Educational-methodical work

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Teaching and Methodological Activities of the Department in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026

  1. Development and Updating of Teaching and Methodological Materials
  • Teaching and methodological materials have been developed for more than 20 academic disciplines across various levels of education; the complete sets of materials are regularly updated and uploaded to the University’s repository.
  • Comprehensive syllabi are available in three languages: Kazakh, Russian and, for selected disciplines, English.
  • Вanks of multiple-choice test items.
  • Written assignments and case-based tasks designed to develop clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
  • For the final assessment in all disciplines concluding with an examination, the examination materials were reviewed, supplemented with new examination tickets, and approved at a meeting of the Department and the School of Public Health’s Educational Programme Committee (EPC).
  1. Participation in Collegial Bodies for Educational Quality Assurance

S. Kainarbaeva:

  • Chair of the Nutrition Committee under the Project Management Group for Educational Programmes of the Educational and Methodological Association of the Republican Educational and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  • Independent expert and member of the Expert Council for the Registration of Food Supplements and Baby Food under the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the School of Public Health of Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University.
  • Member of the Council of the Kh. Dosmukhamedov School of Public Health.
  • Member of the Academic Council of the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition LLP.
  • Member of the working group responsible for promoting and developing educational pathways in nutrition and dietetics.
  • Member of the Final Attestation Commission for the specialties “Public Health,” “Medical and Preventive Nutrition,” “Nutrition,” and “Global Health.”
  • Member of the Academic Staff Competition Committee of the Kh. Dosmukhamedov School of Public Health..

B. Chuyenbekova:

  • Deputy Chair of the Educational Programme Committee of the School of Public Health (Order No. 46 dated September 16, 2025).
  • Member of the Terminology Committee.
  • Expert of the Republican Public Association “National Centre for Independent Assessment.”
  • Member of the working group of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan responsible for implementing the “Baby-Friendly Hospital” programme and developing the 2025–2026 Roadmap for Promoting Healthy Nutrition.

K. Beisbekova:

  • Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee of the School of Public Health.
  • Organiser of the International Subject Olympiad “Healthy Nutrition Is the Foundation of a Healthy Nation”.
  • Member of the Dissertation Council of Osh State University, Kyrgyzstan.
  • Expert on the Independent Expert Commission for the selection of candidates for the Bolashak International Scholarship Programme.

Yu. Ushanskaya;

  • Deputy Chair of the Nutrition Committee under the Project Management Group for Educational Programmes.
  • Member of the Doctoral Programme Appeals Commission.
  • Member of the working group for the accreditation of master’s degree educational programmes.

A. Bykybayeva;

  • Member of the Master’s Programme Appeals Commission.
  • Member of the working group for the accreditation of master’s degree educational programmes.

B. Berdygaliev

  • Independent expert and member of the Expert Council for the Registration of Food Supplements and Baby Food under the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  • Member of the Academic Council of the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition LLP.
  • Member of the Working Commission for Developing Proposals to Improve the Methodology for Calculating the Subsistence Minimum (Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Order No. 157 on the Subsistence Minimum).
  • Member of various research groups working in the field of nutrition.
  • Participant in the initiative groups of various public associations working in public health and nutrition.
  1. Internal Quality Assurance at the Department
  • During the 2025–2026 academic year, the department transitioned to an updated internal quality assurance framework in accordance with the new Regulation on Internal Quality Assurance, approved by the Board of NJSC “Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University” on 8 October 2025 (Minutes No. 18).
  • Full implementation of the new framework is scheduled to begin in the 2026–2027 academic year.
  • Objective: to introduce more advanced, digitalised, and transparent mechanisms for assessing the quality of teaching.

Key Results over the Past Three Years

  • Progression from routine syllabus updates to a leadership role in educational and methodological expertise.
  • Organisation of an international academic olympiad, participation in international dissertation councils, and development of inter-university educational programmes.
  • Establishment of the department as a centre of methodological excellence in nutrition and dietetics.