Department of Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Medicine with the Course of the Faculty of Advanced Training and Staff Retraining

The department teaches the following disciplines:

• Pathological anatomy for students of medical, pediatric, dental faculty and FTFC (faculty of training for foreign citizens),
• Biopsy-sectional course for students of the Faculty of Medicine and FTFC,
• “Pathological anatomy” within the subinternship profile,
• “Selected issues of forensic medicine in the practical activities of a pathologist” of the subordination profile “Pathological Anatomy”,
• Forensic medicine for students of medical, pediatric, dental faculty and FTFC,
• Conducting thematic training courses for medical specialists.

Clinical bases of the department:

• Vitebsk Regional Clinical Pathological Bureau;
• Office of the State Committee for Forensic Examinations of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk region.

Types of medical and advisory work performed:

• research and consultation of biopsy cases,
• conducting and consulting pathological autopsies,
• review of pathological examination protocols and analysis of categories of discrepancies in diagnoses,
• holding advisory biopsy conferences,
• control over the quality of micro preparations in the departments of the pathology bureau,
• forensic medical examination of living persons and corpses,
• performing, consulting and reviewing medical and forensic examinations,
• forensic medical examination of case materials,
• consultations with practical experts and investigators and participation in court hearings.

As part of its research work, the department studies the morphology of epithelial malignant tumors and precancerous diseases.