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Foreign language

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Having studied the discipline «foreign language», the student will be able to conduct a conversation within everyday and medical topics, to perceive and understand messages, to read international publications, to make a report using foreign literature, to compile a Glossary, to demonstrate knowledge of basic grammatical rules, to interact effectively in a team.

Information and communication technology

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Use the latest updates and trends in the field of information technology, information and communication technologies for the presentation and interpretation of data; apply practical skills in the calculation and analysis of data using applications; and use cloud services for computing; search and transfer information through network resources.

Kazakh (Russian) language

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
As a result of the training, the student will be able to communicate orally and in writing to solve the problems of professional activity; to maintain medical records; to interview the patient; to analyze and publicly present scientific information; to participate in research using Russian/Kazakh-language scientific sources, together with Kazakhstani specialists.

Psychology

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Discipline «psychology» reveals the concept of psychology, personality, behavioral science, biopsychosocial factors of human behavior. Students will master the skills of teamwork, effective communication with patients and colleagues, will be able to apply in practice the knowledge of psychological and behavioral characteristics of the patient’s personality.

Modern history of Kazakhstan

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — State exam
The modern history of Kazakhstan studies the historical events, phenomena, facts and processes taking place in the world in the context of globalization, which were updated with the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Upon completion of this program, students will be able to analyze various complex historical events of modern Kazakhstan in the context of world history, to demonstrate the skills of logical analysis, to cultivate a sense of patriotism to the Motherland.

Sociology, political science and cultural studies

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The study of the discipline will contribute to the formation of students ‘ socio-political thinking; development of citizenship; knowledge of the world and domestic cultural and historical heritage. Political science is an independent science and the subject of studying politics, political relations, political systems. The object of political science is political relations in society.

Physical culture

Amount of credits-8
Control Type — Exam
Physical culture provides a profiled physical readiness, education of a conscious need for a healthy lifestyle. Upon completion of the program, it is expected that students will be able to take an active public position in improving the health of the individual and the public, use the acquired knowledge to organize and carry out activities to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Philosophy

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Philosophy contributes to the creation of students ‘ holistic system view of the world and the place of man in it, the formation of logical analysis skills, critical thinking for use in professional activities and building their own worldview based on the ideals and values of humanism.

Biological basis of personal and public health

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The course is designed to provide students with the basics of how biological processes, infectious diseases, pathologies, and immunological tools affect personal and public health. This course focuses on providing the necessary information to students from different backgrounds. They learn how biological processes are important for health sciences and public health.

Biostatistics

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Biostatistics studies statistical methods for analyzing data from public health and healthcare research. The course covers the description and presentation of data; methods for analyzing quantitative data taking into account the types of statistical data, the form of distribution, the types of errors and the statistical power of the study; qualitative data analysis; correlation and regression analysis; survival analysis.

Introduction to public health

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
This course will provide a general introduction to public health; social and community relevance; and sectoral public health cooperation with science and policy. Students learn about the relationship between public health and health care, personal behavior, the role of social determinants in improving health. Students will also learn about the principles of the discipline: prevention, protection and promotion of health in the national and global context.

Genetics

Amount of credits-8
Control Type — Exam
Genetics from the classical laws of inheritance to molecular genetics. Mendelian genetics and recombination; population genetics, gene organization; genetic code; mechanisms of gene expression and regulation; and application of genetic technologies

Global environmental problems and their impact on human health

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The discipline will focus on global environmental problems and their impact on human change, due to the intense pollution of the environment, it is necessary to differentiate natural and anthropogenic factors and determine the patterns of influence of these factors on public health to assess the risks and indicators of public health in order to ensure sanitary and epidemiological well-being

Healthy food and food safety

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The strategic importance of healthy nutrition is highlighted among the main problems of health protection and promotion. This priority defines: prevention of noncommunicable diseases, improvement of nutrition. Food safety considers the preparation, storage and risks to which food is exposed. The discipline examines the existing national regulatory framework and international quality standards for food safety.

Cell biology

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Introduction to modern cell biology. This course will present the basic organization of cells, highlighting their complex structural and functional integration. The fundamental properties of cells stored in the course of evolution

The concept of epidemiology

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Identification, study of the causes and spread of diseases. Knowledge and application of the basic tools of epidemiological analysis, the use of data to describe the morbidity of the population, evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of medical, preventive measures, diagnostic and screening studies, sanitary and epidemiological surveillance in the field of public health.

Microbiology, virology, immunology

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Microbiology as a science, studies the morphology, systematics and physiological characteristics of microorganisms, the conditions of their life, the role in nature and human life in norm and pathology. For public health professionals, based on knowledge about microorganisms, it is necessary to know the rules of the organization of laboratory diagnosis, prevention of diseases depending on nosology. It remains relevant microbiological study of various reservoirs, soil, air, food.

General biology: anatomy and physiology

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Anatomy and physiology studies the external and internal structure of organs and organ systems. The results of the training are the use of methods and knowledge of anatomy, logical 2 x analysis, using IT – technology, teamwork skills and professional erudition. The scientific basis for the diagnosis of health, healthy lifestyle and prediction of the functional state of human performance.

General biology: molecular and cellular biology and genetics

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Molecular biology is studying the introduction to modern cell biology. This course will present the basic organization of cells, highlighting their complex structural and functional integration. The fundamental properties of cells that remain in the process of evolution will be emphasized.

Basics of preventive medicine

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
A special area of medicine that deals with the health of individuals and groups to protect, maintain and improve health and well-being, as well as the prevention of disease, disability, premature mortality. Special sections of preventive medicine include a set of social and sanitary-hygienic measures aimed at the formation of a healthy lifestyle, optimization of working conditions, protection and improvement of the environment.

Basics of health management

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The discipline considers mainly the problems of protection and improvement of health not of individuals, but of society as a whole, the impact of the social environment on human health and the development of effective measures to eliminate the harmful effects of the environment, social and medical measures to protect the health of society, aimed at improving the health of public health.

Advanced epidemiology I

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
It includes the study of the clinical course of the disease using rigorous scientific methods of studying groups of patients to ensure the accuracy of forecasts, clinical studies, cases of infectious diseases, investigation of outbreaks, development of preventive measures, control of foci, epidemiological surveillance and maintenance of existing legal documents

Sanitary-epidemiological expertise

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Sanitary-epidemiological expertise is an integral part of ensuring sanitary — epidemiological welfare of the population. The course is designed for the training of hygienist- epidemiologist in methods of laboratory practice in the sanitary-epidemiological service, and conduct analysis of different indicators in the environmental objects that are required for independent professional activity in the sphere of sanitary-hygienic studies of the environmental objects.

Basic (elementary) statistics

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Students will learn basic descriptive statistics, indicators of Central tendency and variance, basic rules of probability spaces, binomial and normal probability distributions, sample distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing. In addition, students will learn how to use a computer program to analyze data.

Epidemiology of infectious diseases

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Studies the features of the epidemic process, epidemiological approach and analysis, epidemiological surveillance and organization of preventive and anti-epidemic measures in infectious diseases.

Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Studies the features of the epidemic process, epidemiological approach and analysis, epidemiological surveillance and organization of preventive and anti-epidemic measures in non-communicable diseases.

Hygiene of children and adolescents

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
«Hygiene of children and adolescents» includes the latest scientific data on modern aspects of health protection of children and adolescents – identifying risk factors and prenosological diagnosis of diseases, criteria for hygienic assessment of health at the individual and collective level, general patterns of adaptation of the body to changing environmental conditions, the syndrome of environmental maladjustment and ways of its correction.

Food hygiene

Amount of credits-8
Control Type — Exam
Food hygiene studies the requirements for the organization of production control, sanitary and hygienic requirements for the production of food industry, food poisoning, their prevention; sanitary and epidemiological problems of food contamination, sanitary and epidemiological examination of food products, as well as the regulation of food quality.

Occupational health

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The science that studies the hygienic conditions of the nature of work and their impact on human health and performance, as well as developing scientific foundations and practical measures to prevent the negative consequences of work. Occupational health is the medical prevention of diseases and injuries, as well as the progression of chronic diseases, injuries and their complications in human working conditions.

Public health

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Health care as a system of measures to preserve, strengthen and restore the health of the population. The role of public health in the implementation of public health policies and strategies. Intersectoral cooperation in the system. Knowledge on the use and analysis of information on the activities of medical and preventive and sanitary institutions to propose measures to improve the quality and effectiveness of medical and preventive care.

Evidence-based public health

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
Public health programms and policies are generally designed to influence, promote and change healthy behavior. However, not all programs are equally effective to change the behavior and improve the health of the population, and therefore a critical skill for professionals in the field of public health is the ability to determine which programs or policies can be most effective, as well as the ability to develop and improve programs to increase efficiency.

Environment and health

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The course examines the influence of natural and anthropogenic environmental factors on human health under conditions of settlements, with the aim of substantiation of measures to improve the human environment, for the prevention and reduction of morbidity of the population, for the development of hygienic standards and sanitary legislation in the field of communal hygiene

Promoting healthy people and communities

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
How health promotion strategies affect healthy behavior, healthy people and healthy communities. Current public health challenges will help us explore key concepts of health promotion, health problems at different ages, and multilevel causes of different health behaviour. Health inequalities will be included in most topics.

Economics in health care

Amount of credits-10
Control Type — Exam
The course reveals the basic concepts of economics and topical issues of health management, the economic basis of the medical organization, reflects the Kazakh and foreign experience of economic development and management in health care. Economic concepts are used to explain the nature of health demand and supply. The behavior of consumers and providers of health services is considered from an economic point of view.