On May 2, 2025, a training seminar for the students of VSMU and the doctors of Vitebsk Regional Clinical Center for Children was held.

Galina Konstantinovna Barkun Galina Konstantinovna, the Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics № 2 with a course of FAT and PR of VSMU, gave a lecture “Primary pulmonary hypertension in newborns”, and also presented a clinical case analysis with discussion of the tactics of management and therapy of this condition in an infant who was under the treatment in one of the CDH of our region.

For four years already, students of VSMU take part in the Forums of active rehabilitation conducted by the Republican Association of Wheelchair Users (RAIK). Students work as medical assistants, as well as participate in RAIK activities off forums.

This year, for the first time, an internship for the best RAIK assistants was organized by the leading Swedish specialist for spinal cord injuries Katarzyna Trok. Three students of VSMU were lucky to get into the first group of assistants for learning: Svetlana Nadzhafova (6th year, Medical Faculty), Kristina Volodko (4th year, Pharmaceutical Faculty) and Sergei Gorbylev (3rd year, Medical Faculty).

TO ATTENTION OF STUDENTS!

For excellent learning, active participation in research work and public life of the university the following students has got the discount on the payment of tuition fee:

1. The discount assessed at 25% from the full tuition fee for 2019-2020 academic year:

- Roche Shalendra Jehan James, 4th year, speciality “General medicine” (English medium)
- Perera Subasingje Arachchige Jessica Maria, 5th year, speciality “General medicine” (English medium)
- Haputantri Dona Sarah Rosemary, 6th year, speciality “General medicine” (English medium)
- Dasanayake Mudalige Don Ernest Deeshan Ssanka, 6th year, speciality “General medicine” (English medium)
- Thumbowilage Kumuditha Ramesh Thumbowila, 5th year, speciality “General medicine” (English medium)

On September 19, VSMU staff embarked on a two-day cycling tour along the route Vitebsk – TOK “Losvido” – Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of National Unity.

This cycling tour is being held for the fifth time with the aim of fostering civic and patriotic education, promoting and developing physical culture, sports, and tourism as one of the most accessible and popular forms of active recreation and a healthy lifestyle.

On March 19, 2026, Vitebsk State Medical University hosted a Single Information Day, during which Dmitry Kuzhel, Vice-Rector of Ideological and Educational Work, addressed the university workforce. The topic of the meeting was modern approaches to regional development, covering a wide range of issues from the economy to social infrastructure.