In the period from 1995 to 2017 the Department was headed by MD, Professor Karazhanova Lyudmila Kusainovna.
From September 2018 head of the Department of hospital therapy is PhD Zhumagaliyeva Ardak Nazilovna
The following disciplines are taught by the Department:
On 7th course:
- Pulmonology
- Hematology
- Gastroenterology
- Nephrology
On 6th course:
- IM module: Clinical and laboratory diagnostics;
- Geriatric aspects of dif.therapy of diseases of internal organs;
- Diagnosis and therapy of extragenital pathology of pregnant women;
- Therapeutic pathology of adolescence
Clinical conferences (symposiums) with the participation of all interns of therapists are held in each discipline.
- Also at the Department there is a ” Internist’s discussion club”, there are during the academic year analysis of interesting clinical cases, modern methods of diagnosis and treatment are conducted.
- In the 2018-2019 academic year on the basis of EHMH of Semey a mini library of the medical University was opened.
- In the mini library on schedule a monthly “Journal club” held with interns therapists 6 and 7 of the course where there is discussion of the publications of contemporary journals.
In the department the Asthma School operates, which was established in 1996 by the Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor L.K. Karazhanova.
Every year, the department holds the intra-department competition “The Best Intern – Therapist”. The winner of the competition participates in the intra-university competition, then in the republican competition.
The scientific degree of the faculty of the department is high – 83.6%.
The clinical base of the department is the emergency hospital with a total bed capacity of 300 beds. The clinical base in the number of beds and the profile of the departments fully meets the goals and objectives of the training of medical personnel. The base has 2 intensive care units, observation wards, pulmonary, hematology, 2 cardiology departments, there is a surgical building. Also, the clinical bases are MC os Medical university Semey, the IRC (the nephrology department is located in the IRC of Semey).