Neurology, psychiatry and rehabilitology department
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The faculty of the Department of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Rehabilitation consists of 37 full-time instructors, 2 part-time instructors, and 23 clinical mentors. Active teaching methods are widely used in the learning process, including problem-based lectures, practical classes using TBL, CBL, RBL methods, and others.
In the rehabilitation course, 3 new treatment methods have been implemented into practical healthcare and the educational process over the past 3 years.
The department staff takes pride in its graduates, many of whom have become leading specialists in neurology, psychiatry, narcology, and rehabilitation throughout Kazakhstan.
Science
The main scientific directions of the department's work are cerebrovascular diseases (diagnosis and treatment), spondylogenous diseases of the nervous system, methods of traditional medicine in neurological clinics, extrapyramidal disorders, and methods of modern drug correction.
The scope of the department's scientific research includes the study of autoimmune diseases of the nervous system (diseases of the optic neuritis spectrum NMOSD, multiple sclerosis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, myasthenia), neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonism plus, Alzheimer's disease), and epilepsy. The electrophysiological manifestations of dysmetabolic and demyelinating diseases of the peripheral nervous system are also studied.
Staff from the Psychiatry and Narcology course regularly organize and participate in international conferences, presenting reports on relevant topics in Psychiatry and Psychology.
From 2019 to 2023, residents of the specialty "Adult and Pediatric Neurology" published 2 articles in journals indexed in Scopus; 3 articles in KOKSON, the journal "Medicine and Ecology"; 9 publications in journals indexed in RINC; and 12 papers in the proceedings of scientific and practical conferences. Among these, the results of research were presented at 7 scientific and practical conferences (4 oral reports, 3 poster presentations). As a result of the research carried out by the Rehabilitation course over the past 3 years, 8 printed works and 10 presentations at conferences and seminars in neighboring and far-abroad countries were completed.
In addition, the staff of the Rehabilitation course can take pride in their participation in the memorandum between Karaganda Medical University and the Schmieder Clinic (Germany). Within the framework of this project, joint scientific research, online conferences, and academic mobility of instructors and residents are conducted.
Members of the student scientific circle of the department actively participate in international competitions and olympiads: the "22nd Global Summit on Pediatrics, Neonatology & Primary Care," held on May 30-31, 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey; and the 12th International Colloquium on Epilepsy, held on May 26-28, 2019, in Cité Internationale in Lyon, France.
Winners of competitions and olympiads:
- In 2019, A. Telmanov – 3rd place in the VI INTERNATIONAL EURASIAN OLYMPIAD IN NEUROLOGY (Novosibirsk, Russia);
- In 2023, Sh. Muratbekova – winner of the VII ALL-RUSSIAN (WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION) SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS "THE FUTURE OF NEUROSCIENCE" in the "POSTER PRESENTATIONS" section (Kazan, Russia);
- A. Miroshnichenko – 2nd degree diploma in the competition "BEST STUDENT - 2023" among scientific and educational institutions of the Commonwealth of Independent States, organized by the Association of Legal Entities "National Movement 'Bobek'." He was also awarded 1st and 2nd degree diplomas based on the results of the All-Russian competition of scientific research works "INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE AND PRACTICE" (Ufa, Russia).
Staff from the Psychiatry and Narcology course continuously organize and participate in international conferences, presenting reports on current topics in Psychiatry and Psychology.
Education
The Department of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Rehabilitation implements several bachelor's and residency programs.
In the bachelor's program, teaching is conducted at the faculties of General Medicine and the International Medical Faculty (Module "Mechanisms of Disease: Nervous System" (3rd year), Module "Differential Diagnosis and Principles of Therapy for Major Disorders in Psychiatry and Neurology" (4th year), Discipline "Mental Health and Neurology in Primary Care Practice" (5th year), Discipline "Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychoneurological Disorders at the Outpatient Level" (7th year)), Dentistry (Discipline "Neurology with Basics of Psychiatry" within the module "Diseases of the Head and Neck" (5th year)), Nursing (Discipline "Mental Health and Addictions").
The implementation of residency programs at the department is carried out in three directions: "Adult and Pediatric Neurology," "Adult and Pediatric Psychiatry," and "Adult and Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation."
Active learning methods are widely used in the educational process – problem-based lectures, practical classes using TBL, CBL, RBL methods, and others. We involve the best instructors from the Republic for conducting master classes.
Students of the department actively participate in the university's social and scientific activities alongside their studies: they write scientific publications, organize and participate in scientific conferences, and engage in academic mobility programs.
Our graduates are in demand throughout Kazakhstan. Their knowledge and skills are highly valued by employers in the Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad. The department's staff takes pride in its graduates, many of whom have become leading specialists in neurology, psychiatry, narcology, and rehabilitation across Kazakhstan.
Clinic
In the rehabilitation course over the past 3 years, three new treatment methods have been introduced into practical healthcare and the educational process.
The instructors of the psychiatry and narcology course have developed projects for clinical protocols: “Emotional Disorders with Onset Specific to Childhood,” “Delayed Psycholinguistic Development,” “Stuttering,” and “Hyperkinetic Disorders.”
Staff members among the teaching and pedagogical staff (PPS) are also experts in the educational programs of certification courses and additional education programs, conducting advanced training courses for doctors and nursing staff.
The instructors of the department actively participate in the implementation of projects related to the roadmaps of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, conducting master classes, training seminars for doctors, and the implementation of certification courses and advanced training for doctors and PPS. In March 2023, a master class was conducted by Professor Kasatkin D.S. (Yaroslavl State Medical University, Russian Federation) on the topic: Demyelinating Diseases of the CNS. In March 2022, a face-to-face course of lectures was held by Professor Mukhambetova G.A. (NAO "Kazakh National Medical University named after S.D. Asfendiyarov"), dedicated to issues of pediatric neurology, along with a master class on "Spinal Muscular Atrophies." The PPS and students of the department received certificates of inclusion in the state register of rights to an object protected by copyright: Management of Patients with Acute Cerebrovascular Accident. Thrombolytic Therapy (2019), Algorithm for Assessing the Effectiveness of Therapy for Acute Optic Neuritis in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease (2023).
Clinical Bases: The neurology course conducts the educational process at the following clinical bases: the stroke and neurology departments of KGP on PHV "Multidisciplinary Hospital named after Professor K.Zh. Makazhanov," the neurology department of KGP "Regional Clinical Hospital," the neurology and rehabilitation departments of KGP "Regional Children's Clinical Hospital," the neurology department of KGP on PHV "Multidisciplinary Hospital of Temirtau," the clinic of the medical university NAO "MUK," the clinic of occupational health NAO "MUK," and the LLP Neurorehabilitation Center "Luch." The psychiatry and narcology course conducts the educational process at the clinical base - KGP on PHV Regional Center for Mental Health (Children's Psychiatry Center, Narcology).
Teachers
Scientific degree: Doctor of Medical Sciences
Position: Associate Professor
Scientific degree: Candidate of Medical Sciences
Scientific degree: Master of Medicine Degree
Position: Associate Professor
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Scientific degree: Master of Medical Sciences
Scientific degree: Doctor of Medical Sciences
Position: Associate Professor
Scientific degree: Bachelor's Degree/Residency
Scientific degree: Candidate of Medical Sciences
History of the Department
- 1952 – The Department of Nervous Diseases was established. The first head was Associate Professor Raisa Georgievna Mandryko.
- 1954 – The Department of Psychiatry was established. The first head was Professor Abram Moiseevich Svyadosh.
- 2018 – The merger of the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Rehabilitation.
In 1952, the Department of Nervous Diseases was established. The first head of the department was Associate Professor Raisa Georgievna Mandryko, who was invited from Alma-Ata. Associate Professor R.G. Mandryko headed the department from 1952 to 1972. The topic of her candidate dissertation was "Spring-Summer Tick-Borne Encephalitis" (1951, Alma-Ata). Associate Professor G.A. Zhanaydarova led the department from 1972 to 1990. The topic of her candidate dissertation was "The Diagnostic Value of the Motor Ulnar Defect in Organic CNS Diseases" (Leningrad, 1954).
Candidates' dissertations were carried out in the department on major nosological forms: R.A. Zverintseva studied the regional features of syringomyelia, F.Kh. Khasenova focused on multiple sclerosis, V.V. Shedlovsky on physiological aspects, M.S. Bukchin on biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of cerebral circulation disorders, and G.A. Nurkenova examined the state of the nervous system in endocrine gland pathology. Associate Professor K.Sh. Kulenova studied biochemical disorders in cerebral palsy. The scientific supervisor of the first spinal department in Kazakhstan, created based on the rehabilitation hospital, was Professor O.G. Kogan. Associate Professor T.I. Ermilova studied brain tumors. N.I. Churekova researched EEG changes in the age aspect.
Professor K.G. Nadirova headed the department from 1990 to 2000. The topic of her doctoral dissertation was "Epidemiology and Medico-Social Prognosis of Perinatal Brain Damage in Children" (Moscow, 1989). Associate Professor M.A. Grigolashvili, candidate of medical sciences, headed the Department of Neurology from 2000 to 2002. The topic of his candidate dissertation was "The State of Oxidative Metabolism in Cerebral Strokes" (1998, Alma-Ata). Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor M.G. Abdrakhmanova headed the department from 2002 to 2018. The topic of her doctoral dissertation was "Preventive Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Insufficiency in Miners with Arterial Hypertension" (2003, Alma-Ata). Since 2018, she has been the head of the merged Department of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Rehabilitation.
The Psychiatry and Narcology Course
The first head of the Department of Psychiatry was Professor Abram Moiseevich Svyadosh, who led the team from 1954 to 1967. Subsequent heads of the department included Herman Alexandrovich Makeev, Emma Viktorovna Baturina, Viktoria Musabekovna Shinalieva, Lyudmila Stepanovna Gurova, Yuri Ivanovich Bazyak, and Tasbulat Kuandykovich Kuderinov. Aigul Kalkenovna Syzdikova worked in the department for over 40 years, establishing herself as an experienced educator and qualified physician, successfully combining practical and pedagogical activities, and mentoring young specialists. Currently, Aigul Kalkenovna is enjoying a well-deserved retirement. Since 2002, after successfully defending her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences, the youngest head in the history of the Department of Psychiatry, Marina Yuryevna Lyubchenko, has led the department. Currently, Marina Yuryevna Lyubchenko holds the position of Professor of the department and heads the Psychiatry and Narcology course. Under her leadership, master's and doctoral dissertations have been defended annually, successfully producing resident physicians in the specialty "Adult and Child Psychiatry." She is currently the chair of the "Psychiatry" Committee at the UMO of the RK direction "Healthcare," a member of the "Association of Neurologists and Psychiatrists of Karaganda," and a member of the collegiate bodies of the university. Larisa Leonidovna Matsevskaya worked at the department from 2005 to 2009 and rejoined the department in 2020 as an associate professor. Her priority scientific interests include borderline psychiatry and psychotherapy, and she is an author and instructor of disciplines in the educational program "Clinical Psychology." For several years, she has been an independent expert in the specialty of Psychiatry and a regular participant in the World Congress of Psychiatrists.
