Formation, development and activities of the Department of Clinical Toxicology of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education

The creation of an emergency clinical toxicology service in our country led to the need to train clinical toxicologists and to create a specialized Department for this purpose, which was opened in 1985 at the Central Institute of Advanced Medical Training. The staff of the Department carried out a lot of methodological, educational and scientific work, which allowed to achieve a high level of teaching. Successful activity of the Department was promoted by: work on the clinical basis of a multidisciplinary research medical institution – N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine; admission to the Institute a large number of patients with various intoxications ensuring thematic completeness of teaching; the unity of command in the leadership of the Toxicological Department of the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine and the Department of Clinical Toxicology of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education in the person of E.A. Luzhnikov, who used his experience in scientific, practical and teaching activities of the Department; due to the existence of the scientific school of academician E.A. Luzhnikov – the development of new technologies for screening, treatment and rehabilitation of acute poisonings; the use of modern teaching methods, including field cycles and distance learning technologies; close interaction with scientific societies, contributing to a significant expansion of the possibilities of new teaching methods.