Monthly Archives: April 2018

TSMU students showcased their talents in a beauty pageant

Beauty contest Student Miss 2018, a celebration of grace and talent took place on April 15, 2018. Twelve contestants competed on the stage of Ternopil Drama Theater for the title of the most beautiful girl of Ternopil State Medical University The event had oriental flair. This exotic setup was created by TSMU students from Egypt. MC Roman Balych played a role of a sultan. Helping Roman was Valentyn Kotyk. The organizer of the event was Ternopil State Medical University Student Parliament, with the support from Continue reading →

Mansoura University professor gave lectures and seminars for TSMU faculty and students

Professor Hussein I. El-Subbagh, a pharmaceutical chemistry researcher of Mansoura University, Egypt visited Ternopil State Medical University on April 10-12, 2018 to sign cooperation agreement between the two schools. Meeting with TSMU rector Professor Mykhaylo Korda, Dr. El-Subbagh discussed cooperation in the areas of student and staff academic exchanges and development of joint research projects. Professor Hussein I. El-Subbagh gave two seminars for 2nd-5th year students at the Faculty of Pharmacy and International Students’ Faculty. The first seminar, NMR Spectroscopy. Part I. From Scratch covered Continue reading →

Members of the volunteer group Misericordia continue their charitable work

Easter is one of the most beloved Ukrainian holidays. It symbolizes the victory of spring heat over winter cold, life over death, good over evil, and love of hatred. Yet, many people struggle to afford putting all traditional Easter dishes on the table and for some even the Easter bread and dyed eggs might be a luxury. Members of the volunteer group Misericordia and studio of regional studies Terpoliany joined the university-wide charitable drive Let’s Make the Life of Children Happier. They visited Ternopil Educational Continue reading →

TSMU students mastered the craft of Easter egg painting

On the eve of Easter holidays, Ternopil State Medical University staff, clinical residents, domestic and international students and students of the preparation department attended a master class on traditional Easter egg decoration. Young people from Ecuador, Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Portugal, Egypt and Palestine learned Ukrainian folk techniques for decorating Easter eggs. Their instructors were members of the NGO Union of Ukrainian Youth. They talked about the history of patterns traditionally used on Easter eggs, special paints, tools and techniques in use in different regions Continue reading →

TSMU researchers took part in international pediatric conference

On March 30, 2018, the First Pediatric Ukrainian-Lithuanian School of Respiratory Diseases and the 22nd Vilnius International School of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology took place in Vinnytsia. The event was organized under the auspices of the Ukrainian Academy of Pediatrics with the support of the Podilsky Pediatric Association, Pirogov Vinnytsia National Medical University, the Department of Health of Vinnytsia Regional State Administration and Vinnytsia City Council. Ternopil delegation on this event included associate professors of the Ternopil State Medical University Department of Pediatrics №2 Svitlana Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University students launched a new initiative Let’s Make the Life of Children Happier

On April 3, 2018, domestica and international students of Ternopil State Medical University launched a charity drive Let’s Make the Life of Children Happier. Its main goal is to bring more joyous moments to the lives of children who need our support and assistance.  The students are collecting donations to equip a rehabilitation room at the educational complex №28 for children with language defects, vision impairment and blindness, and developmental disabilities. On April 3 the students installed donation boxes in all TSMU. Also, the student-volunteers Continue reading →

TSMU opened a new gym facility

Recently Ternopil State Medical University opened a new modern gym in the dorm 1 located on 3 Zhyvova. It has now become even more convenient for medical students to take care of their health. The gym has high quality fitness equipment, including Inter Athletic Gym and Professional Line, as well as Fitex Cardiovascular equipment. In order to make the training as effective and safe as possible, three qualified trainers, Maksym Videlskyi, Andrii Hedez, and Vladyslav Zharskyi will be employed at the gym. They will develop Continue reading →

Students of TSMU raised public awareness for the National Stop the Bleed Day

Ternopil State Medical University students and members of Ternopil Youth Branch of the National Board of Resuscitation, organized an educational activity for the National Stop the Bleed Day. Taking place in the shopping center Podoliany, the event focused on developing practical skills. In the last three years, first aid instructors, paramedics, firefighters, military have been offering free trainings to the public, emphasizing the importance of being able to stop bleeding. On March 31, 2018 the team of instructors from Ternopil Youth Branch of the National Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University student participated in International Student Congress in Istanbul

The International Medical Student Congress took place on March 21-23, 2018, at the University of Maltepe in Istanbul, Turkey. The main theme of the event was Multidisciplinary Approach in Medicine. More than 90 participants from around the world attended the event. Fourth-year student of Ternopil State Medical University Bohdan Haiuk gave a poster presentation. Bohdan Haiuk’s work is focused on the multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors and heart damage (supervisor: assistant professor R.Komorovsky). The presentation elicited a lot of interest. Continue reading →

TSMU students presented an Evening of Cultures to schoolchildren

On March 28, 2018, pupils from different cities of Ukraine gathered in Ivan Franko Ternopil Ukrainian Gymnasium to take part in a National Geography Olympiad. Students of the Ternopil State Medical University talked to the schoolchildren about their countries. To interest children and deepen their knowledge, the students prepared fascinating facts and creative performances. Students from Ghana Sheriff Osman, Noble Appah and Brian Aryeequaye-Addy presented their country. However, the audience was genuinely surprised by their performance of the Ukrainian song “Oh, two oaks on the Continue reading →

TSMU students took part in the scientific society conference of Pomorsk Medical University

University Student Scientific Society of Pomorsk Medical Universityon March 16-18, 2018 organized its third international conference in Szczecin, Republic of Poland. Ternopil State Medical University was represented at this meeting by 2nd-year students Piotrek Ostrowski, Emmanuel Mweemba Moonga, Konrad Kopec, Karan Dixit, Noble Appah, Octawia Gleba and a 3rd-year student Brian Aryeequaye-Addy. This scientific meeting has brought together university lecturers, doctors, and medical students engaged in scientific research. Everyone had the opportunity to share new scientific developments, the results of their work, and to exchange Continue reading →

TSMU men’s volleyball team took third place in city-wide university competition

The men’s volleyball team of Ternopil State Medical University on March 26-28, 2018took part in the II Open Ternopil University Games. The competition was organized by the Department for Family, Youth Policy and Sports of Ternopil City Council and the Ternopil Regional Committee on Physical Education and Sport of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Six teams competed in the volleyball tournament: TNPU -1, TNPU-2, TNEU -1, TNEU-2, TSMU,  and TNTU. In the group tournament, our volleyball team played against TNEU-1 and TNPU-1. Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University students organized outreach events on the occasion World Tuberculosis Day

To build public awareness onthe World TB Day, a group of TSMU students organized a series of actions informing about the disease, its timely prevention and treatment. Students Yulia Valihura, Anastasia Boiko, Tetiana Karpiak, Iryna Demakh (Faculty of Medicine) and Oleksandr Napkhaniuk (Faculty of Dentistry) on March 23, 2018 taught several classes for the 6th-11th form pupils of Ternopil Medical Lyceum №15. Instead of giving boring lectures, the doctors-in-training used games, brainstorming sessions, quizzes, and crossword puzzles to give important information on what is tuberculosis, Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University scholars trained at Warsaw Medical University

TSMU Professor Halyna Pavlyshyn and Assistant Professor Iryna Sarapiuk trained at Princess Anna Mazowiecka Clinical Hospital on March 1-17, 2018. The visit was at the invitation of the head of the clinic of neonatal and newborn intensive care Warsaw Medical University, Prof. Maria-Katarzyna Kornacka.   Prof. Maria-Katarzyna Kornacka Princess Anna Mazowiecka Clinical Hospital The clinic has the following units: the department of newborn intensive care, pathology of newborns, and postpartum department. During the training, TSMU learned the latest approaches to the organization and work of Continue reading →

TSMU Department of Children’s Diseases organized a Day of Primary Immunodeficiency event

Members of the NGO Rare Immune Diseases and professors of TSMU Department of Children’s Diseases and Pediatric Surgery organized a meeting of Ternopil region patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PID) and their parents. The event was dedicated to the Day of Primary Immunodeficiency, which is observed on 14 March. Participating in the meeting were also doctors and student volunteers. The event took place in the art gallery Bunkermuz. Coordinator of the event, head of the national patient NGO Rare Immune Diseases Halyna Pauk opened the meeting. Continue reading →