Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky

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Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Krasnoyarsk State Medical Institute
Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy
Krasnoyarsk State Medical School

Leading medical school in Siberia and the Far East.

Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute (1942-1995), Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy (1995-2009), Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V.F. Vojno-Yasenetsky (since 2008).

The University is a member of the European Association of Medical Schools and the World Federation of Medical Education. The main directions of development in the university are the development of of bio-information technology, as well as the development of the production electronic textbooks and distance learning.

History

In November 1942 Voronezh Dental Institute, parts of 1st and 2nd Leningrad Medical Institutes, and Leningrad Pediatric Dental Institute, the Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute were united.

Formation of a new high school was held in stressful conditions. Local government, existing institutions, technical schools, hospitals, industrial enterprises of Krasnoyarsk Territory and other regions and territories of Siberia helped to organize neweducational institution. Due to this help in the new university was provided with educational clinical bases, all necessary equipment, reagents, teaching aids, and began to prepare the medical staff for the front. First graduates – several dozen doctors – six months later went to the front. Many graduated students in later years began their professional career at the front of World War II.

Initially, the university had only general medicine faculty. In 1958 was opened pediatric faculty, and three years later – Faculty of Advanced Medicine. In 1978 Faculty of Dentistry was established, 1992 – Faculty of Higher Nursing Education. In 2005, the Institute of Dentistry was established on the basis of the Faculty of Dentistry.

In June 1995 Russian Ministry of Health Ordered to rename Krasnoyarsk State Medical Institute into Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy. In 2007, Academy was given the name of Professor V.F .Vojno-Yasenetsky, and in 2008 KrasGMA assigned medical university status.

In recent years all lecture halls, a large part of the area departments of theoretical and clinical profile, gymnasium, auditorium, library, dormitory were upgraded. Annually KrasGMU organize up to 10 conferences with international participation in priority areas ,educational and scientific activities (for this purpose was opened the international hall with simultaneous translation).

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