ABOUT SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN MEDICAL ACADEMY
Located at Shymkent, Kazakhstan, the South Kazakhstan State Medical University was incepted in the year of 1979. The university has been hailed as one of the most preferred and best universities in the Shymkent region of Kazakhstan. It now ranks as the best universities in the list of such universities at the national level. The university is equipped with adequate staff and exceptional academic infrastructure to provide all the necessary teaching and learning support to the students from the home country and from other countries.
The university offers the following faculties:
- Faculty of General Medicine
- Faculty of Dental Studies
- Faculty of Continuous Professional Development
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Studies
- Faculty of Preparation of Specialize with Technical Professional Education
Mission:
Training of highly qualified competitive medical and pharmaceutical specialists for the Southern region and the country as a whole on the basis of the achievements of modern science and practice, ready to adapt to the rapidly changing conditions in the medical and pharmaceutical industry through continuous improvement of competence and development of creative initiative.
Vision:
Effective system of medical and pharmaceutical education, based on the competence approach and the needs of practical public health and pharmaceutical industries, focused on the training of specialists that meet international quality and safety standards. Basic ethical principles, on which SKMA relies for the realization of its mission:
The principle of quality in SKMA – this is the realization of conception of modernization of Kazakhstan education, the main direction of which is to ensure the modern quality of education based on the preservation of its fundamental and compliance with the actual and prospective needs of the individual, society and state, which is ensured by the use in the educational process, scientific-research activities and consultative and diagnostic work of innovative technologies and new achievements of science and practice.
The principle of orientation training – this is the implementation of a student-centered learning process on flexible path of educational programs, taking into account the rapidly changing economic conditions and current trends in the labor market, the creation of maximum effective conditions for their professional growth, development of motivation and monitoring of training outcomes, continuous renovation of educational programs, expanding the volume of knowledge and competence, necessary for effective professional activity.