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Professional Development Department

Your reliable partner in professional growth. Postgraduate continuing education programmes for mid-level medical and pharmaceutical staff.

Our activities are licensed (State Licence No. KZ46LAA00008491 issued by the Almaty Department for Education Quality Control on 27.03.2017).

Courses are taught by highly qualified specialists in Kazakh and Russian, depending on the needs of the trainees and requests from individuals and medical organisations.

For practical skills training, the department has modern classrooms equipped with simulation equipment and trainers. Graduates receive a certificate of the established standard.

Don't miss the chance to improve your skills and gain new knowledge!

Refresher

Professional development courses

Maintaining, broadening and deepening professional knowledge and skills.

108 hours / 2 weeks

Retraining

Retraining courses

Mastering a new profession or specialty.

432 hours / 8 weeks

Licensed specialties

Dentistry

Orthopaedic Dentistry

Pharmacy

Nursing

Optometry

Repair and installation of medical equipment

Study formats

Full-time

On-site training

Our teachers visit medical institutions (on request)

Distance learning

108 hours / 2 weeks

Required documents

Referral (letter of request) from the employer
Copy of ID card
Copy of diploma and transcript
Copy of specialist certificate
Copies of specialisations completed in the last 5 years

Regulatory framework

Our work complies with:

The State Compulsory Standard of Continuing Education (annex to Order No. 788 of the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 26 November 2009).
Order No. 71 “On amendments and additions to Order No. 788” of 11.02.2013.
Order No. 691 of the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 11 November 2009 “On approval of the Rules for professional development and retraining of specialists with medical and pharmaceutical education”.
The Rules for qualification examinations in healthcare.
Instruction Letter No. 9 on the development of teaching documentation (Republican Centre for Innovative Technologies of Medical Education and Science, Ministry of Healthcare).
Order No. 774 of the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 24 November 2009 “On approval of the Nomenclature of medical and pharmaceutical specialties” (as amended on 06.05.2013).
Order No. 775 of the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 24 November 2009 “On approval of the Nomenclature of healthcare positions” (as amended on 24.08.2012).
Order No. 791 of the Acting Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 26 November 2009 “On approval of the Qualification characteristics of healthcare positions” (as amended on 26.07.2013).