Lithuanian University of Health Sciences ( lt, Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas, LSMU) is a
medical school in
Kaunas,
Lithuania. The present-day Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is a consolidation of two institutions of higher education, Kaunas University of Medicine and the
Lithuanian Veterinary Academy. It uses the
Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics and the
Kaunas Red Cross Hospital as
teaching hospital
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s.
History
It was founded in 2010 by merging ''Kaunas University of Medicine'' and the ''Lithuanian Veterinary Academy''.
In 2013,
Secondary school of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
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The Gymnasium of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is a private school in the Vilijampolė district of Kaunas, Lithuania. It is owned by the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
History
On 20 December 2012, Kaunas city municipalit ...
was established in
Vilijampolė
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district of Kaunas.
Medical Academy
Medical Academy of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was founded in 1919 and from 1922 it was a
Faculty of
Medicine
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of
University of Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU)) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university.
Initially it was k ...
. It is located in the
center
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of Kaunas.
In 1950, after the closure of
Kaunas University, it was reformed into a separate institution and was known as ''Kaunas Medical Institute'' until 1998. From 1998 to 2010 its name was Kaunas University of Medicine. In 2010 university was merged with Lithuanian Veterinary Academy forming Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Medical faculties were concentrated to Medical Academy.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Medical Academy has 5 faculties:
* Faculty of
Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...
* Faculty of
Odontology
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* Faculty of
Pharmacy
* Faculty of
Nursing
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* Faculty of
Public Health
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Homeopathy
University's own pharmacy manufactures and actively promotes homeopathic medicines. Daiva Majiene, university's professor in medical technology, actively promotes
homeopathy with various publications and claims that there are more than 5000 studies which prove homeopathy's effectiveness.
Veterinary Academy
The academy began its history in 1922 as the Veterinary department under the Faculty of Medicine in
Kaunas University. In 1929 the department closed due to lack of funds, but was able to re-open in 1936. In spring of 1943, the LVA, along with other institutions of higher education in Lithuania, was closed. During the postwar period teaching and administrative staff experienced difficulties stemming from a lack of experienced teachers, text books and electricity. In the spring of 1946, a flood destroyed part of existing laboratories, buildings, and all laboratory animals. The academy recovered; in 1974 a scientific sector was established, and the number of students as well as teaching and scientific staff increased. In 2001 the Lithuanian Veterinary Institute and the Lithuanian Institute of Animal Science were incorporated into the Academy's structure. In 2010 the academy was merged with the Kaunas University of Medicine to form the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The academy is located in
Vilijampolė
Vilijampolė is a neighborhood in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, located on the right bank of the Neris River and the Nemunas River, near their confluence. Part of a larger which consists of Vilijampolė, , , and neighorhoods, and covers 1,720 h ...
district, Kaunas.
Teaching facilities at the Veterinary Academy include 12 scientific laboratories, acting under the departments; the Continuing Education Centre; and a library.
Research facilities at the Academy include the Milking Training Centre; the Practical Instruction and Research Centre; the Teaching Farm, which issues healthy herd certificates; the Modern Cold Storage Farm (with teaching rooms); Large and Small Animal Clinics; the Laboratory of Livestock Carcass Classification; Mobile Ambulatory Clinics; and 12 research laboratories.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Veterinary Academy has 2 faculties:
* Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...
* Faculty of
Animal Husbandry Technology
Organizations of LUHS
Students' Union, KIMSU, Ave vita, SOA, SMD, Choir of LUHS "Neris", LiMSA,
Fraternitas Lituanica, Gaja, SFD, VASA, Juventus, Džigūnas, Kupolė.
References
External links
Official university webpageOfficial webpage of the Veterinary Academy
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Veterinary schools in Lithuania