The lectures presents modern concepts of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of hypertension.

The lecture provides information on the national immunization schedule, the vaccination procedure, contraindications and post-vaccination reactions

In the article the analysis of development of family medicine in Russia for the last 20 years is presented. Benefits of the organization of primary care according to general practice are emphasized. The role of department of family medicine of NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov in creation of institute of general practice in St.Petersburg and Russia is underlined. Importance of the international cooperation for implementation of scientific researches is emphasized. The basic principles of continuing medical education and changes in system of the higher and additional professional education are described.

The article describes the experience of cooperation of different countries in osteoporosis studies, that allowed to create international project devoted to osteoporotic fractures

On the basis of analysis of scientific activity of department of family medicine the author discusses the need of new educational technologies, especially in geriatrics. As an example of research based education new educational activities used the results of the Crystal study are described.