The history of the F. Erisman Institute of Public Health and its directions of activity during the COVID-19 pandemic

In 2020, exactly 90 years have passed since the first sanitary faculty in the history of medical education (F. Erismann
Institute of Public Health, nowadays) was found in the 1st Moscow Medical Institute (Sechenov University, nowadays).
The history of the faculty unites the names of prominent scientists in the field of preventive medicine: F. Erismann, N.A. Semashko, A.V. Molkov, A.N. Sysin, E.M. Tareev and many, many others. New challenges to public health continue
to appear in our time. The direction of “preventive medicine” has become more important than ever in the context of a pandemic of infection caused by the novel coronavirus (COronaVIrus Disease-19, COVID-19). The issues of epidemiology
and hygiene have become extremely relevant for doctors of any profile, not only for preventive ones (epidemiologists and hygienists). The strategic task today is to increase the “preventive medicine” specialty’s authority. It is also important to preserve and enhance the domestic experience of studying the disciplines of preventive medicine, harmonizing the content of educational programs with the world community. Research work at the Institute is carried out in 4 main areas of preventive medicine and public health: epidemiology, public health, microbiology, and hygiene.

This review presents the main historical milestones in the development of teaching the specialty “preventive medicine” at the Sechenov University, the current state, and prospects for further development.

1. Briko N.I. 130 years of teaching epidemiology at the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Meditsinskii al’manakh. 2014; 4 (34): 14–19 (in Russian).

2. Sysin A.N. On the 20th anniversary of the death of F. Erismann. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1936; 1: 43–45 (in Russian).

3. Mol’kov A.V., Kaplun S.I., ed. History of the Hygienic Departments of the 1st Moscow Order of Lenin Medical Institute. M.: Izdanie 1 Mosk. ordena Lenina med. in-ta; 1941. 67 p. (in Russian).

4. Mol’kov A.V. 175 years of 1st Moscow Medical Institute. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1940; 10: 1–4 (in Russian).

5. Briko N.I., Sokolova T.V., Klushkina V.V. The epidemiological component of the scientific and practical activities of F. Erismann. Istoriya meditsiny. 2015; 2(3): 360–367 (in Russian). https://doi.org/10.17720/2409-5583.t2.3.2015.26s

6. Briko N.I., Sokolova T.V., Klushkina V.V. Epidemiological approach in the preventive activities of F. Erismann. Ehpidemiologiya i infektsionnye bolezni. Aktual’nye voprosy. 2015; 5: 72–77 (in Russian).

7. Bol’shakov A.M. F.F. Erismann’s work at the Faculty of Medicine of the Imperial Moscow University: (To the 150th anniversary of his birthday). Gigiena i sanitariya. 1993; 9: 62–63 (in Russian).

8. Korsunskaya M.I., Fokina N.S. A.V. Molkov is one of the founders of Soviet school hygiene. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1960; 10: 7–12 (in Russian).

9. Onishchenko G.G., Belyaev E.N., Podunova L.G., et al. Chief state sanitary inspectors. Chief state sanitary doctors: Essays. M: Feder. tsentr gossanehpidnadzora MZ Rossii; 2002. 527 p. (in Russian).

10. Poznanskii S.S. Training of sanitary doctors in the USSR and its immediate tasks. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1936; 2: 10–14 (in Russian).

11. Mol’kov A.V. Institute of Hygiene of the 1st Moscow Medical Institute as the main base of the sanitary faculty. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1939; 10: 4–8 (in Russian).

12. Rumyantsev G.I., Bol’shakov A.M., Korostelev N.B., et al. 60 years of Sanitary and Hygienic Faculty of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1991; 4: 70–72 (in Russian).

13. Belyaeva N.N., Bol’shakov A.M., Selyuzhitskii G.V., et al. Tasks of training a doctor-hygienist at the present stage. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1992; 4: 55–58 (in Russian).

14. Korostelev N.B. Four periods in the history of domestic hygiene. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1996; 4: 45–48 (in Russian).

15. Alekseeva V.M., Sokolova T.V., Nesvizhskii Yu.V., Minnibaev T.Sh. Medical and Preventive Faculty of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy. Gigiena i sanitariya. 2000; 6: 3–6 (in Russian).

16. Briko N.I., Mindlina A.Ya., Polibin R.V., et al. The principle of the unity of science and practice is a necessary component of the training of a competent epidemiologist (for the 85th anniversary of the Department of Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University). Ehpidemiologiya i infektsionnye bolezni. Aktual’nye voprosy. 2016; 3: 83–88 (in Russian).

17. Briko N.I., Kamenskaya N.V., Korolev A.A., et al. Competence achievement indicator as a means of managing the quality of training of medical and preventive medicine specialists. Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i vuzovskaya nauka. 2018; 2(12): 6–13 (in Russian).