In the 2025-2026 academic year, 14 students and 5 clinical residents actively participated in the "Young Surgeons" scientific circle organized at the Department of Surgical Diseases of the Pediatric Faculty of Samarkand State Medical University, all of whom regularly attend the circle held at the department. Each student is assigned to the department's faculty and actively participates in scientific research in accordance with the "master-apprentice" tradition.

  During the academic year, 16 scientific club meetings were held. Students who are members of the scientific circle were provided with information on the procedure for conducting research work, collecting primary documents, and their registration and maintenance.

  Master classes were held on the preparation of scientific articles and abstracts, their types, components, rules of working with scientific literature, methods of collecting materials and working on them, results and discussion of research, procedures for their publication.

  Club participants also actively participated in operations and binding zones within the departments.

  On February 16, 2026, members of the Scientific Research Society of our department took an active part in a joint seminar on laparoscopic surgeries held by students of the "Student Scientific Society" of the departments of the Faculty of Pediatrics of Samarkand State Medical University.

  Participation in local and international scientific-practical conferences, the formation of students' speaking skills, the effectiveness of the work performed, and the results of scientific work were analyzed. Furthermore, in each club, students participate actively in operations and dressing rooms as an internship, giving presentations on specific topics, and students independently practice practical skills.

  During the 2025-2026 academic year, talented students of our department, together with their mentors, published abstracts and articles in several local and foreign scientific journals and received certificates.

  In total, 3 theses were submitted by TIJ members to the 80th International Scientific and Practical Conference held at SamSU in May of this year. One student from the Faculty of Pediatrics took 3rd place, and 2 students took 2nd place. Total – 3.