100 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE WITH THE COURSE OF ECONOMICS AND HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRST ST. PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN I.P. PAVLOV

Abstract

The article presents information about the establishment in 1923 and the development of the Department of Public Health and Healthcare for 100 years. The heads of the department are listed in chronological order, information about their contribution to the formation of the teaching and scientific activities of the department is presented. The main directions of scientific research at different stages of the department development are highlighted. An important indicator of the activities of the scientific and teaching staff of the department has always been the amount of successfully defended candidate and doctoral thesis on the most pressing problems of the organization of public health and healthcare. The problems of teaching the discipline “Public health and healthcare” at a medical university are highlighted separately. In the section of the article devoted to scientific research, the authors dwell in more detail on the main directions of the science of public health and healthcare organization: planning and organization of outpatient and inpatient medical care for the population, research and scientific justification of optimal forms and ways of organizing both urban and rural healthcare. At all times, attention of the scientific staff of the department has been focused on the problems of demography, the peculiarities of the morbidity of the urban population; new forms of organization of medical care. In the XXI century, the staff of the department paid special attention to the issues of expertise and quality management of medical care. At present time significant attention is paid to the implementation of research results in the area of practical healthcare, the main aspects of international cooperation of the department; postgraduate training of doctors, residents, masters in accordance with provided by the department health organization programs. The article notes that significant achievements of the department became possible thanks to the highly qualified scientific and teaching staff activities for the entire previous period.