Summer internship of TSMU students at Wroclaw Medical University

Ternopil Medical University continues the tradition of summer student exchanges in cooperation between Wroclaw.  This year our university is represented by the 4th and 5th year students from the medical faculty, including Katherina Haley, Victoriya Palyha, Iryna Pastushyna, Petro Tabas, Oksana Perebyinos, Roxolana Osinchuk, Bohdana Pereviznyk,  Nataliya Dragan, Nataliya Tymchyshyn, Mariana Honsor, Illiana Hoda,  Olha Rytsyk, Volodymyr Dzhyvak, and Andriy Pshenychnyi. Head of the group is a graduate student form the Department of Surgery of the Institute of Postgraduate Studies Andriy Banadyha.

As ever, this cooperation project between our universities is organized and coordinated by professor emeritus of Ternopil State Medical University Wojciech Barg, who arranged for our students to take part in an  outstanding internship on the specialized hospital departments in Wrocław.

With Professor Wojciech Barg.

 For four weeks (06.06 – 01.07.2016) our students had the opportunity to work in the departments of surgical gynecology, cardiology and cardiac surgery, anesthesiology and intensive care, ophthalmology, neonatology, maxillofacial surgery, otorhinolaryngology, transplantation, pediatric surgery and nephrology with hemodialysis.

Future doctors enjoyed the hospitality and professionalism of Polish doctors.  They also were impressed by the modern equipment of Polish hospitals and outstanding new military hospital. Particularly interesting was the work in intensive care, cardiac surgery and heart resuscitation led by the head of department, Professor Piotr Ponikowski. Here Ternopil State Medical University students became acquainted with intensive care, including how to provide assistance during pulmonary edema, closed cranio-cerebral trauma, and uncompensated type I diabetes. They also examined patients after heart surgery, were present during coronary bypass and vascular prosthetic mitral valve surgeries, observed coronary angiography. Student Bohdana Pereviznyk assisted during the puncture of pleural cavity.

  TSMU students with the head of the department of cardiology and cardiac surgery Piotr Ponikowski.

Another memorable part of the internship was the training at the department of general operative gynecology, under supervision of a physician Artur Wiatrowski participating in medical rounds, learned about surgeries of uterine fibroids, ovarian tumors, and cesarean section in the modern operating theatres.

Group photo with the gynecologist Artur Wiatrowski.

 Students received valuable experience in neonatology, when they not only examined newborns, but also participated in rounds, worked with ultrasound equipment, discussed clinical cases with doctors form the department of neonatology, and looked after the little patients in the first days of their lives.

4th-year student Katherina Haley examines newborn boy.

Group photo with neonatologist Agnieszka Jalowska.

During practical training at the department of maxillofacial surgery students gained experience in evaluation of patients with disorders of the facial area of the skull and mouth. They were present during patient admissions and their surgery preparations, observed surgical repositioning of the upper and lower jaws.

Group photo of intern with the surgeon of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery Marcin Kubiak.

During the surgical repositioning of the upper and lower jaws.

At the department of nephrology and dialysis students learned about different techniques of hemodialysis, were present during examinations of patients with acute and chronic renal failure, and congenital kidney disorders.

Students got important experience during training at ENT department. Future doctors participated in the examination of patients, rounds, examination of patients in the postoperative period, observed the surgery for paracentesis followed by draining the middle ear cavity.

During paracentesis surgery performed by doctor-intern Wiktoria Nowak.

Invaluable experience at the department of ophthalmology included examinations of patients, conducting ultrasound study of the eye, measured intraocular pressure using Goldman apparatus, observed surgeries of corneal transplant, phacoemulsification, vitrectomy, and sclerectomy.

During cornea transplant surgery.

Ternopil State Medical University students also attended conferences on cardiology and neonatology at the Medical University of Wroclaw, and attended lectures on transplantation presented by Professor Dariusz Patczaler.

Group photo with Professor Dariusz Patczaler.

At the Cardiology conference.

In free time, students were able to enjoy a comfortable and beautiful city of Wroclaw, as well as other European cities – Krakow and Dresden.

Castle in Dresden.

Market Square in Wroclaw.

The month filed by quickly but left lasting impressions and valuable experiences. For that, students wish to express their sincere gratitude to the university administration, department of practical training and the curator of student internships of Wroclaw University, Professor Wojciech Barg, and to all doctors who shared with the students achievements of Polish Medicine and their medical and life experience.