Health systems in transition : Uzbekistan

Dentists
Dental education is provided by two medical schools in Uzbekistan, the 
Tashkent State Medical Academy and the Bukhara State Medical Institute. In 
recent years, it has been transformed into a two-level training programme, in 
line with the reforms in higher education. The first level consists of five years of 
undergraduate education, exposing students to general dentistry. The graduate 
level, 
magistratura
, is a two-year programme which allows students to specialize 
in one of three broad areas: therapeutic, orthopaedic or surgical dentistry. 
Pharmacists
Training in biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry is provided in a 
four-year undergraduate programme. Pharmacy training follows two different 
programmes. In the first, students receive training only in pharmacy, while 
in the second they are also exposed to teaching skills, enabling graduates to 
hold teaching positions. Postgraduate pharmaceutical education consists of 
a two-year 
magistratura
 either in “technologies of immuno-biological and 
microbiological medicines” or in the “biotechnology of medicines”. 
Public health
A public health profession in the western sense did not exist in Uzbekistan until 
2000, when the former Second Tashkent State Medical Institute initiated the 
introduction of a unified public health programme in line with international 
standards. In subsequent years, departments of public health were launched in 

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all medical schools, and courses in different aspects of public health (clinical 
epidemiology, health management and marketing) were incorporated into the 
undergraduate medical curriculum. A number of medical schools have launched 
programmes leading to a Master’s degree in Public Health.