Student enrollment is carried out in accordance with legislation (Georgian Law on “Higher Education”, Article 52).

Prerequisites for admission MD program are as follows:

• Applicant may be a foreign citizen or stateless person with full general or its equal education received in another country;
• Citizen of Georgia, who received full general or its equal education abroad and the last 2 years of full general education have been taught in a foreign country
• Applicant who was/is studying and receiving credits in a foreign higher education institution recognized in accordance with the law of that country. Admission to the educational program through mobility is allowed after the end of one academic year of study. Mobility is available twice a year, within the deadline set by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Youth of Georgia.
• https://iro.ibsu.edu.ge/en/page/admissions

1.1.Sectoral competencies

Sectoral Knowledge:

• Knowledge of biomedical, behavioral, social and clinical sciences;
• Knowledge of medicines and the principles of their prescription;
• Awareness of the doctor’s role in the maintenance and promotion of public health;
• Knowledge of ethical and legal principles.

Sectoral Skills:

The graduate should be able to:

1. Patient Counseling:
2. Evaluation of clinical case, optimal scheduling of examinations, differential diagnostics, disease management plan reasoning.
3. Emergency medical care (first aid and resuscitation):
4. Medication selection, prescription and subscription:
5. Conducting practical procedures:
6. Effective communication within the frame of medicine:
7. Principles of legal ethics and their application to medical practice:
8. Evaluation of patient’s disease-related psychological and social aspects.
9. Applying evidence-based principles, skills and knowledge.
10. Effective use of medical information and technology.
11. Applying biomedical scientific principles, methods and knowledge to medical practice/research and integrate these into patient care.
12. Heath promotion activities and effective work in the healthcare system.
13. Professionalism

1.2.General Competencies. 

Knowledge and Understanding

– The graduate has a deep and systematic knowledge of the field that allows for the development of new ideas, realizes ways to solve a particular problem; Able to use the full range of teaching-information resources, can manage their own learning process. Acquires the essentials for continuous updating of knowledge; Has the ability to objectively evaluate own knowledge and skills; Has the ability to look for new, original ways of solving complex problems, including conducting independent research using the latest methods and approaches; Able to critically evaluate complex, incomplete and contradictory data, analyse it independently, clearly convey the results of the analysis and further their use. Has a critical approach to new information, capable of analysing, summarizing, integrating and drawing conclusions about variety of data, evaluating evidence and / orcounter-arguments based on results obtained.

Skills to draw conclusions:

– The graduate able to draw conclusions based on critical analysis of complex and incomplete information (including recent research); Innovative synthesis of information based on the latest data;
– The ability to identifying a specific problem, finding a reliable, safe way to logical solutions calmly and systematically and taking appropriate/relevant action after concluding it.

Communication Skills:

– Communicate their findings, arguments and research methods with
the academic or professional community in the light of academic
honesty standards and the achievements of information and
communication technologies; has the ability to observe, listen, and ask
questions as well as non-verbal communication skills; capable to
participate in meetings and to express options orally and in writing.
Panticipates directly in the professional context negotiations to resolve
conflict.

Learning Ability: 

– Conducting the learning independently, understanding the peculiarities of the learning process and formulating high – level strategy plan; Able to obtain information from a variety of sources, process large amounts of information and critically evaluate it; Has the ability to use information retrieved in professional activities.

Responsibility and autonomy:

– Conducting and taking responsibility for development activities in a complex, unpredictable learning and / or work environment; Conducting own activities in accordance with ethical principles; Planning and promoting the continuous professional development of oneself and others; Identify own further learning needs, set goals, monitor and evaluate their own academic development and pursue a high degree of independence. So they can manage their own motivation towards learning

Areas of employment of Medical Doctors are:

• Medical practice as a junior doctor. Junior doctor works under the supervisor of a senior doctor.
• Academic and scientific activities

A person with an academic degree of Medical Doctor has the right to pursue doctoral studies or to pursue a residency course after completing and passing the Unified State Certification Examination.