Organizational and legal foundations of the military medical examination department in Saint-Petersburg

The organizational basis of the military medical examination is examined, the main directions of the work of the separate unit of the Main Center for Military Medical Expertise of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the Western Military District - the Department of Military Medical Expertise of St. Petersburg are studied and analyzed. The functional responsibilities of the department’s medical specialists are highlighted and the main indicators of practical medical activity, the organization of methodological guidance in improving the quality of the examination and the treatment and diagnostic measures, the monitoring of the results of the citizens’ examination at the initial registration of citizens on military registration and military service, practical assistance are assessed. Military commissariats of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on issues of military medical examination, work with citizens’ appeals are given, including a review of the conclusions of military medical commissions. The integrated activities of medical specialists of the military medical examination department require possession of regulatory, organizational, methodological and multidisciplinary knowledge.

military medical examination, organization, medical examination, fitness categories, military service