The article is devoted to the issues of civil and patriotic education of students and cadets of the leading medical university of the Republic of Belarus at the departments of military epidemiology and military hygiene, epidemiology. The issues of forming a socially active personality of a citizen and a patriot, raising the level of value ideas about the historical memory of the Belarusian people, forming moral orientations, motivation and readiness to fulfill the professional duty of a doctor are considered. The use of thematic visual materials in the form of a gallery of famous scientists, holding a thematic photo exhibition are effective methods of upbringing and educational work at the university.

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