This research article is devoted to the problem of training personnel with higher medical education during the transition to an independent assessment of the graduates’ qualifications and new requirements for the effectiveness of scientific work of universities. The aim of this work was to study the correspondence between the quality of graduate training and the scientific productivity of medical universities. The authors analyzed the results of the accreditation examination of graduates of medical universities as an indicator of the quality of specialists’ training and scientometric indicators in the relevant specialty. As a result of the data analysis, the problem of discrepancy between high scientific productivity of universities and successful completion of accreditation by young specialists was revealed. The authors believe that a possible reason for this discrepancy is the high load on the teaching staff.Furthermore, detailed study of this problem is needed and, most likely, a revision of the approach to the work organization of medical universities’ teaching staff.