About NMAPE

About NMAPE named after P.L. Shupyk

National Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education named after P.L. Shupyk is one of the first academic and research institutions of Ukraine founded in the period of the first Ukrainian State (1917-1919), in the time of revival of Ukrainian education, science and culture. It became a successor of Clinical Institute for Advanced Training of Physicians, created in August of 1918 on the initiative of scientific society - Trade Union of Physicians of the city of Kyiv, as the first of its kind and a new type of higher educational institution of Ukraine (in Petersburg in 1885).

The purpose of the created institution was quite clearly defined in its first Charter: "…the objective of Clinical Institute -Clinical Institute of Kyiv Union of Physicians - is an educational and scientific establishment, its aim is specialization of physicians in practical and theoretical medicine, general medical training of young physicians, periodic organization of refresher training courses for physicians and, finally, scientific work of physicians in selected fields of medicine" (Central State Archives of higher authorities and government of Ukraine, Fund 166, № 2, ref № 421, p. 48-55, 1921-1928).

Summarizing the 90-year way proceeded from Clinical Institute for Advanced Training of Physicians to the first one in Ukraine National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, it should be emphasized that it has always been proud of scientific personnel. At different periods prominent scientists, academicians, associate members of Academies worked and work at the Academy: M.M. Amosov, O.I. Arutyunov, F.Yu. Bogdanov, V.D. Bratus, V.Kh. Vasylenko, Yu.V. Voronenko (Rector of the Academy since 2002), A.S. Yefimov, D.M. Kalyuzhnyi, V.P. Komisarenko, B.M. Mankivskyi, O.M. Marzeyev, L.I. Medvid, L.V. Tymoshenko, D.F. Chebotaryov, M.G. Shandala, O.O. Shalimov et al.

Nowadays 18 academicians, and associate members of the NAS and AMS of Ukraine, 29 Honoured science and technology workers of Ukraine, 45 Honoured physicians of Ukraine, 5 Honoured national education workers of Ukraine, 4 Honoured inventors and rationalizers of Ukraine, 2 Heroes of Ukraine work at the Academy.

In different years, new Ukrainian scientific schools were founded by the Academy’s scientists: M.M. Amosov, Yu.P. Vdovychenko, I.M. Gandzha, O.A. Yevdoschenko, Ye.V. Kokhanevych, Ye.L. Macheret, O.P. Mintser, M.Ye. Polischuk, M.M. Serhienko, L.V. Tymoshenko, A.I. Trischynskyi, O.O. Shalimov. At all stages of the Academy formation and development its scientists represented advanced scientific achievements in Ukrainian and world science. Scientists are well known not only in Ukraine and CIS countries but also oversees. The results of scientific and research works of the Academy`s scientists for the last 15 years have been published in 265 monographs, 74 textbooks, 337 educational manuals, 95 reference books, 523 guidelines and information letters in more than 16400 articles in journals and collections of scientific works, a third part of them – at international level were represented in 606 patents and they were reported at more than 260 scientific forums. For the last 30 years the Academy’s scientists have obtained more than 522 Copyright Certificates on inventions, some of them are licensed in the USA, Italy, Yugoslavia.

There are 10 specialized Boards for defense of Doctor’s and Candidate’s theses in 12 specialties, including internal diseases, nervous diseases, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, anesthesiology and intensive therapy, forensic medicine, pharmaceutics and pharmacy management, pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacognosy, eye diseases, social medicine, stomatology, medical and biological informatics and cybernetics.

Thus, 92 years ago having started its activities with separate courses of advanced training and having at its disposal only one polyclinic as a training base with a small number of visits, for the years of its existence National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after P.L. Shupyk has become a powerful and leading institution of post-diploma medical education and powerful scientific centre which comprises 6 faculties, 74 departments of different specialties, over 600 scientific-pedagogical and research workers including more than 180 professors and doctors of medical sciences, 410 candidates of sciences, which is one of the highest indices in Ukraine. Its educational base is located in administration and morphologic offices with an area of about 8, 000 m² and its clinical base comprises almost 11, 000 hospital beds in modern medical establishments and scientific-research institutes in Kyiv.

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