EDUCATIONAL BASE: The Educational Base of the Academy consists of 8 Buildings and 16 Medical Institutions. The highly qualified teaching staff includes many graduates of the Academy, including the Rector, 4 Vice-Rectors, 5 Deans, 43 Heads of the Departments. 410 teachers (with 75 M.D. and 240 Candidates for medical sciences among them) provide the Educational process. 23 departments and 9 courses of TSMA are located in 12 Clinical hospitals of the city. Every year they serve 30,000 patients, treat 20,000 patients, and make about 4,000 planned and urgent operations. The Quality index of the Scientific Teaching Staff is 80.9% it being one of the highest indices among the Higher Medical Educational Establishments in Ukraine. The Academy is one of the best Higher Schools in Ukraine as for the number of the teachers with Scientific Degrees, this index being 75-85 percent within last 3 years. The Students’ Scientific Society makes a great contribution to the treasure of scientific and technical achievements of the Academy. The students take an active part in the scientific work from the beginning of their studies. Scientific circles, united into the Students’ Scientific Society, successfully function at all the departments of the Academy. Scientific conferences are periodically held at the Academy, the young researchers make their reports, share new achievements and ideas with their colleagues at the debate-club “Science today”