The Department of Histology, Cytology, and Embryology was founded in 1930.
Over the years, the department has been led by distinguished scholars:
- Professor Grigory Mikhailovich Semyonov (1930–1937)
- Professor Vsiamin Vasilevich Averbukh (1938–1946)
- Professor Zikrullo Khayrulinovich Rakhmatulin (1947–1971)
- Associate Professor Abdullo Tilyaevich Tilyaev, PhD (1971–1973)
- Professor Latif Urakovich Turdiev (1974–1995)
- Professor Tashpulat Dekhanovich Dekhanov (1995–2011)
Since 2012, the department has been headed by Firdavs Suratovich Oripov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor. Under his leadership, the department has made significant contributions to medical science and education:
- 7 doctoral and 26 candidate dissertations have been successfully defended,
- 6 monographs and more than 120 educational and methodological manuals have been published,
- over 900 scientific articles and more than 1,000 abstracts have been presented,
- 36 certificates for innovative proposals have been obtained.
Today, the Department of Histology, Cytology, and Embryology of Samarkand State Medical University is located on the 2nd floor of Block B in the new university building, continuing its tradition of excellence in research, teaching, and innovation.
The department staff focus primarily on ensuring the high quality of the educational process, and all necessary conditions have been created to achieve this.
Lecture hall
Educational audiences
The Department is well equipped with educational literature, histological specimens for training, as well as modern monocular, binocular, and trinocular teaching microscopes. Thanks to the efforts of the department staff, demonstration materials of essential histological preparations have been prepared.
Lectures and teaching manuals on histology, written by our professors and faculty members, are actively used by students as study materials. In addition, the histology section on the mt.sammi.uz platform has been enhanced with digital demonstrations of histological slides as practical skills, video tutorials, and video lectures covering all topics of the subject. This has made the Department of Histology one of the leading theoretical departments of the university.
Furthermore, after moving into the new university building, most classrooms have been fully equipped with modern technology. It is especially noteworthy that a dedicated lecture hall with a modern interactive electronic board has been established in the new facility.
For teaching histological specimens in the discipline Histology, Cytology, and Embryology to both domestic and international students, all classrooms of Samarkand State Medical University are equipped with monocular, binocular, and trinocular microscopes with video cameras.
In the teaching process, both classical three-stage practical sessions and innovative pedagogical methods are applied. These include interactive lessons in the form of press conferences and role-playing games, with clearly defined goals and objectives for each class to enhance learning outcomes.
Methodological materials for every topic are available on the university’s platform mt.sammi.uz, and the content is regularly updated.
Students engaged in the Student Scientific Society and pursuing advanced study have the opportunity to work with histological specimens in a specially equipped classroom furnished with modern technologies.
Practical training using the latest technology.
For numbering histological specimens, the department uses modern digital equipment, including the Avicon Tex 5-Megapixel Digital Camera (HD web camera) and the Voodoo_m152_Webcam_Driver_5.8.9.0 software.
Since 2013, the department has implemented a virtual learning environment at our university based on Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment). This platform provides students with electronic educational materials, organizes and manages their independent work, and enables automated testing.
To support distance learning, the department has uploaded a wide range of electronic educational and methodological resources to the mt.sammu.uz platform, available in three languages (English, Russian, and Uzbek), covering all sections of histology.
The multimedia features of Moodle allow instructors to present study materials in the form of advanced diagrams and tables, histological specimens, electronic microphotographs, audio lectures, animations, video clips, and lecture presentations. These resources have greatly increased student engagement and improved the comprehension of complex material. They also serve as essential resources for extracurricular independent learning, particularly for the study of histological specimens in the absence of physical samples and microscopes.
The use of numbered histological specimens during practical classes, along with various light microscopy systems equipped with digital cameras and specialized software, significantly enhances the learning process. This approach greatly increases students’ interest in studying histological specimens.
Classrooms equipped with modern microscopes and a light camera for practical training.
To ensure integration of the educational process, joint interdisciplinary lectures with the Departments of Biology and Anatomy are regularly delivered on various sections of science. To avoid duplication of teaching materials, lecture and practical training programs are coordinated across these departments.
For the learning process, a digital bank of microscopic images has been created, along with educational videos and video lessons that allow the projection of microscopic specimens from the microscope directly to computers and screens.
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