Department of Neurology, psychiatry, rehabilitation with neurosurgery course

History of the department

The department of Neurology of South Kazakhstan medical academy was founded in 1994. Under the direction of Duchshanova G. with the founding of the department worked as assistants Palachkina .T. V., Paal E. V., Bekenov O. K., post-graduate students Tubanova M. A., G. A. Dikhanbaeva and clinical residents Toksanbaeva G. W., G. S. Baitureyeva.
Currently, the department trains undergraduate students, interns and residents. The staff of the department works in four main areas performing educational - methodical, medical - diagnostic (clinical), research and educational activities.
The main purpose of educational - methodical work is participation in the training of highly qualified medical personnel. Students and interns are trained at the department in the disciplines of the relevant courses. Every year at the department in the framework of FITUR cycles to improve doctors on topical issues of neurology and primary training of neurologists.
Since 2005, the department has implemented international quality standards for the training of medical personnel. Keeping pace with the times, guided by modern requirements for higher education, the staff of the department introduces innovative learning technologies in the educational process.
Over the years of its decade existence, the department of neurology has contributed to the development of neurological science in Kazakhstan. 1 doctor's and 14 candidate's dissertations are protected. The results of scientific research of the department are reflected in 400 domestic and foreign publications, including 2 monographs, 16 teaching manuals in Russian and Kazakh languages, 1 textbook.
The department is constantly working to strengthen the methodological base of the educational process, published 25 manuals, developed and approved by the RUMO RK 12 standard programs in neurology, neurosurgery and related disciplines.
Since 2018, the department manages candidate of medical sciences, acting Professor Zharkynbekova N.A.

The tasks of the department are:

- ensuring a high level of teaching disciplines with the use of modern innovative technologies aimed at fulfilling the main tasks of the department in the process of training bachelor, residency and FITUR
- development and implementation of educational and visual manuals, development of control and measuring tools to ensure control of student’s knowledge
- systematically professional development of teachers
- realization of educational work in the amount of curatorial activities, in the process of lectures and practical training and during the duties in the dormitory

Main training courses:

- Bachelor course
- Internship
- Residency
- FITUR

Disciplines of the department of neurology, psychiatry and psychology are taught in Kazakh, Russian, English languages.
Annually updated syllabus, test questions and lecture complexes.
The staff of the department conducts scientific research in various directions on topical issues of neurology.
Teachers of the department are constantly improving their professional level, making presentations at scientific conferences, both regional, national and international level; systematically improve the level of professional skills, participate in national and intra-academic seminars.
The staff of the department is constantly conducting scientific researches, taking on the world experience in solving the problems of neurology, the results of their own research has repeatedly been worthily represented at home and abroad. Employees of the department participated in many international scientific forums in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, Spain.
At this stage, the Department together with LLC "NPF Materia Medica holding" conducted a scientific study "International multicenter double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical study in parallel groups of efficacy and safety of various drug use schemes Tenoten in the treatment of anxiety in patients with somatoform, stress-related and other neurotic disorders».
In February 2017 in Moscow (Russia) was trained on this study, which was attended by three employees of the department and received certificates of good clinical practice (GCP).
The department is the organizer and active participant of various conferences, seminars, congresses, societies and master classes.
On September 14-15, 2018 in Shymkent, our department organized an international conference "I Central Asian Conference on Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders" with international participation, where professors from London, Turkey, Spain, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia took part .
Since the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year, the department has begun a scientific study on the topic: "Epidemiological and clinical and genetic analysis of Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, ataxia and dystonia in the Turkestan region", and the staff of the department is working on a scientific project on the topic: "Improving the diagnosis brain death in intensive care, neurosurgical and neurological departments of multidisciplinary hospitals and the development of a transplant coordination service in South Kazakhstan”.
The department is an organizer and active participant of various conferences, seminars, congresses, societies and master classes.
On November 18-19, 2021 in Shymkent, our department organized the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Interdisciplinary Neurology", dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, where speakers from the near and far abroad spoke.
On March 31 - April 1, 2022, the International Scientific and Practical Conference "School of Clinical Neurology in South Kazakhstan" was held in Shymkent, where topical issues on movement disorders, epilepsy, stroke and issues in pediatric neurology were discussed.
From 06/29/22 Order No. 53 the name of the department was renamed to "Neurology, psychiatry, rehabilitation with a course of neurosurgery."