Winter school is a form of education that allows you to expand and deepen knowledge beyond the scope of the educational program. From January 13 to 18, 2025, the Department of General Medical Practice of Semey held a Winter School on the topic of “Differential diagnostics in the practice of a family doctor” for 5th-year students of the specialty “General Medicine”. The teachers developed a syllabus in the amount of 3 credits. The topic was chosen taking into account the relevance for the work of a family doctor. This event was held at the Department of General Medical Practice of Semey in hostel No. 3 in an offline format. Particular attention was paid to the acquisition of practical skills. Role-playing games, analysis of clinical cases and video material were used. The training was conducted over six days in parallel in groups of Kazakhstani students in Kazakh and Russian (lecturers: Kazymov M.S., Temirtasova Zh.O., Saidualiev D.N. ) and foreign students in English (lecturers: Shalgumbaeva G.M., Balashkevich N.A., Muratova F.K.). Upon completion of the training course, all students were issued certificates and received positive feedback. The acquired additional knowledge and skills in the discipline “Fundamentals of GMP” will help in mastering practical work in the internship.