Department of environmental Hygiene 1
The Department of Environmental Hygiene of the Tashkent Medical Academy was established in 2017 based on the order of the rector of TMA (No. 310 dated May 23, 2017).
The department conducts lectures and practical classes on the following disciplines: “Introduction to the specialty”, “Hygiene. Medical ecology”, “Radiation hygiene”, “Hygiene, medical ecology. Military hygiene”, “Ecology and hygiene”, “Ecological problems of our time”. The department trains students in the following educational areas: General Medicine (2nd year), Medical and Preventive Care (1st, 2nd, 5th years), Pediatrics (2nd year), Higher Nursing (2nd year), Medical and Biological Care (2nd year), Ecology and Environmental Protection (2nd year), Dentistry (2nd year) and Pharmacy (1st year). At the same time, under a joint program with the Kazan State Medical University, 2nd and 3rd year students will be taught classes in the discipline “Hygiene”.
The department also trains masters in the specialties “Hygiene” and “Environment and Human Health”. The training of specialists in the master’s degree program “Environment and Human Health” is carried out according to a special curriculum developed on the basis of foreign experience. Educational and research work is carried out in laboratories equipped with modern equipment. Leading specialists from the Korea University of Environmental Health are involved in the educational process (according to the memorandum of understanding and cooperation between TMA and KUMS, 2017).
Since 2012, the Department of Environmental Health of TMA has been headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Feruza Ibodullaevna Salomova. Currently, the department is staffed by associate professors Abdukadirova L.K., Sadullaeva Kh.A., Akhmadalieva N.O., Sherkuzieva G.F., Rakhimov B.B., senior teachers Sharipova S.A., Tashmatova G.A., Mirsagatova M.R., assistants Nigmatullaeva D.J., Khakimova D.S., Niyazova O.A., Sadyrova M.V., Kobiljonova Sh.R., Jalolov N.N., Imamova A.O., Kasimova Kh.T., Ikramova N.A.
The department’s employees have published a large number of textbooks and teaching aids for students, teachers and other healthcare professionals.
