Campus: Astana, Kazakhstan, NU School of Medicine building, hospitals
Language: English, Kazakh, Russian
Delivery mode: Full time
Duration: 3 years
Career: Residency graduates continue working as physicians.
General information
The Residency Program in Anatomic Pathology (AP) is a 3-year program aimed at training medical doctors to become general specialist pathologists with interpretive and diagnostic skills on all pathological tissues obtained from all human body organ systems. The Residency Program in Anatomic Pathology is developed based on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) framework of the United States of America (The ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Anatomic (AP) and Clinical Pathology (CP)) and its six (6) Core Competencies and their Milestones). The ACGME requirements prescribe a minimum of 36 months of full-time residency training for either AP or CP alone and a minimum of 48 months of full-time residency training for a combined AP/CP program.
Over the 3-year period, residents will have high-quality laboratory-based practical training on specialized benches on rotational bases, including full-scale or complete diagnostic (clinical) autopsy, minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) autopsy techniques, cytopathology, surgical pathology and intra-operative consultations.
This program reflects the NU SOM commitment to the development of physician-scholars and scientists who will advance evidence-based patient care and medical practice by integrating clinical work in hospital pathology laboratories in a clinical setting with research into pathological and molecular mechanisms of disease. This initiative represents a paradigm shift from the traditional non-evidence-based training programs in anatomic pathology currently being offered by other institutions in the country towards the global trends in educating physicians to practice evidence-based and personalized medicine.
Program aims
The aims of the Anatomic Pathology Residency program will be:
Curriculum
PGY-1
A. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
Cut-up/Grossing
Reporting
Special Techniques
Case Of the Week
B. AUTOPSY
C. LABORATORY INFORMATICS AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
D. LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
E. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Journal Club
This will be held monthly. Residents will take their turns in critically reviewing a relevant manuscript published in the last 3-6 months in one of the top 10 peer-reviewed journals in the field of anatomic pathology and laboratory medicine.
Textbook Review Day
Didactic Teaching
Seminars/Research training courses
PGY-2
A. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
Cut-up/Grossing
Reporting
Special Techniques
Frozen section
Case Of the Week
B. CYTOPATHOLOGY
C. AUTOPSY
D. LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
E. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
PGY-3
A. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
Grossing/cut-ups
Reporting
Special Techniques
Case Of the Week
B. CYTOPATHOLOGY
C. AUTOPSY
D. LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
E. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Clinical rotation sites
The main Clinical base is the National Research Center for Maternal and Child Health. Participating clinical sites include the Presidential hospital, National Research Oncology Center, National Scientific Medical Center.
Program learning outcomes
At the end of the Anatomic Pathology Residency Program, the graduates should be able to meet the graduation target of the ACGME Developmental Milestones at the appropriate level in Anatomic Pathology.
1.Patient Care (PC):
2.Medical Knowledge (MK)
3.Systems-Based Practice (SBP)
4.Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBLI)
5.Professionalism (P)
6.Interpersonal and Communication Skills (ICS)
Career opportunities
Upon completion of the residency program in anatomic pathology, trainees will acquire high skills that will allow them to work in pathology groups, multidisciplinary groups, Medical Schools and academic medical centers,Hospitals, independent practice and research institutes
Faculty
Program Director of the Residency in Anatomic Pathology, Associate Professor
Director, Clinical Academic Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology and Genetics, UMC
Bakytkali Ibraimov, MD
Head of Pathology Department, UMC
Maria Useeva, MD
Pathologist, UMC
Saltanat Orazgaliyeva, MD
Head of Pathomorphology, National Research Oncology Center
Bakytzhan Issakhanova, MD
Pathologist, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Olymp
Aiman Tokusheva, MD
Pathologist, Head of the pathomorphological and cytological department of the Presidential hospital
Aigerim Sugralinova, MD
Pathologist, Pathomorphological and cytological department of the Presidential hospital
Peradze Manana, MD
Head of Pathology Department, National Scientific Medical Center
Entry requirements
There are two types of admission: Unconditional and Conditional
Applicants who qualify for unconditional admission are expected to have:
The NUSOM Admissions Committee will consider applicants recommended for admission by University Medical Center (UMC) Residency Admission Committee but the ultimate decision to admit these applicants is made by the NUSOM Admissions Committee.
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Important dates
Online application deadline for the residency program for the citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and for international applicants - May 16, 2025, inclusively (2 pm Astana time).
List of documents to be submitted by the applicants
All submitted documents shall be in English or with notarized English translation:
Tuition fee
The residency program fee is $11,200 (5 723 200 KZT) for the 2025/2026 academic year for all students.
To learn more about tuition fees, please contact us at bursars_office@nu.edu.kz.
How to apply
Read the Instructions about the application procedure given in your Personal account.
Entry requirements
There are two types of admission: Unconditional and Conditional
Applicants who qualify for unconditional admission are expected to have:
The NUSOM Admissions Committee will consider applicants recommended for admission by University Medical Center (UMC) Residency Admission Committee but the ultimate decision to admit these applicants is made by the NUSOM Admissions Committee.
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Important dates
Online application deadline for the residency program for the citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and for international applicants - May 16, 2025, inclusively (2 pm Astana time).
List of documents to be submitted by the applicants
All submitted documents shall be in English or with notarized English translation:
How to apply
To participate in the competition the following steps must be completed:
Read the Instructions about the application procedure given in your Personal account.
If you have any issues with the application, email phd_admissions@nu.edu.kz with a detailed description of the problem, your IIN (for citizens of Kazakhstan) and your Applicant ID number.
Status assigned to the candidate
All registered candidates can check the status of their application in the Personal account. Description of the status below is presented in the order of assignment to the candidate in the Personal account.
Application in processing. This is interim status, which means that the application is being processed. Admissions Committee will evaluate the application and inform the candidate on further steps/stages. Notification on final results will be sent to your email address.
Does not meet entry requirements. The status is assigned to the candidates who do not meet the minimum entry requirements. It is given after checking the application forms and the documents by the Admissions Department.
Disqualified. The status is assigned to candidates who are disqualified for gross violations of the conditions of the competition. For example, provided deliberately false information.
Rejected by Admissions Committee. At one of the competition stages, the Admissions Committee decided to reject the candidate’s application.
Transfer to another program. At the stage of an application screening the Admissions Committee has decided to recommend the candidate for consideration by the Admissions Committee of another program within the same School.
Pending. Candidate’s application is pending.
Waiting list. The Admissions Committee has finished reviewing the candidate’s application and made a decision to put you on a waiting list. Such candidates should expect notification from the University, as there is a possibility that if other candidates reject to study, they may be sent an invitation letter to study.
Recommended for admission to program. Admissions Committee has decided to recommend candidate for the program without going through the Zero Year of Graduate programs.
Recommended for conditional admission. The Admissions Committee has decided to recommend a candidate for the conditional admission with a requirement to fulfill the condition by the deadline specified in the notification.
Withdrawn. Candidate decided to withdraw from the competition.
Accepted Program admission offer. The status is assigned to candidates who received offer letter, signed Enrollment confirmation form and fulfilled all the сonditions of the University indicated in the offer letter.
Refused admission offer. The candidate was recommended for admission, but refused to study.
Refused in favor of another NU program. The status is applicable for those candidates, who applied for several graduate programs at NU. The status is assigned when the candidate chooses another program.
Deferred. The status is assigned to candidates who were accepted for the program, but decided to postpone their studies until the next year.
Did not submit the documents/Refused. The status assigned to candidates who did not provide originals of the documents by the stated deadline, which means that the candidate refuses to study at University.
Did not come to Orientation week/Refused. The status is assigned to candidates who accepted the offer letter, provided hard copies of documents, but did not participate in Orientation week. The vacant place, if available, can be offered to the candidates in the Waiting list.
Enrolled to program. The status is assigned to candidates who enrolled to the main program by the Decision of the Provost. Candidate officially became a student.