TNMU Hosted All-Ukrainian Scientific and Applied Conference “Prospects for th Development of Medical and Physical Rehabilitation at Different Levels of Medical Care”
On September 29-30, 2022, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University hosted all-Ukrainian scientific-applied conference with international participation “Prospects for the development of medical and physical rehabilitation at different levels of medical care”. The event was organized by the Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physical Education.
Taking into account the martial law regimen in Ukraine, and in order to ensure the maximum safety of the participants, the conference was held online. The conference was broadcast on the YouTube channel, which made it possible to significantly expand the audience, because any specialist from all over the world could participate in its work. In total, 235 participants officially registered at the conference, and more than 1,000 participants visited the broadcast channel every day.
During the work of the conference, two plenary meetings were held – a breakout session on cardiorehabilitation and thematic workshops.
The online format of the conference made it possible to ensure not only a wide audience of listeners, but also to invite speakers from different regions of Ukraine and foreign countries. At the conference, scientists and practicioners from all over Ukraine, including from Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Lviv, Poltava, Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, etc., had the opportunity to present their work. The international level was provided by speakers from Katowice, Biała Podlaska, Żywiec and Poznań.
During the sessions, 34 scientific reports were presented and discussed, and 10 workshops were held. Based on the materials of the conference, a collection of papers of the conference participants was published.
The topics of the conference covered a wide range of problems and related to the definition of strategic tasks and prospects for the development of medical and physical rehabilitation, the organization of the rehabilitation system in Ukraine, the issue of training personnel for rehabilitation services, the development of rehabilitation programs and rehabilitation technologies in the restorative treatment of various pathologies based on the International Classification of Functioning. Of course, the main issue in the work of the conference was the provision of complex rehabilitation assistance to servicemen, their family members and internally displaced persons. At the same time, special attention was paid to psychological assistance to victims of hostilities, as an indispensable component of the complex of rehabilitation measures.
On behalf of the chairman of the organizing committee, Rector of TNMU, Professor Mykhaylo Korda, the Vice-Rector for Science, Education and Clinical Affairs, Professor Stepan Zaporozhan, wished success and effective work to the participants of the scientific event. He drew attention to the fact that more and more attention is being paid to the development of medical and physical rehabilitation in the world and in Ukraine. In the conditions of war and post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, the effective functioning of the rehabilitation system in Ukraine is extremely important.
The plenary session was opened by the co-chairman of the organizing committee, Professor Ihor Mysula, with a report “The role of the REHAB project in the formation of a European approach to the training of physical therapy specialists in Ukraine. TNMU experience”. He focused the audience’s attention on the extremely important problem of practical training and objective assessment of the level of training of future physical therapy specialists.
Plenary session with the report “Current problems in the rehabilitation system of Ukraine. Ways to overcome it” continued Professor of P. L. Shupyk National Healthcare University, Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Oleksandr Vladimirov. In particular, he noted that Ukraine has created a system for training specialists in all rehabilitation specialties, they are included in the classifier of professions, and the Verkhovna Rada and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine continue to reorganize the regulatory framework for the work of relevant specialists and the creation of jobs in medical institutions for such specialists.
The issue of high-quality practical training of specialists studying at TNMU in specialty “Physical therapy, occupational therapy” and their participation in the rehabilitation process at the clinical facilities of TNMU in medical institutions of the city of Ternopil and the region was discussed in the report of the co-chair of the organizing committee, Professor Dariia Popovych, on the topic “Involvement of TNMU students studying in specialty” Physical therapy, occupational therapy” to complex rehabilitation of patients at the clinical facilities of the university.”
The reports of professors of Ukrainian higher educational institutions were extremely interesting, in particular, the reports by:
Lukian Andriiuk “Complex program of medical and physical rehabilitation of patients with cerebrovascular disease”,
Oksana Horsha “Effectiveness of kinesiotaping for dysplastic instability and scoliosis of the spine in children”,
Vitalii Hubenko “Complex treatment of non-specific pain in the lower back of non-radicular origin”,
Petro Kolisnyk “Education within the framework of the “WHO Rehab Educational Course” project”,
Ihor Churpii “Rehabilitation of patients in the early postoperative period”;
Oksana Polianska “Acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation: early rehabilitation.”
Considerable interest was aroused by the reports of foreign partners, who presented their own scientific papers on the following topics:
Prof. Andrzej Knapik “Problem monitorowania rehabilitowanych pacjentów pod kątem ich aktywności fizycznej”,
prof. Andrzej Myśliwiec «Obiektywizacja oceny ruchliwości dziecka w pierwszych 3 miesiącach życia z wykorzystaniem narzędzi informatycznych»
Gustaw Wójcik «Bezinwazyjna diagnostyka kręgosłupa»
Wladyslaw Batkiewicz «Jakość dotyku i jego znaczene w rehabilitacji»,
Renata Blecha «Najczęściej występujące problemy w rozwoju ruchowym u dzieci oraz możliwości ich rehabilitacji»,
Jan Ociepka «Stany zapalne – plaga XXI wieku»
Professors of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University presented reports on various topics:
Tetiana Bakaliuk “Prospects of using local cryotherapy in the rehabilitation of patients after gunshot wounds and amputations”,
Dmytro Vakulenko “Modern approaches to the use of medical information systems in rehabilitation”,
Andrii Holiachenko “Complex phased rehabilitation of patients after surgical treatment of the femoral-popliteal segment for limb-threatening ischemia”,
Sofiia Lypovetska “Prevention of sudden cardiac death in the light of new ESC 2022 recommendations”
Larysa Levytska “Peculiarities of providing cardiac care in the conditions of global civilizational challenges”.
Olena Venger “How the heart reacts to war”
Svitlana Smiian “Pragmatism of treatment of hyperuricemia and gout in the aspect of cardiovascular risk”
Liliia Babinets “Ways of optimization of restorative treatment of chronic pancreatitis in combination with type 2 diabetes in the conditions of the Skhidnytsia-Truskavets resort”,
The staff of the Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physical Education held the following work-shops:
Assoc.Prof. Nataliia Davybida “Carrying out vacuum-gradient therapy for diseases of the musculoskeletal system”;
Assoc. Prof. Viktor Nazaruk “Use of tennis elements in physical rehabilitation”
Assoc. Prof. Liubov Novakova “Breathing exercises as a means of restoring physical activity after suffering from COVID-19”
After the presentations, the conference resolution was adopted.
The organizing committee of the all-Ukrainian scientific and applied conference with international participation “Prospects for the development of medical and physical rehabilitation at various levels of medical care” express their deepest appreciation to all the speakers and participants of the scientific event for their participation and hopes for future meetings.
The information was provied by Prof. Holiachenko O.A., Ass. Prof. Myndziv K.V.