Stages of training and research within the „Nicolae Testemiţanu” department of social medicine and health management – 80 years after its founding.

Abstract

Introduction. The paper describes the historical period from 1945 to the present of the scientific research carried out by the staff of the Department of Social Medicine and Health Management “Nicolae Testemițanu”, which includes the following scientific directions: scientific research results, participation in various scientific forums.
The purpose of the paper. It is to estimate the scientific developments carried out by different leaders of this department during this period of time, which included the issues of Public Health, management and organization of medical assistance to the rural population in different stages of development of society.
Materials and methods. a cross-sectional study of the research carried out within the Department of Social Medicine and Health Management “Nicolae Testemițanu” during the period 1945 to the present was carried out. The primary materials served as reports, laws, orders approved by the Ministry of Health during this period.
Results and discussions. Social Medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the study of the health status of the population and the determining factors that influence it, based on several objectives and methods of statistical, experimental, historical, economic, sociological, epidemiological investigation, oriented towards the scientific argumentation of the priority directions for the development of the health system in the Republic of Moldova.