The chair is located at the rheumatology department of municipal institution Ternopil regional council "Ternopil University Hospital" and department of emergency therapeutic states of Ternopil city municipal hospital of emergency medicine.

The Department was founded on the 1st June 2009 by reorganization of the former Internal Medicine Department. Staff of the Department: 1 professor, 5 associate professors, 4 assistant professors, 1 senior laboratory assistant.

Internal medicine is the basis for a thorough study of the classic internistics. The 4th, 5th and 6th year students of the Foreign Medical Faculty are taught at the Department. The disciplines are taught in English and Russian. The courses comprise general internal medicine, endocrinology, occupational medicine. The teaching includes clinical rounds, case-based discussions, tests of 'Krok-2' type. Interesting cases are being discussed during the clinical rounds and at clinical conferences. The lectures, materials for practical classes and methodical instructions are being up-to-dated regularly. "The working journal on" Internal diseases "", as well as "Journal for intermediate knowledge control" for the VIth year students were edited by the staff of Department in order to improve the knowledge and practical skills of the students.