Grodno State Medical University has become one of the founders and a founding member of the Peer Review Association for Medical and Health Education of Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Grodno State Medical University has become one of the founders and the first of the medical universities of the Republic of Belarus a founding member of the Peer Review Association for Medical and Health Education of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (PRAMED-EECA) - the Association for peer review of the quality of medical education and health education in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The Association was registered on July 7, 2022 in the Republic of Bulgaria and currently includes 14 universities founding members from seven countries (Georgia, Belarus, Moldova, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan). Belarus was represented by Grodno State Medical University and International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University.

The creation of this non-profit organization was one of the key results of the Erasmus + KA2 project «Setting peer review instruments and goals for medical (health) education» / SPRING (registered by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus on July 27, 2020 No. 2 / 20 / 001096). Its main goals are: assistance to universities in preparing for international and national accreditation, preparation of new educational programs (including joint ones), informational, analytical and organizational support in conducting scientific research, providing the possibility of publishing in the journal of the association (The Journal of Medical and Health Sciences Education for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (MEDH-EECA, ISSN 2783-6797, the journal website is under development https://lsmu.lt/leidiniai/mokslo-zurnalai/medh-eeca/) and organizing training courses, seminars, and conferences.

The Association is intended to continue cooperation between partner universities and expand joint activities in order to improve public health and the quality of medical education. The association website is under development: https://www.pramed-eeca.eu/.

The head of the Department of Public Health and Health Services M.Yu. Surmach and the head of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​Ya.V. Razvodovskaya took part in the inauguration ceremony of the Association, where they represented the Belarusian party of the consortium of universities founding members: Grodno State Medical University and International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University.