College History

The history of the medical college of Balkhash began in 1952, when, by the decision of the Ministry of Health Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan and on the instructions of the regional health department, due to the lack of secondary medical personnel, a medical school was opened in Balkhash, a young city of metallurgists.
The director of the school was appointed a doctor Maksunova M.A. the school did not have its own premises, it was necessary to rent the area first in the Gorky Secondary School No. 1. The first set consisted of 30 teachers. There were no full-time teachers, the training was conducted by part-timers. The training period is 10 months.
In 1953, the school was transformed into a college with a period of study of 2 years. In the same year, a second set of 60 people was made in the specialty: "Nurse". Averbukh Ya.I. was appointed Director.
In 1956, the "Paramedic department" was opened. Three full-time teachers appeared (Chernykh S.A., Chernyago L.F., Myagkova N.F.). The material base of the school was strengthened from year to year, the number of full-time teachers grew. The staff felt the need to expand the training area, and with the help of the efforts of the city authorities, the active asceticism of the former director Selyukova T.P., who came in 1963 to replace Averbukh Ya.I., the school received a new standard two-story building in 1972. In 1980, the school became one of the best in Kazakhstan. This year, the student body has reached 650 people, the staff of teachers has grown to 22 people. During this period, surgeons Gureeva K.P., obstetricians and gynecologists Bukharinova V.V. and Kolesnikova N.S., therapist Abylkhanova E.K., pharmacist Rosenberg S.K., teachers Musina M.A., Chernova R.V., Bestuzheva S.L., Sindeev N.D., Ismailova worked at the school. E.I., Beisembayeva A.K. and others.
In 1981, a five-storey well-maintained dormitory of sectional type for 360 seats was put into operation by a stapled winter transition to the academic building. In the same year, 1981, to replace Selyukova T.P., who went on a well–deserved rest, Nurbekov A.N. was appointed director of the school. Under his leadership, several republican meetings and seminars were held for directors of medical schools in Kazakhstan.Our school was the first of the medical schools in Kazakhstan to be computerized. The basics of working with computers were taught to our students and teachers by a full-time teacher of physics and chemistry, M.A. Musina.. our young director Nurbekov A.N. made a lot of efforts to realize his dream – to computerize individual sections of the school.
By 1990, the student body had reached 700 students.
There are 4 departments – paramedic, obstetric, nursing and sanitary. There are 41 full-time teachers, including 31 doctors, 4 secondary health workers, 6 teachers. A great, one might say, revolutionary role was played by the creation of a practical complex on one of the floors of the dormitory building, where classrooms were equipped, the conditions of which were adapted to the situation of the future work of students, i.e. a small hospital complex, where students mastered practical skills before practical classes in the clinic. These classrooms still play their progressive role in the practical training of students, future medical professionals.
For the first time in the republic, close ties were established between the Balkhash Medical School and the Karaganda State Medical Academy on the principle of University – College, when our best students, according to the results of the rating, studied both at college and at the university, and after graduating from college they immediately enrolled in the 2nd year of medical school, 14 graduates of the Balkhash Medical College are studying at KSMU.
In 1994, a State certification was conducted at the Balkhash Medical School, which gave a high assessment of the activities of the teaching staff.The attestation Commission proposed to entrust our college with the organization of the creation of an association of average medical workers in the region and the retraining and certification of average workers in the region.
In 1995, the director of the medical college Nurbekov A.N. for six weeks passed an internship in Israel on the problem of training secondary medical personnel. According to its results , he
He spoke at the board of the Ministry of Health, and then before the medical workers of the city of Balkhash. The speech in his speech was about the need to increase the prestige of the average medical worker.
For several years , the contract of the college with the city school – Lyceum No. 5 for the training of students has been implemented 9 – 10 – 11 classes on a 2 – year program for the 1st year of college. Students of the school who have completed such training and received positive grades have the right to enter college immediately for the 2nd year.And in the same year 2001, the best cardiologist of the city of Balkhash, candidate of medical sciences Chancharov Bakhtay Kalievich, replaced the former director.
In 2007, the medical college under his leadership successfully passed the state certification with high academic performance and the quality of students' knowledge.
In 2008, under his leadership, a medical consulting department was opened at the medical college to provide medical care to the adult population, which was an additional practical base for college students.
In October 2012, according to the order of the Chairman of the Committee for Control of Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the state certification of the college was carried out. A new stage in the development of the college is associated with the arrival of S.R. Pshenbayev as director in 2014.. The new director faced many problems.
Currently, the college employs a highly qualified team. Of the 32 teachers, 1 has a master's degree in history, 30 have higher education, and 2 have secondary vocational education. From among the full-time teachers have: the highest category of 12 people, 1 category – 4 teachers, 2 category - 5 teachers, 2 excellent health workers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, "Veteran of Labor"-1, "Kazakhstan danky"-1, "For merits in the medical field" -3 teachers. The contingent of students at the moment is 650 people. The college has 21 classrooms for conducting training sessions, 14 preclinical practice rooms in the dormitory building and 3 study rooms in medical organizations of the city, 3 simulation rooms on the basis of the college equipped with modern medical simulators, 1 computer classroom for 20 workplaces, 1 first aid post, a library for 30 seats seats, a reading room equipped with computers of the latest generation (there is an Internet connection) and an electronic catalog, a book depository. The book fund is replenished annually. The program "Librarianship" is installed to automate library processes.The college has an assembly hall with 100 seats, a conference hall in the dormitory, a dining room with 90 seats, a sports hall with a total area of 162 sq.m., equipped with equipment for general physical training. Equipped with 2 locker rooms, a coaching room for teachers.In winter, there is a ski track for ski training, and an ice rink on the territory of the hostel, there is a shooting range and air rifles for shooting.
During the 2013-2018 academic years, 4 interactive whiteboards with interactive projectors, 12 mobile multimedia projectors, 56 new generation computers were purchased. The technical equipment of the college is represented by 65 computers, 4 laptops. All computers in the academic building are connected to a local network and have access to the Internet, connection speed is 40 mbit/s, broadband Internet, WI-FI system is functioning. It is carried out by the provider of "Balkhash Electronic City" LLP. On average, there are 8 students per computer. New Web technologies are used for information support . The college's own website has been developed, which is located at the email address www.medicoll.edu.kz , which reflects information for college applicants and students and
the population. Operational communication is provided by e-mail. For electronic correspondence, a postal e-mail is used medcol_balchasch@mail.ru .
Nonresident students are provided with housing in a modern 240-bed dormitory with 2 and 3-bed furnished rooms, which meets the requirements of sanitary standards and safety regulations.The hostel has a gym equipped with sports equipment and equipment, and a multifunctional sports court is equipped on the territory of the hostel.
In 2019, a major renovation of the dormitory building was carried out, a simulation room was opened, in the same year the college successfully passed international institutional and specialized accreditation for a period of 5 years.
In 2022– the college celebrates its 70th anniversary