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TNMU Assistant Professor Completed Internship on “Maternal and Infant Health” within the Framework of the Open Medical Institute

On May 14-20, 2023, Lina Bahniy, Assistant Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology No. 2, completed internship in the course “Maternal and Infant Health” as part of the Open Medical Institute (OMI) international training seminar jointly with Columbia University, held at Schloss Arenberg in Salzburg, Austria.

Ass. Professor Lina Bahniy during the oral presentation

The Open Medical Institute (OMI) is an international platform for medical professionals that, through education and research, aims to improve healthcare on a global scale. OMI seminars are offered to highly qualified, English-speaking doctors from Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, co-financed by the Austrian Foundation of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Over the years, many leading medical institutions in the United States and Europe have joined the initiative, providing highly qualified staff who share experience and knowledge with colleagues from around the world.

Together with the participants of the OMI training seminar “Maternal and Infant Health 2023”

34 participants took part in this internship and had the opportunity to present the results of their own research and unique clinical cases. Invited lecturers from the United States of America shared information new clinical protocols, experience and interesting practical cases for 7 days. During the panel discussions, members of the research faculty and participants had the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers and put forward their points of view.

Director of the course Prof. Richard Polin during the lecture “CPAP: The Gold Standart in Non-Invasive Support”, USA

Specifically interesting were the workshops with Prof. Russel Miller and Jeen-Ju Sheen on the topics: “Diagnosis and management of twin pregnancy”, “See one, sim one, do one: the obstetrics simulation program”, “Staying alive: Maternal cardiac arrest”, where there was an opportunity to discuss this obstetric problem in detail according to the algorithms.

During the workshop “Postpartum hemorrhage” with Ass. Prof. Jeen-Ju Sheen, USA

In order to improve professional qualifications and exchange experience regarding issues of diagnosis, counseling, tactics of pregnancy, childbirth and prevention of obstetric and perinatal complications in women with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Ass. Prof. Lina Bahniy presented an oral report on the topic: “Delayed interval delivery in multifetal pregnancy”, highlighting the results of scientific research as part of the dissertation work.

​During the award ceremony, faculty members Richard A. Polin, Friedrich Reitener, Russel S. Miller, Jean-Ju Sheen, Martin Keszler, Josef Neu

As part of this “Maternal and Infant Health” seminar, each participant was tested after receiving a course of lectures. In connection with the impeccable work of the lecturers and the assimilation of the scientific material, Ass. Prof. Lina Bahniy passed this test with the highest score among all participants, which is confirmed by the “For Academic Excellence” certificate, which allows one to complete an internship in famous clinics in Austria for a month.

This event is a unique for presenting the results of one’s own scientific research, as well as for getting acquainted with new clinical protocols and therapeutic approaches based on the discussion of clinical cases and participation in simulation workshops.

Assistant Professor Lina Bahniy expresses her deepest appreciation to the administration of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, American Austrian Foundation and prof. Wolfgang Aulitzky for providing the opportunity for a scientific and practical internship.