Master degree program
Medicine (Clinician-Scientist)

Medicine (Clinician-Scientist)

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Medical Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this program, it is expected that undergraduates will be able to:
1. Integrate knowledge, skills and abilities to solve research and practical tasks in an interdisciplinary aspect
2. Explain new knowledge and draw conclusions in the field of machine learning (learning with a teacher, learning with partial involvement of a teacher, learning without a teacher, learning with reinforcement) and neural networks.
3. Classify the concept of systemic medicine as a complex and comprehensive tool for analyzing the factors of the development of polygenic diseases.
4. Demonstrate competently to draw up conclusions, reports and other types of documentation necessary for the work);
5. To classify technologies, methods and techniques of theoretical and methodological approaches in the interpretation of medical information;
6. To evaluate the scientific and production processes related to the implementation of Personalized Medicine in clinical practice.
7. To conduct a comprehensive assessment of the role of various factors in the structure of diseases;
8. Evaluate, reflect and control the influence of the personal qualities of the physician-researcher and practice on the research results and professional activities;
9. Create a design and program of scientific research, analyze, describe, justify and present medical and statistical data with adequate methods and technologies, apply statistical methods in data processing;
10. Develop and implement independent application projects using modern tools and methods.
11. Build effective professional communication with colleagues;
12. Think critically, creatively and independently, clearly describe professional information in forms and styles suitable for the audiences and the purposes it serves;

Program passport

Speciality Name
Medicine (Clinician-Scientist)
Speciality Code
7M10104
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine and Health

disciplines

"Omics" Technologies in Medicine
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply "Omix" technologies in medicine." The discipline studies modern "omix" technologies; allows you to understand "Omixes" in the context of clinical diagnostics, find the relationship between omix technologies and personalized medicine, demonstrate knowledge on the use of omix technologies in the study of monogenic and multifactorial diseases, use in the field of personalized and translational medicine.

Critical thinking
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: To familiarize students with the basics, concept and methodology of using critical thinking in medicine and to form the ability of undergraduates to: discuss systems of judgments for analyzing events; formulate conclusions; interpret results; possess methods of critical evaluation of systematic reviews and meta-analyses; assess the level of evidence obtained from scientific publications in the field of translational medicine.

Environmental factors and their effects on public health
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to provide theoretical and practical foundations on environmental factors and their impact on health. To form abilities:to understand and solve the problems of the influence of environmental factors on human health; to analyze the results of research on public health; to assess the correlation between the qualitative composition, concentration of harmful substances and public health.

Epidemiology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to form highly qualified specialists in the effective application of epidemiology methods in medicine who are able to: correctly assess the impact of potential risk factors on the development of the disease; be competent in epidemiological examination, epidemiological diagnostics, environmental epidemiology, the content of anti-epidemic activities and the basics of its organization; investigate the causes, condition, mechanisms of diseases.

Evaluation of medical technologies
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form basic skills for evaluating medical technologies to improve the quality of medical care. The discipline will give the basic concepts of a system for evaluating the clinical and financial effectiveness of medical technologies, methods for promoting safe and effective patient care, and form skills for systematizing information about the effectiveness, safety and economic feasibility (acceptability) of diagnostic, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation methods.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a specialist’s research culture, research competence, as well as the theoretical, methodological and practical foundations for organizing research activities in the conditions of the development of science and the implementation of industrial and innovative development programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; fundamentals of methodology and methods of scientific research, logic and structure of pedagogical research, scientific apparatus and research planning

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline to form the ability to apply practical skills in the organization and planning of scientific research. The discipline studies: forms and methods of planning, organization and design of scientific articles and dissertations; forms of summarizing the results of scientific research in presentations, speeches, projects, articles.

Pedagogy of Higher education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is the formation of the ability of pedagogical activity through the knowledge of higher education didactics, theories of upbringing and education management, analysis, and self-assessment of teaching activities. The course covers the educational activity design of specialists, Bologna process implementation, acquiring a lecturer, and curatorial skills by TLA-strategies.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Advanced course in Translational Medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to build the ability to use the latest research technologies to personalize the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, as well; -assess clinical examples for the application of the principles of personalization of diagnosis and treatment - Understand the importance of using omix technology in the diagnosis of diseases. - to master practical skills in molecular biological and cellular technologies in the context of their application for clinical practice.

Basic concepts of programming in Python 3.0
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the basic foundations of Python programming to solve diverse tasks for the organization of the functioning of the medical system, as well as for the processing of biomedical data. Studying the discipline will allow you to process all kinds of images of medical research (ultrasound, CT, MRI, etc.) with the ability to use specially designed modules to more accurately predict the results of treatment for patients.

Biosafety and Biosecurity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to develop the ability to apply methods of biological safety and biological protection of medical personnel and the public from infectious pathogens. The discipline forms the ability of undergraduates to: apply the principles and approaches for disinfection and sterilization used in medical organizations; analyze biological safety, get a holistic view of the discipline "Biological safety and biological protection".

Biostatistics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to identify patterns and dependencies in the studied phenomena; to use methods and tools of statistical analysis; to interpret the results and statistical data obtained as a result of processing, as well as tables, figures and graphs. The discipline studies modern trends in data analysis in medical research, the formation of skills for applying the principles of statistical analysis in professional activities.

Cellular techniques in clinical diagnostics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to train highly qualified specialists in the interpretation and application of the results of cellular-molecular biological technologies for effective clinical practice. Studying the discipline will allow the undergraduate to master practical skills in the application of molecular biological and cellular technologies for clinical diagnosis and treatment, to be able to interpret the results of modern cellular and molecular biological technologies for subsequent use in medicine.

Data Science and artificial intelligence in medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to manage large medical data and electronic medical records. Studying the discipline will allow you to give basic skills in creating mathematical models and algorithms to optimize the work of clinics, create a personalized treatment plan, accurately calculate the dosage of drugs, create algorithms for detecting pathologies, etc.

Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of a systematic approach to new technologies for collecting, analyzing and interpreting scientific information from the perspective of the best scientific evidence with clinical experience and patient expectations. The discipline studies the modern areas of medical science from the point of view of the principles of evidence-based medicine, the formation of skills in applying the principles of evidence-based medicine in professional activities.

Foundations of Bioethics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply and comply with the principles of biomedical ethics in professional activities. The discipline studies the rules of effective, professional communication in the medical environment, interpretation and demonstration of medical information, the main national and international documents, including documents of medical associations and unions, as well as ethical and legal regulation of biomedical research in humans and animals.

Fundamentals of Precision and Translational medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to develop the ability to use the latest research technologies to personalize the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, interpret diagnostic test data for a personalized approach, determine the stages of "translation" of fundamental biomedical and other knowledge into medical practice, master basic knowledge of precision medicine, study and master the fields of application of medical proteomics, genomics, evaluate methods for searching for a specific "cancer proteome".

Introduction into R programming
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to use data visualization for statistical analysis using the R program The discipline will allow you to master the necessary basic skills for the primary analysis of medical data using R, study the basic data structures, with a view to possible application in predicting the course of diseases and for the development of disease management programs.

Introduction into Systems Medicine as medicine of the future
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to build the ability to analyze and understand the system of qualitative principles of diagnosis and treatment, to represent systemic medicine as an integrated approach to human diseases. The course will introduce Systemic Medicine as an integrated approach to human diseases, allowing to take into account a wide variety of disease factors, including genetic predisposition, lifestyle, environmental factors, etc.

Legislation and regulatory acts in biomedical research
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to develop the ability to apply domestic and international legislation and legal acts in biomedical research. The discipline forms undergraduates' abilities: to understand the ethical principles of conducting biomedical research, to interpret legal legislative acts in research, to determine the procedure for conducting research with human participation; to use legal tools to protect their patients' rights.

Molecular biology techniques in Translational Medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to train highly qualified specialists in the interpretation and application of the results of cellular and molecular-biological technologies for effective clinical practice. The course studies molecular biological and cellular technologies, in the context of applications for clinical diagnosis and treatment, in personalized medicine, the study of proteomics: the search for proteomic profiles that ensure the separation of patients into clinical groups, the search for a specific “cancer proteome”;

Organization of clinical and preclinical research
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: To give an idea, procedure, rules for conducting preclinical and clinical studies. The study of the discipline forms the skills of formulating goals, objectives and plans for preclinical and clinical research, knowledge of the regulatory framework; application of the basic principles of GLP and GCP. .to obtain primary results of the tolerability, efficacy and safety of the drug in animals and humans.

Systems Medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to analyze and compare molecular biological markers with the pathophysiological process of the disease. Studying the discipline will allow the undergraduate to present systemic medicine as an integral approach to human diseases, using the principles of systemic diagnosis, comparison of diagnostic technologies and automated computer systems for a unified perception of disease and health.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years