The Visit of IKBFU Delegation to Uzbekistan has Concluded

A delegation from our university, which included Alexander Fedorov, the rector, Olga Kim, vice-rector for youth policy and international education, Daria Gerber, director of the international office, Mikhail Agapov, head of the "Institute of Medicine and Life Sciences" cluster, and Sergey Korenev, director of the Higher School of Medicine completed their week-long visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan today.

The itinerary of the trip included the Abu Ali ibn Sino Bukhara State Medical Institute and Samarkand State Medical University. At BSMI representatives of our university held a meeting with partners, where they discussed the results of the first six months of cooperation, outlined the prospects for further development, and visited the new campus of Bukhara University. At the end of the meeting, Rector Shukhrat Teshayev awarded the title of honorary professor to Alexander Fedorov.

Alexander Fedorov, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University rector:

The first six months of cooperation with Bukhara Medical Institute showed great potential for the rapid growth and development of medical education in Russia and Uzbekistan. This year, BFU has hosted BSMI students twice: at the "Microbiology and Biotechnology" summer school and at the semester study program which takes place within the framework of our agreements with the Uzbek university. We do not stop at the results achieved and will continue to strengthen cooperation between our universities: we plan to create new educational programs, conduct joint research and open a program of trilateral cooperation with Chinese medical universities.

The director of the Higher School of Medicine, professor Sergey Korenev devoted his speech to the analysis of the notion of a "good doctor". Sergey told about the role of the great physicians in the development of mankind and highlighted the main qualities that distinguish a qualified doctor. He also spoke about the possibilities of medical education at IKBFU and how the simulation center and the University Clinic work in the university.

The university’s delegation also visited Samarkand State Medical University, where they took part in the III Russian-Uzbek Educational Forum "Integration of Education, Production and Science — the Driver of Academic Effectiveness", where Alexander Fedorov made a presentation on "Education as a factor of sustainable development of the state and society. The Experience of Russia and Uzbekistan in Creating a System of Continuing Education”. In his speech, the rector spoke about the importance of continuity in university education and revealed the essence of the "convention of generations" concept, fundamental for the university.

The forum also saw the signing of two new agreements on cooperation with the Andijan State Medical Institute and the Urgench branch of the Tashkent Medical Academy.

The visit of the IKBFU delegation to Samarkand State Medical University ended with the signing of two new agreements on the development of cooperation in the field of medical technologies. The agreements were signed by the rector of IKBFU Alexander Fedorov and the rector of Samarkand State Medical University Jasur Rizaev. The first agreement on cooperation involves joint research in the application of personalized technologies for infectious liver diseases. The new agreement will include research, educational practices for all levels of education, exchange of faculty and students, and joint publication of articles.

The second agreement is devoted to the development of artificial intelligence technologies in medicine. Specialists from IKBFU and SSMU will study the possibilities of applying network learning and AI to diagnose, determine treatment tactics, and rehabilitate patients with socially significant diseases.