The finals of the National Massage Competition of the Open Massage Contest “Capital Cup” took place on October 20-21, 2020 in Kyiv. The event was supported by the Ukrainian SPA School, the Association of Massage Therapists, Oksana Petryshyn School-Studio and famous massage schools of Ukraine. It was the following stage of the massage contest that took part in Ternopil (video) and its finalists represented Ternopil in the capital. The TNMU students were among them. Valeria Kondratiuk, Oksana Cherniakova and Nazarii Hapia, the students of the Continue reading →

On October 21-22, 2020 the National Research and Training Conference “Medical and Social Problems of Childhood” took place in I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. The event was organized by the Department of Children’s Diseases and Pediatric Surgery and the National Association of Pediatric Immunology, as well as the Regional J-Project. Due to the epidemic in Ukraine and the world due to coronavirus pandemic, the conference was held online. Leading experts from Ukraine and the world: Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, researchers from Paris (France), New Continue reading →

On October 23, 2020 a meeting of Professor Mykhailo Korda, the Rector of TNMU, and Mykola Posokhov, the Head of the Department of Functional Neurosurgery of the Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (Kharkiv) took part at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. The joint projects on the regenerative medicine in neurosurgery were agreed during the meeting. For a long time, Ternopil National Medical University a research laboratory for cultivation and study of stem cells has been Continue reading →

I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University is a participant in the Ukrainian-Swiss project “Development of Medical Education”. Recently, the coordinators of this program organized a seminar “Laboratories for clinical skills development and curriculum in medical education” in Kyiv, which was attended by representatives of TNMU. The aim and objectives of creation of the laboratories of clinical skills in pilot institutions of higher education were discussed during the event. Such a laboratory will be launched at Ternopil Medical University. The creation of such simulation units involves Continue reading →

On October 11, 2020 the first massage contest “Capital Cup” took place at “KvitoCenter (Flower Centre)” in Ternopil. This contest allowed recognizing the most skilled massage professionals, and the participants had the opportunity to declare themselves and their skills in public, to gain unique experience, new knowledge and improve their professional expertise. 10 participants took part in the contest: three 4th-year medical students (Physical Therapy, Ergotherapy specialty) of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University – Nazarii Hapii, Oksana Cherniakova, Valeria Kondratiuk. The other seven participants Continue reading →

The Sierra Leone Students Union (SLSU) is a family of Sierra Leoneans studying in Ukraine. It was established in 2018. We elected our first executive in 2019. This union serves Sierra Leonean students in the following universities: ✔Ternopil National Medical University; ✔ Western Ukrainian National University; ✔Ternopil National Technical University. As our motto says “Salone bizness na all man” (meaning: the concern of one Sierra Leonean is the concern of all), the union ensures to cater for the wellbeing of every Sierra Leonean here.   Continue reading →

Seven projects within the Erasmus+ program have been implemented in I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. This European Union program supports cooperation, partnership, events and mobility projects in education, training, youth and sport. TNMU is one of the few universities in Ukraine that simultaneously implements three Erasmus+ projects in the KA2 “Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education”, in particular “Innovative Rehabilitation Education – Introduction of a new master degree programs in Ukraine 2018-2021”, “Simulation in Undergraduate Medical Education for Improvement of Safety and Quality Continue reading →

With the assistance of the group mentor, Associate Professor Iryna Smachylo, the 4th year medical students of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University Oleksandr Terenda and Alina Zhemela presented a course of pre-hospital care for the 11th grade pupils of Skalat Secondary School of Pidvolochysk district of Ternopil region. In emergencies a person may die (from acute circulatory delay, massive bleeding, airway obstruction, etc.) before the arrival of the emergency team. Therefore, the help of the witnesses of the event is important in the system Continue reading →

World Mental Health Day is celebrated annually on October 10. This date was introduced in 1992. It was initiated by the World Mental Health Federation. The main goal of World Mental Health Day is to reduce the prevalence of depressive disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, mental retardation, drug abuse and suicide, as well as to bring up issues of helping people with mental disorders, spreading of information about effective methods for prevention, medical treatment, prevention of mental disorders and social adaptation. This day Continue reading →

Due to the complicated epidemic situation in Ukraine, according to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, dated October 13, 2020 and taking into account the recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, provided by the letter “On temporary distance learning” No.1/9-576, dated October 12, 2020 by the Acting Minister, the educational process at TNMU from October 15, 2020 is online for all students. Students and internship doctors of all years of study will study distantly until the epidemic situation Continue reading →

Denys Koshak, a PhD student at the Department of Disaster and Military Medicine of TNMU, taught the staff of the patrol service the fundamentals of first aid during five days. The training took place at the police department (24 Kotliarevskyi Street) of the State Traffic Police Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Ternopil Region on September 28 – October 2, 2020. The management of the State Traffic Police Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Ternopil Region asked Continue reading →

The pandemic has changed the lifestyle of each person in the world, but for creative people this period does not mean a pause. The event’s coordinators manage to hold competitions online. Recently, Hubert Mikosha, a student of the Faculty of International Students of Ternopil National Medical University, and Ternopil vocalist Natalia Izotova (soprano) took part in the song contest “Avalanche of Talents” organized by the association “Our Footprint” under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The contestants sent videos of Continue reading →

The students of I. H Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University have always been active and proactive. Due to the pandemic, today it is very difficult to organize cultural, educational events, or charities. However, the experience of working online was not in vain. On the World Mental Health Day, which is celebrated annually by the world community on October 10, the representatives of international faculties and members of the MedGRADiENT Scientific and Practical Society Prajval Gangappa Tippanavar and Mohamed Shumael Khan organized a webinar “Don’t let your struggle Continue reading →

Recently, the State Service for Education Quality of Ukraine published an open list of institutions of higher education according to the degree of risk from activities in higher education (https://osvita.ua/vnz/76878/). This rate is determined by the criteria – the number of students over the past three years, the number of research and teaching staff, publication of statutory documents and information on the website, the number of violations of legislation in higher education. In addition, the presence of separate structural units, the presence of foreign students Continue reading →

On September 24-26, 2020, a delegation of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University: the Head of the Department of General Chemistry Hryhorii Zahrychuk, the Director of the Research and Training Institute of Nursing Svitlana Yastremska, Associate Professor of the Department of First Emergency Medical Aid and Emergency Medical Treatment Oksana Sydorenko, took part in the Project Seminar “Laboratories of Clinical Skills and Curriculum in Medical Education in Kyiv within the Ukrainian-Swiss project “Development of Medical Education”. During the seminar the project participants presented their achievements: Continue reading →

On September 14-18, 2020, the Autumn School within the European Union Erasmus+ Program “Innovative Rehabilitation Education – Introduction of new master degree programs in Ukraine 2018-2021” REHAB was held in I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. The program of the school involved on-line lectures and workshops by leading European experts in physical therapy from the Latvian Academy of Sports Education (Riga, Latvia), the European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (EUFAPA), the University of Applied Sciences (Pori, Finland), the Josef Pilsudski Academy of Physical Education (Warsaw, Poland), Continue reading →

On September 23-24, 2020, the 8th International Research and Training Conference “Scientific and Technological Progress and Optimization of Technological Processes for Creation of Drugs” was held in Ternopil National Medical University. The conference was organized by teachers of the Department of Pharmacy Management, Economics and Technology and the Department of Pharmacy of the Academic and Research Institute of Postgraduate Education. The scientific forum was held online in the Microsoft Teams platform. The field experts took part in the conference – researchers and practitioners from Ukraine, Continue reading →

On September 22-24, 2020, the Second International Ukrainian-German Symposium “Public Health in the Social and Educational Space – Challenges of the Reform and Development Prospects” was held in I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University jointly with the Akkon University of Applied Sciences for Human Sciences, Berlin (Germany) supported by the German Federal Ministry of Health. It is a good tradition for the Department of Public Health and Health Care Management of TNMU to arrange in September the International Ukrainian-German Symposium on topical issues of public health, Continue reading →

An International Conference on Emergency Medicine was held on September 19-22, 2020 within the European Emergency Medicine Congress by the Central Coordinating Committee in Paris (France). This event joined almost all European countries. Ukraine was represented by one team of experts: workers and scientists of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, which involved the director of the Center for Medical Simulation Halyna Tsymbaliuk and Roman Huk, as well as Assistant Professors of the Department of Disaster and Military Medicine Narhiz Dzhavadova and Bohdana Pereviznyk. Due Continue reading →