On April 14, 2021, a Lithuanian delegation headed by Ritis Malashauskas, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Paramedic Association, and two graduates of St. Ignatius Loyola College visited I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. The Lithuanian school provides training of paramedics. The guests met with Professor Mykhaylo Korda, the rector of TNMU. During the meeting the delegation assumed that one of the purposes of the visit is to establish close cooperation with paramedic students of our university. In Lithuania, the graduates of St. Ignatius Loyola College have Continue reading →

On April 14, 2021, the 2nd round of the National competition of student research in Pharmacology, Pharmacy in English took place at the Bogomolets National Medical University. University students of Ukraine submitted their research papers to the jury. The research papers of students from Kharkov, Kiev and Ternopil were selected in the second round of the competition. This year, our university was represented by four fifth year students of the International Students Faculty (Pharmacy specialty): Obianuju Florence Ezike, Adaeze Elizabeth Ajie, Donkor Annie Abbeyquaye, Oluwatobiloba Continue reading →

The official website of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported that 90.3% of interns have successfully passed the Step 3 exam in General Medicine. In total, 6682 interns were passing this exam; 54.5% of them studied within state-funding and 45.5% – at the individual expense or of legal entities. The Licensed Integrated Exam Step 3 was organized by the Centre for Independent Testing of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on March 30, 2021. The interns of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University are among Continue reading →

On April 8, 2021, within the national project “Student to Student” a series of lectures on clinical topics was presented at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. The event was prepared by the students of our university supervised by the teachers of the Department of Internal Medicine No.1. Professor I.M. Klishch, the Vice-Rector for Research, and N.I. Yarema, Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine No.1, welcomed the participants of the National Student Project. TNMU took up the baton from Kharkiv National Medical University, which launched Continue reading →

The institute of tutoring was initiated at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University a few months ago in order to improve students’ knowledge and skills. A tutor is a mentor or assistant who helps and cares for others. Tutoring is an officially recognized component of the British education system and today it is a matter of prestige for universities of Europe, the United States and Canada. Its main principle is that the best representatives of the student community help others in learning and self-education. Initially, the Continue reading →

Ternopil National Medical University is the second among medical universities of Ukraine and fourteenth – among Ukrainian institutions of higher education according to this year’s SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR), a world ranking of academic and research institutions. Since 2009, this international ranking of educational and research institutions has been published. The global report is prepared by the SCImago research group. SCImago Institutions Rankings performs a general analysis of scientific publications and other of institutions’ performance, and thus provides comparisons between different institutions. SCImago Institutions Rankings Continue reading →

Every year on April 7, the international community celebrates World Health Day. Its aim is to share information on prevention and treatment of the most common disorders. Thus the Department of Psychiatry, Addiction and Medical Psychology of Ternopil National Medical University together with the Centre for Educational Work and Cultural Development and the team of the Outlook Student Vlog organized a series of online lectures for students on mental health during the pandemic. During the event, the head of the department, doctor of medical sciences, Continue reading →

On April 8, 2021, the teachers of the Department of Psychiatry, Narcology and Medical Psychology of TNMU took part in the 1st National Interdisciplinary Research and Training Conference “Inclusive Education: Idea, Strategy, Result”; it took place at Ternopil National Pedagogical University. The event was managed by the rector of TNPU, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Bohdan Bohdanovych Buyak and the Head of the Inclusive Resource Centre of TNPU, PhD, Associate Professor Zoriana Ihorivna Udych. The director of the Poroshenko Charitable Foundation, PhD Maryna Anatoliivna Poroshenko welcomed Continue reading →

Within the cooperation agreement with the Samarkand State Medical Institute (Uzbekistan) on March 15-26, 2021, a two-week intensive course of student virtual academic mobility (web academic exchange) took place at TNMU; with the assistance of the International Relations Department the teachers of Ternopil and Samarkand medical universities were involved. The two-week intensive involved lectures and bilateral discussions on current issues of maintaining, preserving and restoring human health in the nursing practice, due to the fact that a nurse is key in working with patients, especially Continue reading →

A training session on the fundamentals of first medical aid was held on April 4, 2021. It was organized by the team of the MedGradient student project of TNMU for junior students of the International Students Faculty. At first, all participants mastered the theory of first medical aid in case of emergency or critical situation. After each theoretical block, students developed their skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, stabilization of the victim or the injured, ensuring airway patency, and bleeding management. Student-doctors also learned to properly call Continue reading →

In March 2021, the Academic and Research Institute of Nursing of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University received charitable support for medical equipment from McEwen University (Edmonton, Canada).             Cooperation between TNMU and McEwen University has been going on since 2014. During this time, three grant projects have been implemented, as well as exchange programmes for teachers and students. For the past three years, a joint Canadian-Ukrainian course of Global Health has been introduced into the curricula of nursing at both universities. The medical equipment Continue reading →

On April 3, 2021, a workshop on Urogenital System was held; it covered theory as well as training. During the theoretical session, the organizers of the event presented in detail the anatomy of the kidneys, the difference between CT and MRI scans, the structure of the genitals, including analysis of differences between male and female genitals etc. to the participants. After that, the participants proceeded to studying the structure of the kidney. They performed autopsy of a pig kidney and study the structure of the Continue reading →

On March 31, 2021, Ternopil National Medical University presented PhD diplomas to the university teachers. The Rector of TNMU, Professor Mykhailo Korda congratulated the researchers and wished them new achievements, successes and development. Anna-Maria Shulhai received a PhD diploma in Pediatrics specialty of Health Care. Kateryna Kytsai, Khrystyna Maksiv, Halyna Loi, Andrii Banadyha, Yulia Yakymchuk, Taras Krytskyi, Liudmyla Horban, Khrystyna Duve received a PhD diploma in the specialty of Medicine in Health Care. The rector presented Bohdana Pavliuk with a PhD diploma in Pharmacy of Continue reading →

Leonid Hryshchuk, Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine Propedeutics and Phthisiology of TNMU, took part in the 14th Scientific Symposium on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day 2021 “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB epidemiology and lessons learned”, which was held online on March 24, 2021. The scientific symposium was organized by the Akkon University of Applied Sciences (Berlin, Germany) and the Institute for Research in International Assistance (IRIA) (Germany), represented by Professor Timo Ulrichs, the Director of the IRIA, Professor of Continue reading →

On March 25-26, 2021, the National and International Research and Training Conference “Current Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases” was held in I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. The event was organized jointly by the Department of Neurology and the Department of Psychiatry, Narcology and Medical Psychology. Taken into account the challenging epidemic situation in Ukraine and the world caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the conference was held online. Professor Mykhailo Korda, the rector of TNMU welcomed the conference participants. He pointed out Continue reading →

The meeting of the Ternopil Regional Council of the St. Panteleimon Order was held online on March 23, 2021. The topical issue on the agenda was selection of the candidates for awards for professionalism and mercy “Order of St. Panteleimon” and “Medal of St. Panteleimon”. All the members of the regional council took part in this meeting. The event was chaired by Professor Mykhaylo Korda, the Rector of Ternopil National Medical University. According to the results of the voting, one candidate was selected in each nomination. Continue reading →

On March 24-25, 2021, the students of the master’s program in public health took part in the online 3rd International Symposium of Young Researchers on Global Health, which took place in Berlin (Germany) and was organized by the Akkon University of Human Sciences. This university has been an international partner of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University for a long time already. The organizers of the event were Professor Timo Ulrichs, MD , Director of the Institute for Research in International Assistance (IRIA), Professor at the Continue reading →