TNMU Teacher Took Part in the Kyiv International Congress of Medical and Health Tourism

On October 4-6, 2023, the third Kyiv International Congress of Medical and Health Tourism was held. It was organized by the Department of Tourism and Promotions of the Kyiv City State Adminitration and Ukrainian Medical Tourism Association. The event was organized as part of the International Medical Travel Exhibition and Conference “MTEC.Rebuild 2023”. Associate Professor of TNMU Department of Physiology, Bioethics and Biosafety Tetyana Tolokova took part in the event.

The theme of the congress corresponded to the actual challenges of wartime and new approaches to the recovery and reconstruction of the medical system, including:

• treatment and rehabilitation of wounded defenders;
• psychological rehabilitation of the military and civilians;
• participation in grant programs;
• involvement of international partners in the recovery of the medical industry of Ukraine;
• investment projects for the construction of modern medical, rehabilitation and health centres.

During the congress, prosthetics and rehabilitation of defenders, psychological support of families of servicemen, social assistance and rebuilding of medical infrastructure after the victory were discussed. Ukraine has every chance to become one of the leading centres of medical tourism in Europe. We have highly qualified doctors, modern equipment and comfortable conditions for treatment and rehabilitation.

There were panel discussions “The role of the state and society in the new realities of the healthcare system of Ukraine”, “Possibilities for modern treatment and rehabilitation in the conditions of the war with Russia”.

Oleksii Dronov, curator of the field of training of the military team of tactical medicine in the Serhii Prytula Foundation, conducted the training for the participants of the congress on the topic “Providing pre-medical training during the war”.

As part of the event, participants had the opportunity to participate in an informational tour of leading clinics in Kyiv, such as:

• “Leleka” Medical Centre (the only medical institution in Ukraine that received a confirmed certification by JCI (Joint Commission, which guarantees the safety of patients at all stages);
• Oncocenter “Spizhenko Clinic”, which has the only specialized cyberknife system centre in Ukraine (CyberKnife);
• Rehabilitation centre “Spirit”, which uses a unique method of hippotherapy;
• INTO-SANA medical association, which operates in Odesa and Kyiv as a network clinic with guaranteed highest level of quality of medical services and patient safety.

The event was attended by medical education specialists, practicing doctors, rehabilitators, health care managers, as well as representatives of charitable organizations, tourism operators and specialized associations, along with speakers and experts from the medical and tourism industries.

The acquired knowledge of modern trends in medicine and health care will be applied in the educational process in the disciplines “Bioethics”, “Medical ethics”, “Bioethics in pre-clinical and clinical scientific research”, etc.

On the basis of the materials of the congress, a seminar for teachers of the Department of Physiology, Bioethics and Biosafety was held.