From November 26 to 28, 2024, an external expert evaluation was conducted as part of the institutional accreditation of Samarkand State Medical University. The international expert – David Gordon, Professor, MA MB BChir, The University of Cambridge FmedSci. FRCP-Higher Clinical Qualification in Internal Medicine, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester.

Past-President of the World Federation for Medical Education. Past-President of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe, Chair of the Council of Heads of Medical Schools of the UK (2003 – 2006). Dean of the Medical Faculty, Vice-President of the University of Manchester (1999 – 2008).

The Chair of the External Expert Commission – Koykov Vitaliy Viktorovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, The Vice-Rector for Research at the JSC Astana Medical University. The Member of the Committee on Standardization of Medical Care, Accreditation, and Development of Healthcare Human Resources of the Joint Commission on the Quality of Medical Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Academic expert – Sattarov Jamoliddin Bakhronovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences. Higher Clinical Qualification in Pediatric Surgery.

Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Oncology Hospital, Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan. Academic expert – Zhankalova Zulfiya Meirkhanovna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of General Medical Practice No. 1 at the Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University. The commission included an expert employer representative from Uzbekistan and a expert student representative from Kazakhstan.