The second day of the Young Scientists Session “Science and Practice” was devoted to Grand Round Presentations “Business Projects in Modern Healthcare and Major Challenges”. All reports of young scientists and health care practitioners in the Grand Round were aimed at the optimization and improvement in clinical and research activities of the NII KPSSZ.

The Grand Round Presentations were opened by a report of the Deputy Director for Research at the NII KPSSZ, PhD, Professor Galina Artamonova. She presented the report “Challenges and Development Prospects of Public Healthcare in the Russian Federation”(adapted from the International Conference “OrgZdrav-2016”, Moscow, May 25-27 2016) covering modern trends in development of Russian healthcare, current constrains and future prospects. This report was highly appreciated by the young medical community, since they will be directly involved in the further development of Russian healthcare system.

Two presentations covered the initiatives of the Russian Society of Cardiology (CSC) and particularly the Working Group of Young Cardiologists.

The Secretary of the Working Group of Young Cardiologists of the Russian Society of Cardiology, a cardiologist at the Department of Rhythm Disturbance Endovascular Treatment and Pacing, senior researcher at the Research Institute of Neuromodulation, Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, PhD Svetlana Garkina highlighted the opportunities of the RSC academic mobility program and grant support for young cardiologists. S. Garkina briefly described the history of the Working Group of Young Cardiologists of the Russian Society of Cardiology, its involvement in the European initiative “Cardiologists of Tomorrow”. She reported the achievements of young Russian cardiologists in research and educational endeavors under the authority of the Working Group of Young Cardiologists. S. Garkina appealed to young cardiologists to participate actively in the programs and initiatives of the Working Group of Young Cardiologists and to use all the opportunities proposed by the RSC, especially travel-grants. 

Ph.D. Vasily Kashtalap presented the information on the establishment of the section “Interventional Cardioangiology” in the structure of the Working Group of Young Cardiologists”.

Then young researchers of the NII KPSSZ presented their business projects aimed at the optimization and improvement in clinical and research activities of the NII KPSSZ:

• “Registry of Clinical and Laboratory Samples Databases for Further Researches at the NII KPSSZ – Prospects of the Management Optiomization”, Dolgov Victor Y., a junior researcher at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Cardiology, NII KPSSZ;
• “Rationale for the Development of E-Control System for the Process “Measurement, Analysis and Improvement” in the NII KPSSZ”, Dmitry Karas, a researcher at the Department of Medical Care Optimization in Cardiovascular Diseases;
• “Optimization of Management Approaches to Organ Donation in the NII KPSSZ”, Andrey Bezdenezhnykh, PhD, a senior researcher at the Department of Multivessel CAD and Polyvascular Disease,
• "Social and Psychological Medical Staff Climate in the Medical Research Institute”, Yana Danilchenko, a researcher at the Department of Medical Care Optimization in Cardiovascular Diseases. 

Each business project presentation provoked thoughtful comments and questions, ensuring a lively discussion among the medical community, who underlined the relevance and practical importance of these issues.

The expert panel from the management of the NII KPSSZ and colleagues from the Federal North-West Medical Research Centre awarded Victor Dolgov for the best business project relevant for the research process in the NII KPSSZ.  

Over 120 young scientists and specialists from Kemerovo, Tomsk, St. Petersburg and Moscow took part in the 6^th Annual Session of Young Scientists “Science and Practice”.

You are welcome to participate in the 7th Annual Session of Young Scientists “Science and Practice” in 2017 in Kemerovo.  

Contacts: Vasily Kashtalap, e-mail: v_kash@mail.ru

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