Vitebsk State Order of Peoples' Friendship Medical University (2024)

On November 16, 2021, nine vocalists took part in a competition of young pop song performers “Melofon-2021” being held at VSMU. Each of the participants performed two songs. The performances were evaluated by a professional jury. The winners were announced during the summing up event program dedicated to the International Students' Day, and were awarded diplomas and cups of laureates of the competition. The first place was taken by Randeniya Devin, the second place was taken by Alina Galchenya, and the third place was taken by Anastasia Sushkova. The Grand Prix of the competition was awarded to Olga Alekseenko. According to the results of online voting, Randeniya Devin became the owner of the Audience Choice Award of the contest of young pop song performers “Melofon-2021”.

On November 15, 2021, there was a grand opening of the exhibition entitled “Portrait-Reflection” by a fourth-year student of the Overseas Students Training Faculty Geetansh Sharma. It is symbolic that this exhibition was included in our university event program dedicated to the International Students' Day.

Geetansh was born and raised in the city of Gangapur, located in the Indian state of Rajasthan. His works include portraits of famous movie actors, female and child images, reflection portraits, sketches made with a simple pencil, gel pen, and felt-tip pens. Drawing is one of his favorite hobbies. Geetansh is passionate about it, despite being very busy with his studies at the medical university. We invite you to visit our new exhibition!

On November 1, 2021, on VSMU birthday , there was a grand opening of a beautiful, large, bright sports hall of the university equipped with modern facilities after the reconstruction. The Vice-rector for Educational and Ideological Affairs Natalia Gennadievna Boltrushevich handed over the symbolic key to the captains of the university student teams. At the end of this event, the match between “Sparta” and “Tarantula” teams was played, thereby having opened the series of games of the VSMU Mini-Football League.

On October 27, 2021, the VI Forum of Youth Scientific Societies was held within the framework of the XXI International Conference for Students and Young Scientists “Student Medical Science of the XXI Century”. The Forum was traditionally organized by the Council of Young Scientists and the Council of the Student Scientific Society of Vitebsk State Medical University.

The event was held online this year. Special attention was paid to the implementation of the concept called “University 3.0”, as well as to the work of youth scientific organizations. After the solemn opening of the Forum, reports of young scientists from universities of Belarus and Russia were presented.

Ultrasound diagnostics is one of the widespread research methods in various fields of medicine. In September 2021, VSMU purchased modern high-class ultrasound devices to carry out educational and research work at a new technological level.

Vitebsk State Medical University launches an online forum dedicated to the clinic, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of COVID-19 from the standpoint of evidence-based medicine. Login link is https://do2.vsmu.by/course/view.php?id=2763.

The resource is intended both to provide methodological assistance to practical specialists (including students who provide assistance to the health care of the region), and to satisfy the curiosity of students and staff of VSMU, eliminate doubts, refute harmful myths, increase our professionalism, strengthen self-confidence and joint victory over pandemic COVID-19.

The forum is expected to contain the following sections: