VINNITSA MEDICAL INSTITUTE
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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040515-6
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
July 21, 2011
Sequence Number:
515
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Publication Date:
September 22, 1953
Content Type:
REPORT
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was located in the center o Vinnitsa and-had
approxLmately 1 o s, each consisting of two or three floors. There
wore From 10 to 80 rooms in the various school bui..'dings.
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2. This medical school was esta lished in 930. The city of Vinnitsa had two
other schools, the Pedagov L Teacher's] Institute, and the Agricultural
Institute.
3. The medical school buildings were scattered throughout the city and it took
the students 15-20 minutes to walk from one buildirAg to another to attend
classes. In 1937 the size of the school and its enrollment increased. The
school was Brats control ed as are all universities in the USSR.
4. It was compulsory to have 10 years of elementary and gymnasium education to
enter the University. A special entrance examination was also required.
Students with high honors or distinction could enter the University without
taking the entrance examination.
5. The entrance examination consisted of the i'ollowing subjects: mathematics,
physics, chemistry, biology, zoology, botany, history, literature, Ukrainian,
German, French, and History of the Communist Party. This examination lasted
for four days.
6. The medical course was five years or 10 semesters. Each semester was four
and one half months duration.a two week vacation after the winter
semester, and a two and one ha moo vacation after the spring semester.
Studies after classes were 6-8 hours and a six day week. Attendance for
lectures was obligatory unless the student had a very good legitimate ex(suse
to , e absent,
7.0 c mar es cens!eted-eftheoretical lecturesand practical work. Lectures
were conducted b _professorsbut_the practical work was br their assistants..
In order to receive better inetrmotions the students were divided into groups
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tftor completing each subjeot the student would take a theoretical and practical
exandnation. This would be given by the professor who taught the subject.
15. After five years had been completed students had to pass a state examialation
in order to receive an IfD degree.
16. Approximately 75% of the new doctors were sent out to practice in small villages
in remote areas. Their equipment was crude, old fashioned, and state-owned.
Only in very serious cases or in complicated operations would the doctor send
a patient to a city hospital. Transportation was non-existent and. doctors had
to walk. The more fortunate were able to borrow a horse from a local villager.
Their area coverage, was about 2-3 villages. Their salary in the field was from
three hundred to three hundred and fifty rubles per month.
17. The rewininC 25% of the new doctors were more fortunate. They were employed
in city hospitals and also received excellent experience. Their salaries wer2 5 X 1
three hundred rubles per month for three years.
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