The First Stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiads Were Held at the Departments of TNMU Faculty of Pharmacy

A traditional educational event within the walls of TNMU is the organization of the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in a number of disciplines. The tasks that were set and successfully implemented by the organizing committee of the Olympiad included increasing the motivation of students for self-improvement, development of creative and abstract-logical thinking, in-depth study of disciplines, formation of research work skills, etc. Participation in Olympiads also develops the ability to reproduce theoretical knowledge in practice in various spheres of life and science, increases resistance to stressful situations and increases self-confidence.

Departments of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Department of Pharmacy Management, Economics and Technology, Department of Pharmacognosy and Medical Botany, Department of Pharmachemistry) provided effective preparation for the Olympiad.

At the Department of Pharmacy Management, Economics and Technology, the first stage of the Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Law and Legislation” course was held in face-to-face format. The jury included Associate Professor Mariyana Demchuk (head of the jury), Associate Professor Olena Pokotylo, Associate Professor Liliia Budniak, Assistant Professors Anastasia Dub and Nadiia Malanchuk. Nineteen 3rd-year students of the Faculty of Pharmacy took part in the Olympiad. Olympiad participants were offered seven types of written tasks of varying difficulty (situational tests of a closed type, multiple-choice tasks, tasks with an extended answer and a case-task using a plan-scheme of a pharmacy establishment) on the topic “Licensing of pharmaceutical activities with an emphasis on the retail trade of drugs”. The time allotted for completing the tasks was one and a half hours.

According to the results of the Olympiad, the best knowledge was demonstrated by: 1st place – Anastasia Mykhalska (FF-301); 2nd place – Yuliia Bas (FF-305); 3rd place – Halyna Bondarenko (FF-301).

Participants of the Olympiad in the discipline “Pharmaceutical Law and Legislation” while performing the tasks, the head of the jury, Associate Professor Mariyana Demchuk.

From left to right: Associate Professor Mariyana Demchuk, winner Anastasia Mykhalska (FF-301), Associate Professor Nataliia Beley.

From left to right: Associate Professor Mariyana Demchuk, prize winner Yuliia Bas (FF-305), Associate Professor Nataliia Beley.

From left to right: Associate Professor Mariyana Demchuk, prize winner Galina Bondarenko (FF-301), Associate Professor Nataliia Beley.

On January 19, 2024, the summary of the results of the Olympiad and the ceremony of awarding the winners with diplomas and souvenirs took place in the educational pharmacy of TNMU. Associate Professor Nataliia Beley, Head of the Department, addressed the students with a speech.

The teaching staff of the Department of Pharmacy Management, Economics and Technology with the winners of the 1st stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Law and Legislation” course.

On February 19, 2024, the 1st stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Botany” course was also held by the Department of Pharmacognosy and Medical Botany in face-to-face format. Associate Professor Ivanna Kernychna (head of the jury) and Associate Professor Mariia Shanaida were responsible for the preparation and conduction of the Olympiad in “Pharmaceutical Botany”. Seven third-year students of the Faculty of Pharmacy took part in the Olympiad. The selection of Olympiad participants took place taking into account the highest results of passing the exam in pharmaceutical botany. Students were offered different types of tasks (test tasks, situational tasks with pictures, herbarium plant samples). The tasks covered all three sections of pharmaceutical botany: anatomy, morphology and taxonomy of plants. The winners of the subject Olympiad were evaluated by the maximum number of points – 23. Each question, according to the level of difficulty, had its own rating scale. The time allotted for the tasks was 1 hour.

According to the results of the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Botany” course, three winners were determined: 1st place – Nataliia Khomyshak (FF-305); 2nd place – Yuliia Bas (FF-305); 3rd place – Diana Melnyk (FF-305).

Participants of the Olympiad in “Pharmaceutical Botany” while performing the tasks, the head of the jury, Associate Professor Ivanna Kernychna.

Participants of the “Pharmaceutical Botany” Olympiad, Associate Professor Mariia Shanaida.

Participants of the Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Botany” course, 3rd-year students of the Faculty of Pharmacy.

On February 21, 2024, the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Chemistry” course was held by the teachers of the Department of Pharmachemistry, Associate Professor Olga Polyak (head of the jury), Associate Professor Tetyana Kucher, Associate Professor Nadiya Zarivna and Associate Professor Maryana Horyn. 12 fourth-year students of the Faculty of Pharmacy took part in the Olympiad. The method of conducting the Olympiad was previously approved at the department. Within two hours, students had to provide written answers to 5 tasks of the appropriate level of complexity (situational tasks, correspondence tests, synthesis schemes, etc.) in the context of the topic “Antibiotics, sulfanilamide drugs”. The teachers of the department developed criteria for evaluating the answers of Olympiad participants. According to the results of the first stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Chemistry” course, four winners were determined: 1st place – Volodymyr Morhun (FF-402); 2nd place – Maryna Kril (FF-404); 3rd place was shared by two students – Viktoriia Korzhovska (FF-401) and Oksana Serafyn (FF-401).

Participants of the Olympiad in “Pharmaceutical Chemistry” while performing the tasks, the head of the jury, Associate Professor Olga Polyak.

From left to right: Associate Professor Olga Polyak, prize-winner Volodymyr Morhun (FF-402), Professor Liliya Logoyda.

From left to right: Associate Professor Olga Polyak, prize-winner Maryna Kryl (FF-404), Professor Liliya Logoyda.

From left to right: Associate Professor Olga Polyak, prize-winner Viktoriia Korzhovska (FF-401), Professor Liliya Logoyda.

From left to right: Associate Professor Olga Polyak, prize-winner Oksana Serafyn (FF-401), Professor Liliya Logoyda.

The Head of the Department of Pharmachemistry, Professor Liliya Logoyda, addressed the students with words of appreciation for fruitful participation in the Olympiad and congratulations to the winners of the competition. All Olympiad participants received commemorative certificates.

The teaching staff of the Department of Pharmachemistry with the winners of the 1st stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Chemistry” course.

The teaching staff of the Department of Pharmachemistry with the participants of the 1st stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the “Pharmaceutical Chemistry” course.

We congratulate all the talented, creative and diligent students who took an active part in the Olympiads at the Faculty of Pharmacy! Quoting the words of the famous American writer Mark Twain: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover!”

We also express our appreciation to the heads of the jury and those responsible for the organization and successful conduction of the 1st stage of the Olympiad.

The information was provided by Associate Professor Olena Pokotylo, who is responsible for the 1st stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad at the departments of the Faculty of Pharmacy, based on the materials of the heads of the jury of the respective departments.