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Russian Medical syllabus/Curriculum: Study Medicine in Russia

Prabhu Ramani by Prabhu Ramani
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Russian Medical syllabus/Curriculum: Study Medicine in Russia

  • Curriculum prescribed by the State Educational Board on High Professional Education, Russian Federation Ministry of Health
  • Course: Doctor of Medicine (MD Russia)
  • Duration: 6 years
  • The medium of teaching: English/bilingual/Russian

The academic year

  • Consists: 2 semesters
  • Autumn term: starts on the 1st of September
    • Winter vacation lasts for around 2 weeks
  • The winter term: starts on the 2nd of February.
    •  Summer vacation lasts for around 2 months.

Russian Medical syllabus/Curriculum

  • Emphasis on the CIS curricula/syllabi: It’s wise to emphasize that this Curriculum/syllabus is tentative & the subject’s distribution or teaching hours or exams might vary in different universities and CIS. All the curricula & syllabi in CIS are derivative of the original one from the USSR however the various universities and CIS use their own modified versions of the curricula/syllabi.
    • Subjects distribution: the distribution of the subjects differ as per the version of the university or CIS.
      1. Subjects to be taught per academic year might vary: Anatomic Pathology is taught in 3rd academic year in Russia however can be taught in 2nd year in other CIS.
      2. Subjects to be stacked & separated: FM is a separate subject in Russia however FM & Pathology might be stacked together in other CIS. Endocrinology or Neurology are separate subjects in Russia however they might be part of Internal medicine (Therapy).
    • Teaching hours: teaching hours also differ as per the version of the university or CIS.
    • Exams: the pattern, distribution & weightage of the exams differ as per the version of the university or CIS.
  • Semester 1 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/ number of credit units
1 Latin language 36 36 /2
2 Chemistry 10 18 18 /1,3
3 Biology, basics of ecology 22 72 14 /3
4 Anatomy 8 54 46 /3
5 History 6 54 48 Credits/3
6 Economics 8 36 28 Credits/2
7 Culturology 36 36 Credits/2
8 Physics, maths 10 54 44 Credit/3
9 Life safety 10 36 26 /2
10 Physical culture and sport 72 Credits/2
11 Basics of scientific work in medicine 36 72 Credit/3

  • Semester 2 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/

number of credit units

1 Foreign language 72 36 Credit/3
2 Latin language 36 Credit/1
3 Nursing process 10 36 62 Credit/3
4 Philosophy 28 36 44 /3
5 Chemistry 36 26 Credit/1,7
6 Biology, basics of ecology 14 54 40 1 Exam/4
7 Anatomy 16 108 20 /4
8 Histology, embryology, cytology 18 54 /2
9 Medical informatics 10 54 44 Credit/3
10 Life safety 18 18 Credit/1
11 Health and a healthy lifestyle in the preventive work of a doctor 6 36 30 Credits/2

  • Semester 3 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/  number of credit units
1 Histology, embryology, cytology 18 54 72 1 Exam/5
2 Anatomy 12 54 78 1 Exam/5
3 Philosophy 36 36 1 Exam/3
4 Psychology, pedagogics  12 36 24 /2
5 Biological chemistry 34 54 56 /4
6 Normal physiology 30 54 60 /4
7 Foreign language as a means of professional communication of a doctor 36 /1
8 Jurisprudence 10 36 26 /2
9 Elective courses on physical culture and sport 36 46 /

  • Semester 4 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/ number of credit units
1 Immunology 12 54 42 Credit/3
2 Bioethics 10 36 62 Credit/3
3 Psychology, pedagogics  18 18 Credit/1
4 Biological chemistry 14 54 40 1 Exam/4
5 Normal physiology 18 54 36 1 Exam/4
6 Foreign language as a means of professional communication of a doctor 36 Credit/1
7 History of medicine 10 18 80 Credit/3
8 Jurisprudence 18 18 Credit/1
9 Microbiology, virology 18 54 72 /4
10 Hygiene 16 54 38 /3
11 Elective courses on physical culture and sport 36 46 Credit/
12 Micronutrients in medicine 24 48 Credit/2

  • Semester 5 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/  number of credit units
1. Microbiology, virology 18 54 36 1 Exam/4
2. Pharmacology 18 54 72 /4
3. Pathological anatomy 18 54 36 /3
4. Pathological physiology 18 54 36 /3
5. Propaedeutic of internal diseases 36 72 72 /5
6. General surgery 18 54 108 /5
7. Hygiene 12 54 42 1 Exam/4
8. Elective courses on physical culture and sport 36 46 /

  • Semester 6 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/  number of credit units
1 Radiodiagnostics 12 48 48 Credit/3
2 Pharmacology 18 51 39 1 Exam/4
3 Pathological anatomy 18 51 39 1 Exam/4
4 Pathological physiology 18 51 39 1 Exam/4
5 Propaedeutic of internal diseases 18 68 94 1 Exam/6
6 General surgery 18 51 75 1 Exam/5
7 Topographic anatomy and operative surgery 12 34 26 /2
8 Elective courses on physical culture and sport 34 46 Credit/

  • Semester 7 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/  number of credit units
1 Topographic anatomy and operative surgery 12 42 18 1 Exam /3
2 Public health and healthcare, health economics 14 48 10 /2
3 Urology 12 36 24 Сredit/2
4 Medical rehabilitation 8 42 22 /2
5 Dermatovenerology 10 48 14 1 Exam/3
6 Neurology 10 24 38 /2
7 Obstetrics 18 72 18 /3
8 Faculty therapy 18 60 30 /3
9 Faculty surgery 14 48 10 /2
10 Tropical pathology 18 18 /1

  • Semester 8 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/  number of credit units
1. Neurology 8 24 4 1 Exam/2
2. Public health and healthcare, health economics 14 36 22 1 Exam/3
3. Medical rehabilitation 22 14 Credit/1
4. Faculty therapy 18 60 30 1 Exam/4
5. Otolaryngology 6 24 6 /1
  Ophthalmology 6 24 6 /1
6. Endocrinology 4 24 80 Credit/3
7. Faculty surgery 14 24 34 1 Exam/3
8. Obstetrics 16 24 68 1 Exam/4
  Phthisiology 16 36 20 /2
9. Pediatrics 14 36 58 /3
12. Tropical pathology 18 18 Credit/1

  • Semester 9 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/ total number of credit units
1 Otolaryngology 10 24 38 Credit/2
2 Phthisiology 24 48 1 Exam/3
3 Psychiatry, medical psychology 16 48 44 Exam /4
4 Ophthalmology 8 24 40 Credit/2
5 Outpatient therapy 16 36 2 /1,5
6 Hospital therapy 18 48 6 /2
7 Genetics, medical ecology 10 36 26 /2
8 Hospital surgery 18 36 18 /2
9 Traumatology, orthopedics 18 48 42 /3
10 Gynecology 18 48 42 /3
11 Pediatrics 14 36 22 /2
12 Physiotherapy 4 24 8 Credit/1

  • Semester 10 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/ total number of credit units
1 Clinical pharmacology 10 24 2 /1
2 Psychiatry, medical psychology 10 24 2 Credit /1
3 Outpatient therapy 14 36 4 1 Exam /2,5
4 Hospital therapy 18 48 6 1 Exam /3
5 Genetics, medical ecology 20 16 Credit /1
6 Hospital surgery 18 36 18 /2
7 Traumatology, orthopedics 10 36 26 1 Exam /3
8 Gynecology 18 48 42 1 Exam /4
9 Pediatrics 48 60 1 Exam /4
10 Infectious diseases 18 60 30 /3
11 Tropical diseases 18 36 18 Credit /2

  • Semester 11 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/  number of credit units
1 General medical practice 16 56 /2
2 Oncology, radiation therapy 18 60 66 1 Exam/5
3 Dentistry 8 24 40 Credit/2
4 Clinical pharmacology 36 27 Credit/1,75
5 Infectious diseases 22 132 17 1 Exam/5,75
6 Hospital therapy. Occupational diseases 24 72 84 /5
7 Clinical immunology 12 48 48 Credit/3
8 Hospital surgery 48 42 1 Exam/3,5
9 Anesthesiology, reanimation, intensive therapy 16 48 80 /4
10 Actual issues of internal diseases 18 9 /0,75

  • Semester 12 in Russian medical university
№ Discipline Lectures (hours) Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Number of credits units per exam Form of control/   number of credit units
1 Clinical pathological anatomy 16 20 Credit/1
2 Epidemiology 16 38 Credit/1,5
3 Hospital therapy. Occupational diseases 48 24 Credit/2
4 General medical practice 48 24 Credit/2
5 Practical training course on basic manipulation techniques 24 30 Credit/1,5
6 Obstetric and gynecological care 36 Credit/1
7 Clinical endocrinology 8 36 19 Credit/1,75
8 Neurosurgery 8 16 48 Credit/2
9 Anesthesiology, reanimation, intensive therapy 36 18 Credit/1,5
10 Medical ecology 20 52 Credit/2
11 Forensic medicine 12 48 48 Credit/3
12 Children surgery 8 36 64 Credit/3
13 Actual issues of internal diseases 24 48 Credit/2

Clinical Practice in Russian medical university

N Practice Practical sessions (hours) Individual work (hours) Form of control/number of credit units Semester
1 Educational practice in obtaining primary professional skills in general patient care, including primary research skills. 36 72 Exam/3 2
2 Educational clinical practice “Care for patients of therapeutic and surgical profile. First aid” 36 72 Exam/3 2
3 Work practice in obtaining professional skills and experience in professional activity “Assistant ward and procedural nurse” 120 60 Exam/5 4
4 Work clinical practice “General clinical practice of a physician” 96 48 Exam/4 6
5 Work practice in obtaining professional skills and experience in professional activity “Assistant physician. Therapy” 72 36 Exam/3 8
6 Work practice in obtaining professional skills and experience in professional activity “Assistant physician. Surgery” 72 36 Exam/3 8
7 Work practice in obtaining professional skills and experience in professional activity “Assistant physician. Obstetrics” 72 36 Exam/3 8
8 1. Work clinical practice “Assistant physician of the intensive care unit”

2. Research work

144 72 Exam/6 10
  • NB: There are minor inter-university differences in the distribution or sequence of the subjects, teaching hours, credits & reference textbooks.

Exam in Russian medical university

  • Testing theoretical proficiency: Viva/Cases/MCQs & written (in some universities)

  • Testing practical proficiency: spotters & skills in the appropriate lab setup

  • Testing Clinical proficiency:
    • Clinical skills at the patient’s bedside
    • Procedures in the appropriate setup in manikins or simulated models or real patients.

Scores

  • The score ranges from 5 to 1:
    • 5 is “excellent” → Otlichno
    • 4 is “good” → Khorosho
    • 3 is “satisfactory” → Udovletvoritel’no
    • 2 is “unsatisfactory” → Neudovletvoritel’no


Indian vs Russian medical syllabus/curriculum

Russian Curriculum  Indian Curriculum
  • 6 academic years
  • 4.5 Academic years + 1 year of internship (Competency-based curriculum)
Year 1 2 semesters
  • Systemic anatomy
  • Histology & Embryology
  • Bioorganic & inorganic chemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Biology
  • Latin language
  • Medical Economics
  • Medical informatics
  • Basics of scientific work in medicine
  • First Aids & life safety
  • Nursing therapy
  • Anatomy
  • Histology & Embryology
  • Genetics
  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology
Year 2 & 3 3 semesters
  • Systemic anatomy (Neuroanatomy)
  • Histology & Embryology
  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Microbiology & Immunology
  • Pathology (Anatomic Pathology)
  • Pathophysiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Topographic Anatomy & Operative surgery
  • Hygiene
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Propaedeutics of IM including Laboratory & Instrumental Dx
  • FMT & legal medicine
  • Psychology
  • Clinical genetics
  • General surgery
  • History of medicine
  • Micronutrients
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • PSM
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacology
  • Microbiology
  • Clinical postings inwards & OPDs
Year 4-6 4 semesters
  • Dermatology & STD
  • Ophthalmology
  • ENT
  • Radiology
  • Anesthesia & EM
  • Orthopedics
  • Psychiatry 
  • Surgery & Pediatric surgery
  • Urology
  • O&G
  • Pediatrics
  • Internal medicine
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Infectious diseases, Pediatric infection & Phthisiology
  • PSM
  • Clinical immunology
  • Oncology & radiation therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational diseases
  • Tropical diseases
  • Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
  • IM & Pulmonary medicine
  • Surgery
  • PSM
  • Psychiatry
  • Dermatology
  • Radio Dx & Radiotherapy
  • OBG
  • Pediatrics
  • Anesthesiology
  • ENT
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Rehabilitation
  • Dentistry
  • Clinical postings

Indian vs Russian medical education in a nutshell

Russia India
Duration 6 years MD 4.5 years MBBS (Competency-based curriculum)
Medium of teaching English/bilingual/Russian English
Discipline/strictness Moderate High (Govt colleges)
Textbooks Only in few universities provide at their libraries Students should purchase as per the recommendation
Proficiency of faculties Higher Higher
Language barrier Many students have Some students have in the states with different  spoken languages
Exam Mainly viva +/- computerized tests in few universities Written (MCQs + short & long questions) + Viva
Patient flow Low High
Clinical exposure Medium High
Hands-on clinical training Medium High
Internship Not approved in India +
Research exposure Low Low
Tuition fee Cheaper Very expensive

Also read:

  1. Study Medicine in Russia: Russia in a student’s Perspective
  2. Overview of Russian medical universities
  3. Comparison between Indian & Russian Syllabus
  4. Pros & cons of Russian medical education
  5. How should I choose a Medical University in Russia?
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