The trends of the era leave their mark on the format of the modern student scientific circle (SSC), which is gradually transforming into a «forge of personnel» not only for practical healthcare, but also for research organizations. The Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 25, 2022 No. 2036 r «On approval of the Plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in the Russian Federation» emphasizes the involvement of schoolchildren and students in research work. This program is actively implemented by government in schools and universities. The Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, Russian University of Medicine of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation is no exception. On the basis of the department, in addition to the SSC, under the supervision of employees, students who do not attend the circle on a regular basis, conduct scientific work on the discipline of «infectious diseases». In the direction of «infectious diseases», schoolchildren are creating projects also under the auspices of the department. The above suggests that students' research work is gradually moving beyond the SSC, and the SSC itself may become more complex (or part of a more complex) structure. In order to improve the work of the SSC, it is necessary to recall its history and extract from it seemingly forgotten facts that can be useful both in terms of innovations and in accounting for errors. Knowing the history of the SSC will help students better connect with its «present» and understand their future roles as doctors, scientists, researchers and citizens.

Student scientific circle, history of medicine, N. D. Yushchuk, V. I. Pokrovsky..