History of College

 

     On September 21^st, 1925 the School of Senior Surgeon's Assistants was founded at the Military Medical Academy in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). In January 1936, it was renamed into Leningrad Military Medical School, and in 1941, it was given the name of Nikolay A. Shchors, a hero of the Civil War.

From the very beginning of the War, the School started to carry out tasks of the command of the North-Western Front in the rear area of ​​Telesi to combat enemy parachute assault. 681 military feldshers were sent to the front.

     Due to the threat of the Siege of Leningrad and necessity of further training of medical staff, the whole School was evacuated to Siberia – the City of Omsk.

The front required to replenish medical staff as soon as possible. It was decided to switch over to an accelerated training course.  In total, according to the accelerated programme for the period from 1942 to 1945, 3,820 military feldshers and 321 dentists graduated from the School. In 1942, the School began to accept young women. Among those who graduated from the School during the War and went to the front there were 573 young women.

Among the cadets - graduates of the School, teachers and employees who participated in the War, there were those who were awarded: 16 people - the Order of Lenin, 26 people - the Order of the Red Banner, 15 people - the Order of the Patriotic War, 1^st and 2^nd class, 104 people - the Order of the Red Star, 17 people - the Order of Glory, many people - medals “For Courage” and others.

     The six graduates of the School were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. A.P. SOBOLEVSKY was awarded for participation in the Arctic expedition on the icebreaker Georgiy Sedov, B.P.BEGOLEV - for the demonstrated heroism during the Battle of Lake Khasan, I.F. BIRTSEV - posthumously for the heroic feat in the war with the White Finns, V.I. BYKOVSKY, the commander of the sanitary platoon - for courage and heroism during the crossing of the Dnieper, N.A. KOPYTYONKOV and V.A. KOLYADA - for saving the wounded on the battlefield.

The staff of the School in the War years was engaged not only in training, but also provided medical assistance to the population of Omsk, working in 15 large hospitals for the wounded and polyclinics.

 For the merits of the School in the training of military feldshers for the Army in the years of the Great Patriotic War, a number of teachers and the head of the School, I.N. GEORGIYEVSKY were awarded medals and orders. The School was awarded the Red Banner as a symbol of recognition of military glory, honor and dignity.

After the end of the War, the School remained in Siberia. In 1945, N.A. Shchors Leningrad Military Medical School was renamed into N.A. Shchors Siberian Military Medical School, and in 1947 - into N.A. Shchors Omsk Military Medical School. In 1957, it became a civil one.

There are Heroes of the Soviet Union – graduates of the School:

Generals of the Soviet Army – founders of the School:

Omsk Medical School №3 was founded instead of N.A. Shchors Leningrad Military Medical School. In 1957, the School was headed by Alexey A. LOBACHEV, a participant of the Great Patriotic War, awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals.

 

A.A. LOBACHEV headed the School from 1957 till 1962. Valentina E. Kuznetsova and Yuri N. Wolf were his deputies at that time. It was them who had to create a civil school and solve new problems emerged from that. At first, it was decided to enroll only 180 young men aged 18-20 in order to join the army afterwards. But there was an order of the Ministry of Public Health to accept the same number of young women. During that period, there was a shortage of full-time teachers, so some of them were invited from the Medical Institute.

 

1959 marked an important event – 324 “civil feldshers” graduated from the School. Male graduates joined the army. Among them there was Vladislav V. DVORZHETSKY, who later became a famous screen actor. In 1959, the Department of Evening Studies for nurses was opened (till 1972). It was headed by Eugenia E. VOLKOVA, teacher of Mathematics. The same year, the Pharmaceutical School joined the School as the Department of Pharmacy. It was headed by Anatoly A. SUKHAREV.    

 

In 1962, Maria G. RYABUSHKINA was appointed Director of Omsk Medical School №3. M. RYABUSHKINA paid a lot of attention to talent acquisition, pedagogical excellence, improvement of the School’s facilities. During her direction, a five-storeyed dormitory and a cafeteria were constructed. The classrooms for pre-clinical practice were created.

 

From 1973 till 1987, the School was headed by Maya A. MOROZOVA, PhD in Medicine. This period is characterized not only by its duration, but also by intense purposeful work on developing facilities and by innovation in organizing teaching and educational processes.

 

In 1981 – 1982, the Department for Medical Laboratory Assistants was opened.

 

Victor N. ARTEMIEV

From 1987 till 2011, Omsk Medical School №3 was headed by Victor N. ARTEMIEV, PhD in Medicine. He was a highly qualified teacher, a creative, energetic, looking ahead manager, who earlier taught in Omsk State Medical Institute.

In August 1991, Omsk Medical School №3 was renamed into Medical College. In 2000, it was named Omsk Medical College of Ministry of Public Health of Russia. The College has turned into a large secondary medical institution of the Russian Federation for about 2,000 students over time.  

In 1993, The Department of Nursing was established. To fulfil the main teaching and educational tasks, such non-governmental organizations as Mercy (Miloserdie), Green Pharmacy (Zelenaya Apteka) and Center for Psychological Support for the Youngsters have been founded.

In 2000, the Museum of the College’s History was created. The Museum has been headed by Valentina V. POZHERUKOVA. There is the Museum Council.

 

There is a commemorative plaque on the building devoted to Vladimir T. MITYAYEV, the College’s graduate who died heroically while carrying out his international duty in Afghanistan.

In December 2011, the College was reorganized by joining Omsk State Medical University as a structural subdivision.

Becoming a part of one of the leading higher educational institutions has raised the quality of training medical specialists and has made it possible to improve the learning, research and educational activities more actively.

 

Since September 1^st, 2012 the College has been headed by Anna A. TURITSA, PhD in Medicine.

In 2015, the College celebrated its 90^th anniversary.