The Department of organization and tactics of medical service. Past, present, future

Abstract

The Department of organization and tactics of medical service, celebrating its 90th anniversary, is a leading department of our alma mater, as well as a leading academic and scientific centre of the Chief Military Medical Directorate of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence. The department develops applied research tasks in the sphere of organization of medical service and provision of medical services to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in peacetime and wartime, engages in preparation of directive documents within its profile, analyses efficiency of medical services provided to the armed troops (forces) in daily activities of the medical service and in combat conditions. The department has always taken an active part in the development, preparation and conduct of research command-post and special tactical exercises in conjunction with the medical service of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, as well as in different stages, including the international stage, of the Military Medical Relay Competition jointly with the medical staff of military districts (fleets), branches and services of the Russian Federation Armed Forces. The department is engaged in serious work aimed at training qualified specialists for the overhead structures of the medical service of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, as well as military medics for the army. Over the 90 years of its existence, the department has developed into five new departments: department of military disciplines (operational- tactical training), department of organization and tactics of naval medical service (with a course of naval fighting equipment), department of medical service control automation with a course in military medical statistics, department of military medical supply and pharmacy, department of organization and economics of military healthcare. Among the significant achievements of the Department of organization and tactics of medical service is the development of a number of department-level training courses and academic disciplines some of which have turned (are turning) into independent departments, educational research schools.