The results of the internship of a postgraduate student from Uzbekistan on the basis of the North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov in the framework of interuniversity cooperation

The article is devoted to the results of the internship of a postgraduate student of the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute at the I.I. Mechnikov Northwestern State Medical University within the framework of the inter-university cooperation program dedicated to the development of research in the field of infectious diseases and the exchange of experience in the field of medical care for a new coronavirus infection.

The purpose of the internship of a postgraduate student of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Phthisiology and Pulmonology Sh.A. Khasanova was studying the specifics of providing care to patients with a new coronavirus infection in St. Petersburg. The program included a visit to the departments of Infectious Diseases, family Medicine, epidemiology, and disinfection, as well as a presentation at the All-Russian Conference with international participation “Science and Practice. Why does a family doctor need clinical recommendations?”, dedicated to the 25^th anniversary of the scientific and practical journal “Russian Family Doctor”. The report highlighted the Uzbek experience of implementing measures to combat the new coronavirus infection and demonstrated their effectiveness. As part of the internship, the graduate student got acquainted with the peculiarities of providing inpatient and outpatient care to patients with COVID-19, including in-depth medical examination and the operation of the system of statistical registration of patients with a new coronavirus infection in the federal register, as well as the organization of epidemiological control in different periods of the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection.

The main result of the internship was the creation of a basis for effective and long-term cooperation between Russian and Uzbek universities in the field of scientific research and training of personnel for national health systems in the field of infectious diseases.