CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS
The basic branches of the departments of pediatric faculty are the investigations of the age peculiarities of pathology and normal state of child. They work out the problems of adaptive possibilities of children, immunological reactivity in acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, diagnosis and endotoxicosis treatment in childhood and microecology of child.
The departments of therapy perform scientific research work in the fields of prophylactics and effective treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The priority trends are the investigations of the pathogenesis membrane mechanisms of hypertension, atherosclerosis, myocardial infraction and rheumatoid arthritis.
Surgical departments are the leaders of Russian medicine in the field of laser surgery and endosurgery. Regional center of cardiovascular surgery is formed in one of the departments of the university.
The faculty of prophylactic medicine deals with the problems of ecology, environmental pollution in oil-fields of the Tatarstan Republic. They created the program of training doctor-ecologist for all medical institutions of Russia. The dental school of the university is well-known for developing new constructions of dentures, implants, orthopedic materials with forms 'memory.'
Clinical Units
Clinical training is performed at 54 units of the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic Tatarstan.
There are 33 general hospitals, outpatients departments, 21 policlinics, maternity houses, dental polyclinics, etc. The total number of beds is 8600. There are 4315 therapeutic, 2120 — pediatric, 1210 — surgical and 440 — gynecological beds, etc.
Clinical training of the medical pediatric and dental faculties students is provided in 54 medical institutions. There are hospitals, maternity houses, special diagnostic centers, out-patients units and 20 polyclinics including dental and children's.
Clinical units have 8600 beds. University dental polyclinic has 98 dental chairs. Republican and 8 city centers of sanitation and epidemiological control with the specialized departments and laboratories are used for teaching the students of prophylactic medicine faculty. Pharmaceutical faculty uses for training its students 65 pharmacies with the laboratories in Republic Tatarstan, 18 pharmacies in Chuvachia and some commercial pharmaceutical units.
