Teaching and guiding work is a priority of the department. Due to the introduction of a credit-module educational system at NMU, the department staff elaborated and implemented in the educational process the training programs, thematic plans of lectures, practicals and independent work for the students of medical and medical and psychological faculties.

To support the learning process in recent years the department staff prepared textbooks, guidelines and other training materials in Ukrainian, Russian and English.

Every year at the department are studied 1000 local students and more than 100 students from 60 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Neurology is studied by the 4 th year of studying students of medical faculties №1,2,3,4, department of physical rehabilitation and sports medicine and medical and psychological department. Since 2007 the part of foreign students is taught in English .

At the lectures and practices much attention is paid to the illustrative teaching. It is applied computer technologies and advanced illustrative materials. It has been prepared a large number of color slides, videos, tables, charts. At the practices it is demonstrated patients with various neurological disorders, trained the practical skills and modern methods of treatment.


Professor L.I. Sokolova is reading a lecture on practical training of students	Practical training of students. It provides the development of their practical skills for the examination of patients with neurological diseases

For the current and final module control of students’ knowledge level at the department has been prepared more than 500 situational clinical tasks and 800 tests of all discipline aspects in Ukrainian, Russian and English, the A format for the preparation to the licensing examination “Krok 2” and “Krok – 3 “.


Checking of students practical skills	The control of theoretical knowledge during computerized testing	Written resolution of situational clinical tasks

As a part of post-graduate education at the department it is carried out the on-site 9 months training of internship doctors on “Neurology”, and classes on neurology for the interns on “Family Medicine” and “Emergency medicine”.

Every year at the department it is carried out a postgraduate education for teachers of Ukrainian medical institutions of І-ІІ and ІІІ-ІV accreditation levels on “Modern technologies of higher medical education, problems and prospects of educational integration”. Over the past 3 academic years it was conducted 27 training cycles, which were visited by 51 students (37 of them – lecturers and 14 medical colleges and 14 – medical universities and academies).


Training of the internship doctors at an electrophysiological room	The internship doctors are studying the results of an ultrasonography of cerebral vessels