Cardiovascular Surgery

Profession

Cardiovascular surgery is a field of science that develops special invasive diagnostic methods in surgery of the cardiovascular system, surgical and endovascular surgical methods of treating cardiovascular pathology. The development of new diagnostic methods and surgical interventions on the heart and blood vessels will help expand the capacity of healthcare to provide effective care to patients with cardiovascular diseases, this is of great socio-economic importance for the country.

Educational Process

The program is aimed at the training of highly qualified scientific and academic staff, who can conduct research in the relevant field of Cardiovascular Surgery and in related fields of science and higher education. It includes introductory lectures, a large number of practical classes in the department, research organizations and healthcare centers of the health care system. Postgraduate students prepare their research work under the guidance of doctors of science, heads of medical organizations. Postgraduate students consistently produce high-quality research, published primarily in international, and where appropriate, in local peer-reviewed journals.
Postgraduate students are trained for 3 years.

Practice

The scientific research internship is organized in close relationship with the research work of a postgraduate student and contributes to the formation of competencies necessary for conducting scientific research and to the development of the skills of independent scientific research work.
The teaching internship implies learning the disciplines ” Hospital Surgery, Pediatric Surgery ” (knowledge, skills, and abilities gained in learning this subject are necessary for the competent development of the content of training sessions); “Teaching methodology” (consolidation of knowledge, skills and abilities of methodological development and analysis of the basic forms of training sessions and extracurricular activities, explaining, testing and control of knowledge, organizing the educational work with students).

Career

The advantages of obtaining a degree on this specialization for career development:
— conduct of the critical analysis and the assessment of modern scientific achievements;
— generation of new ideas for solving specific practical or research tasks in the field of Cardiovascular Surgery;
— design and conduct of integrated research in the field of studying cardiovascular diseases;
— participation in the work of Russian and international research teams;
— teaching activities in profession-oriented higher education institutions and colleges.