A large research, patriotic work with students is carried out in the museum complex of «Northern State Medical University» (NSMU), one of the innovative forms of which is the reconstruction of a surgical field hospital. In 2018, the team of reenactors in the person of activists — members of the student scientific circle on the history of medicine and the staff of the museum complex of NSMU became the winner of the competition of grants Rosmolodezh with the project «In memory of the doctors of the war years», within which was conducted by 9 student reconstructions of the military field hospital in Arkhangelsk, Severodvinsk, Pinega, Karpogory, Vologda and Sevastopol; numerous patriotic events were organized and held at city, regional and all-Russian holidays, dozens of interviews and meetings with veterans, symposia, sections and round tables on the history of medicine at NSMU. This research, patriotic, career guidance and volunteer activities are constantly expanding. In the course of this work, acquaintance with veterans is constantly taking place, including war, labor, law enforcement agencies and public health.