The formation of the SPSUVM Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Saint Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine is rightly considered to be the center of veterinary pharmacology in Russia. Over the hundred years of its existence, it has made a huge contribution to the training of highly qualified specialists in the field of veterinary pharmacology and toxicology. During the existence of the department, the scientific school of its former leaders V. D. Sokolov and N. L. Andreeva has been formed and is actively developing. Years of work of the department staff in the scientific and pedagogical field have resulted in the introduction of textbooks on pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and veterinary pharmacy into the educational process of the country. Since 2005, the department has been using alternative forms of teaching students using adapted computer programs to study neurotropic drugs in more depth and detail, many of which, due to special reasons, are sharply regulated. The university was included in the list of the first universities in Russia that introduced such a progressive teaching method and was awarded at the international level. The message briefly describes the 100-year activity of the department. It tells about its leaders and about the progress made to date in the training of modern highly qualified specialists in the veterinary pharmacology and toxicology.