Undergraduate training
The State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “Nicolae Testemitanu” is a higher level educational establishment from the Republic of Moldova, a training, curative and scientific centre.
The subject matter of the university is to form and improve medical and pharmaceutical specialists with moral principles, knowledge and practical skills indispensable for qualified, competent and responsible execution of their profession, organization of the academic process, scientific research, clinical activity (diagnosis, treatment, prevention of diseases).
In conformity with national and international standards, which are recommended by the WHO; high quality methodical and consulting medical assistance, sanitary-hygienic knowledge propagation in the population.
In the academic process the university gives every student the possibility of becoming a specialist with professional and fundamental preparation in accord with the solicited qualification. The concept of undergraduate and postgraduate training of medical specialists at the SMPhU is oriented to the indices of quality in training and includes the three steps:
The first step, undergraduate training, assures training of medical and pharmaceutical specialists at the Faculties of General Medicine, Stomatology and Pharmacy ;
The second step, postgraduate training, is carried out within residency, internship, master’s, doctorate and postdoctorate programs;
The third step, continuous improvement of medical and pharmaceutical specialists, including thematic recycling with 400 hour credit in 3-5 years.
The formation of the number of students at the university is accomplished by the admission competition, on the basis of the Regulations of the Ministry of Education and the admission plan for the budget and contract places approved by the Ministry of Health.
At present, the SMPhU “N. Testemitanu” includes 5 faculties: General Medicine, Stomatology, Pharmacy, Faculty of Improvement of Medical Specialists and Residency which include 8 departments, 10 courses and 14 scientific laboratories. The SMPhU “N. Testemitanu” accomplishes all its activities in optimally technical-financial, academic and methodical conditions.
The SMPhU “N. Testemitanu” has 3954 students and 1579 residents. Annually, at the SMPhU “N. Testemitanu” 3000 doctors have improvement courses. Throughout the 58 years of its existence the university prepared 32000 medical and pharmaceutical students. Their level of training goes hand by hand with modern requirements, this being confirmed by their perseverant activity in medical institutions of the Republic of Moldova and in the health systems in Europe, USA, Canada, Asia, etc.
The methods used in training at the university, curricula and syllabi are adjusted to the educational national and international policies based on traditions, authentic practice accumulated during the whole lifetime. The academic process is based on the applied and fundamental activity and scientific accomplishments of the departments and divisions of the university.
Training at the University is organized differently: 6 years for the Faculty of General Medicine, 5 years – faculties of Stomatology and Pharmacy. The studies are done in 4 languages: Romanian, Russian, English and French and are accomplished according to the curricula and syllabi including didactic and practical activities such as: theoretical, practical classes, workshops, seminars, clinical internships and individual activity through tests, control works, file-compiling and clinical observance, etc. The university practices techniques for improvement of educational technologies: case-based learning, interactive techniques, computer-assisted trainings, CD-ROMs, videos.
The noble mission of preparing the academic staff belongs to the academic staff of the university remarked by their intellectual potential. Within the 82 departments, 10 courses and 14 scientific laboratories there are 1000 specialists, including 15 academicians and corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, honorary members of academies of other countries, 143 professors and 547 PhDs in medicine, 21 Laureates of the State Prize in the field of science and technique.
The process of training and improving the medical specialists is accomplished within the clinical units with the amount of 10000 beds placed in republican, municipal hospitals, research centres, dispensers, policlinics, pharmacies.
In order to carry out practical activities the University Stomatological Clinic and University Pharmaceutical Centre are at the disposal of students and residents. The university also has a training centre of practical skills tests with monitoring equipment and standardized patients – a unique university unit for the South-Eastern Europe.
The university has 11 academic buildings, 16 hostels with 3000 places. The university library has 680 thousand volumes. There is a computer centre Infomedica equipped with modern computers and having access to the Internet.