On November 19, 2025, the Dissertation Council for "8D10101 – Nursing Science" educational program on the defense of the dissertation of Feruza Khaidaraliyevna Saduyeva on the topic of "Improving patient and student-centered nursing practice through a service design approach" for the the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Academic advisors: Bauyrzhan Kadenovich Omarkulov – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the School of Medicine, Karaganda Medical University, Karaganda, Republic of Kazakhstan; Johanna Heikkilä – PhD, Associate Professor, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Republic of Finland; Istomina Natalja – PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
Following a secret ballot, the dissertation council petitioned the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan to award the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The dissertation council expresses congratulations to the doctoral student and academic advisors on the successful defense and wishes them continued success!