The National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" will recruit students for the educational program "General Medicine" in Moscow campus in 2021. Previously, the university trained doctors with knowledge of nuclear medicine only in its branch in Obninsk.

According to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, there is a significant  medical  personnel shortage in the country and in the coming years it will increase.

To meet the demand for doctors with new, interdisciplinary competencies in biomedicine, biophotonics, nuclear medicine, nanomaterials, MEPhI launched an educational program of higher education "General Medicine" at its Moscow site.

The educational program is being implemented jointly with the Obninsk Institute of Atomic Energy, a branch of MEPhI.  Admission of applicants will be conducted both in Obninsk and in Moscow, said Alexander Galchin, deputy Director of the Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine MEPhI.

“The training program for doctors is based on a competency-based principle. Students will acquire the skills of providing emergency care, carrying out nursing and medical diagnostic and treatment procedures. It will be used interactive and other new learning technologies using electronic phantoms, dummies, mannequins, virtual models. Our graduates will be able to work as therapists or continue their studies in residency or postgraduate studies, " Galchin said.

According to him, students will study in rooms of a separate building fully equipped with modern teaching aids.

To study anatomy, the university acquired an interactive anatomical table "Pirogov", natural plastinated preparations of the human body. Practical training of future specialists will take place at clinical sites.

Future doctors will be able to take advantage of the material, technical and research base of a leading engineering university and receive in-depth training in radio medicine, information technology and artificial intelligence. They will also study such disciplines as "artificial intelligence in medicine", "radiobiology", "radiopharmaceuticals", "medical radiology" and "radiotherapy", — said Alexander Galchin.