On May 31, 2024 in KSMU the International scientific-practical conference “Medical psychology at the guardian of the country’s health” dedicated to the 89th anniversary of Kursk State Medical University, the 25th anniversary of the Faculty of Clinical Psychology, the year of family was held.

Rector of Kursk State Medical University, Professor Victor Anatolievich Lazarenko addressed the conference participants with words of greeting and congratulations. In his speech Victor Anatolievich noted the high level of professional training of graduates of the faculty and the special importance of their competence in modern realities. From the mouth of the rector sounded words of gratitude to the teaching staff of the departments that provide training at the faculty, for their contribution to the professional formation of specialists in the field of soul healing. “It is especially valuable that the teaching staff of the graduating departments of the Faculty is formed predominantly from the graduates of the Faculty. It allows to keep the continuity of generations, to form and multiply the traditions of the Faculty of Clinical Psychology” – Victor Anatolievich noted in his speech.

The program of the conference was very rich. At the plenary session the following speakers took the floor: T.D. Vasilenko, Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Psychology, Head of the Department of General and Clinical Psychology of KSMU, Professor, Chief Freelance Specialist in Medical Psychology of the Ministry of Health of Kursk Region; E.R. Isaeva, Head of the Department of General and Clinical Psychology of the 1st St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Acad. E.R. Isaeva, Head of the Department of General and Clinical Psychology of the 1st St. Petersburg State Medical University named after I.P. Pavlov, Professor, Chief Outside Medical Psychology Specialist of the St. Petersburg Health Care Committee; T.S. Buzina, Head of the Department of General Psychology of the Russian University of Medicine, Associate Professor, Chief Outside Medical Psychology Specialist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for the Central Federal District; N.V. Zvereva, Leading Researcher of the Scientific Center for Mental Health, Associate Professor; N.A. Sirota, Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Psychology, Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology of the Russian State University of Medicine, Associate Professor; N.A. Zvereva, Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for the Central Federal District.