The start of the project is planned from the second week of October 2023.

Be a graduate of YSMU and/or other medical university.

The other terms and conditions can be found in our admissions policy sheet.
You can find it on our website: www.prep.am

Requirements (when applying either through YSMU or NIH)

• Residency admission exam.

1. YSMU: Residency admission exam is required for applicants who apply through YSMU, not only for graduates of YSMU
2. NIH: Residency admission exam is required for all applicants applying through NIH

• Diploma and application/s
• Graduation grades/credits
• Passport and social security card/SSC or identification card: 2 /both/ sides,
• Male applicants also military service record (all pages)
• 3 photos of 3x4 size
• CV
• Personal statement
• 3 recommendation letters

Our residents will have a busy day, in addition to full clinical work they'll have didactic classes, various conferences, discussions, mandatory morning reports, duties and much more.

The resident's weekly schedule will be full for 60 hours, with 40 hours for clinical and 20 hours for didactic training.

The program has pre-scheduled all rotations with their respective clinics for each year of residency. All residents will receive the schedule upon admission and will be able to get a complete picture of the program.

Some of the didactic teaching methods used in the program are morning reports, grand rounds, afternoon conferences, case presentations, key topic presentations, Journal Clubs, simulation-based learning, interdisciplinary case conferences, etc.

The main clinical bases of the program are:

• Arabkir Medical Center
• Muratsan Hospital Complex
• “Wigmore Hospital For Children” medical center

Residents will have the opportunity to use medical electronic libraries and specialized websites, listen to lectures by international and Armenian experts in the field, in accordance with the evidential requirements of modern medicine.

Yes, the program includes rotations of narrow pediatric specialties, as well as elective classes.

Our goal is to provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to work as independently as possible, while always having the support and guidance of the teaching staff.

The resident’s performance will be assessed using special evaluation systems, and a skills test after each rotation, based on the best practices of the leading educational systems in the world.

In the RA, the shortage of pediatricians is increasing every year, so we urgently need more pediatricians. The program is designed to assign the resident to work for three years according to the decision of the RA Ministry of Health after completion. Moreover, the resident will have other promising professional opportunities once they become a skilled specialist, considering the high demand for young qualified pediatricians from today’s leading, large medical institutions.

The program is resident-centered, offering a competitive stipend that enables the resident to concentrate on gaining professional skills without having to worry about covering the residency cost.

The program has
A. Council,
B. Management,
C. Management of the residency program /a director and two associate directors/, teaching staff, clinical bases.

The duration of the program is 3 years.

Since the residency will operate within the framework of the targeted program of the state, we will have as many places as the state will allocate, approximately 8-10

The residency program conforms to the state's targeted residency program and it functions according to the contract between the resident and the Ministry of Health, with the resident's commitment to work for the state for 3 years after completion.

3 years.

Yes, you can, at the end, following the established procedure, make a payment and be exempt from the duty.

The only difference is different exam conditions for admission to the residency program for NIH and YSMU.
YSMU graduates do not take an exam when applying through YSMU, but graduates from other medical universities take a test exam.
When applying through NIH, regardless of which medical university they graduated from, students take a residency entrance exam.

No, there is no difference.

Yes.

The advantage and innovation of the program is that all residents will be in the same clinical bases, both public and private, in Yerevan and in the regions.

Yes.