TNMU professor attended Ukrainian-German School of Pediatrics
On October 15-17, 2019, 5th Academic Ukrainian-German School of Pediatrics (Deutsch – Ukrainischer Padiatrie – Seminarkongress) with international participation was hosted. The School agenda included plenary sessions, satellite symposia, workshops, discussion club on topical issues of paediatrics, clinical cases discussions, conducted by leading specialists in the fields of pediatrics, pediatric gastroenterology, pulmonology, allergology, neurology, nephrology, endocrinology, cardio-rheumatology, genetics, as well as reports and workshops by foreign experts from Germany and the UK. At this Conference, I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University was represented by the Head of the Department of Pediatrics of the Postgraduate Education Institute, Professor Natalia Banadyha.
Professor Galina Beketova (National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education) with the German delegation.
On the first day, three discussion clubs were held: “Hypersensitivity reactions to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs”, moderated by Professor Alla Nakonechna (UK); “Pharmacological support of colds in the practice of the first contact doctor”, moderated by Professors E. Suprun and H. Mozhova. (Kyiv). A special interest was aroused by the discussion held by TNMU Professor Natalia Banadyha on the topic “The problem of subfebrile and febrile conditions in paediatrics”. The participants of the discussion exchanged opinions, listened to the moderator’s opinion, discussed the provisions of modern world recommendations based on the principles of evidence-based medicine.
Professor Natalia Banaduha is holding a discussion club.
The Conference addenda also included reports by international experts in various fields of pediatrics.
Professor Alla Nakonechna (MD, PhD, United Kingdom, Liverpool University) presented the approaches to the interpretation of ImmunoCAP ISAC molecular diagnostics results.
Professor Hermann Josef Girschick (MD, PhD, Director of the Vivanter International Medicine Center) who since 2009 holds the position of Director of Perinatal Center, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Diseases of the Vivantes Clinic in Friedrichshain in Berlin, specializes in pediatric rheumatology, osteology, immunology, pediatric infectious diseases, hematology and oncology. Professor reported on diseases of the rheumatic clinical and morphological group in childhood.
Professor Thomas Erler (MD, PhD) specializes in neonatology, intensive in pediatrics, sleep medicine. At the conference he made a presentation “Somnology: classification of sleep disorders in children. Indications to polysomnography”.
Professor Michael Radke, who specializes in Pediatric Gastroenterology and in 2015-2018 was the Director of University Children’s Hospital Rostock, spoke about the problem of chronic inflammatory bowel disease in childhood and adolescence.
In his lecture “Cystic Fibrosis: Manifest Forms, Diagnosis, Modern Therapeutic Approaches, Models of Long-term Management, Prognosis”, Professor Jochen G. Mainz, the Head of the Pediatric Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis Clinic in Westbrandenburg, Brandenburg-on-Gaffel presented the latest developments and results of treatment of cystic fibrosis in children.
Dr. Beate Radke (MD, Member of DDG and working group on pediatric dermatology) made a presentation “Atopic dermatitis: what’s new in diagnosis, prevention and treatment? Skin microbiome”.
Participants of the Conference.
TNMU professor Natalia Banadyha chaired one of the plenary sessions and reported on “Priorities for managing children with acute viral respiratory infections”, which is important in the work of a pediatrician and requires constant updating of their knowledge and research experience on the principles of evidence-based medicine.
Professor Natalia Banadyha is delivering a report at the plenary session.
During the discussion.
For Professor Banadyha it was especially pleasing to meet her former intern student and now the Head of the Pediatrics Department, Natalia Tsan.
A meeting of a teacher and a student.
Participants of the 5th Academic Ukrainian-German School of Pediatrics received certificates from the Ministry of Health of the Federal Republic of Germany.