Department of General Medical Practice and Dermatovenerology

History of the department

The department was opened in 2007 at the UCSMU as the department "Polyclinic-2."
Since September 1, 2009, in connection with the reorganization of the Academy, it was renamed the Department of Polyclinic.
In the 2012-2013 academic year, in connection with the inclusion in the department of courses: emergency medical care, obstetrics-gynecology and the basics of life safety, the department was renamed the department "Primary health care and obstetrics-gynecology." In 2017, it was renamed the department "PMSP-1." During the training of specialists "General Practitioner," with the study at the department of basic macro, microcycles of the internship level of OP "General Medicine" and the discipline "Fundamentals of General Medical Practice" of the 5th year, the department has been renamed the department "General Practitioner-1" since April 2018.
Since September 2025, the subject "Dermatovenerology" has been included in the number of subjects studied at the department, the name of the department has been changed to "General medical practice and dermatovenerology."

Objectives of the department:

Training of the general practitioner capable to work in the system of the rendering primary health care and capable to bear responsibility for ensuring continuous medical care to each patient who has addressed for him/her taking into account features of his/her family, society in which he/she lives of his/her culture, irrespective of his/her age and gender and also the nature of his/her disease.

Disciplines were taught at the department:
• Emergency medical care,
• Obstetrics and gynecology,
• fundamentals of life safety;

Disciplines taught at the department:
• In the specialty "Dentistry" 4 course:
"Dermatovenerology" in Kazakh, Russian

• In the specialty "Pediatrics" 5th course:
"Pediatric dermatovenerology" in Kazakh, Russian

• In the specialty "General Medicine" 5th course:
"Fundamentals of general medical practice" in Kazakh, Russian, English;

• Internship 6 course:
"Outpatient pediatrics"
"Outpatient therapy"

Select component:
"Outpatient cardiology"
"Preventive pediatrics";

• Internship 7 course:
"Childhood diseases in AFP"
"Internal diseases of AFP"

Residency in Pediatrics:
"Pediatric Dermatovenerology"

Component selection:
Geriatrics in AFP
"Exrogenital pathology in pregnant women at the PHC level"

Subjects are held in Kazakh and Russian

Mission:

The mission of the “General Medicine” educational program (hereinafter referred to as EP) is to train competitive personnel providing medical care at the PHC level and ready for continuous professional development.
The mission of the EP is presented by the Committee for the General Medicine (CEP) educational program, discussed with employers at a round table in January 2018. The mission was introduced to department staff, students, interns, clinical base management and practical healthcare representatives.
The mission of the EP “General Medicine” is posted on the SKMA website  in the organizational structure section (in the subsection Department of «General practioner-1»), at the stand of the dean’s office and at the chair of «General practionerr-1» of SKMA.
The medical organization of education should determine the mission of the educational program on the basis of considering the needs of public health, the needs of the medical care system and, accordingly, other aspects of social responsibility
EP “General Medicine” provides for bachelor and internship studies. The mission of the EP is developed taking into account the competencies of the graduate of the internship and the level of qualification in accordance with the industry qualifications framework.
During the developing the mission, the need for healthcare in medical personnel and the possibility of admitting an internship graduate to independent activities were taken into account. To date, graduates of the internship in the EP “General Medicine” can independently perform the functional duties of a general practitioner at the level of primary health care and provide emergency medical care

Scientific priorities of the department:
- Early diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents.

Currently, the following specialists work at the department: 18 teaching staff, 3 teaching staff, 1 doctor of medical sciences, 5 candidates of medical sciences, 2 masters of medicine and qualified doctors: therapist, pediatricians, general practitioners, dermatologists, endocrinologists.