The site visit took place on May 23-25, 2022 in Semey. The External Expert Commission (EEC) included an international expert Yevgeniy Germanovich Ripp, MD, PhD of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Accreditation and Simulation Centre of the Institute of Medical Education of the Almazov National Medical Research Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Member of the Board of the Russian Society for Simulation Education in Medicine (ROSOMED), Member of the ROSOMED Programme Committee, Instructor of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). In total, 13 accreditation experts were involved in the EEC.

The evaluation of residency educational programmes was carried out for compliance with the ECAQA Standards for Programme Accreditation of Postgraduate Medical Education (Residency Specialties) which had been developed on the basis of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Global Standards for Quality Improvement of Postgraduate Medical Education.