?

4. What is the course of study? 5. Who is the dean of your faculty?

6. Students carry on research work in the students’ scientific society, don’t they?

Ex.9 Read the dialogue. What topics are they discussing?